Together For Good

Congregation K.I.N.S. of West Rogers Park

cordially invites you to attend our

JUF Event

on behalf of the

2018 Jewish United Fund Annual Campaign

Sunday, February 4, 2018

10:30 AM

at Congregation K.I.N.S. of West Rogers Park

2800 North Shore Avenue, Chicago

Couvert $10.00 per person

REGISTER NOW

Diane & Dr. Harvey Abramowitz  •  Ilana & Howard Karesh
2018 JUF Event Co-chairs

In memory of Marilyn Allswang Eisenberg, zā€l

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter

FEATURING DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter

"The Principle of Shalom in Halakhah and Hashkafah: Individual, Family, and Community"

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. From 2000ā€“2005 he served as Dean of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Boston. He was the first Rabbi of the Young Israel of Sharon, MA, creating a new, vibrant and committed community. From 1981ā€“2000, he served as the Rabbi of The Jewish Center in New York City, moving the congregation from 180 to over 600 members over the course of his tenure.

Dr. Schacter is co-author of the award winning A Modern Heretic and a Traditional Community: Mordecai M. Kaplan, Orthodoxy, and American Judaism, author of The Lord is Righteous in All His Ways: Reflections on the Tish'ah be-Av Kinot by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and close to one hundred articles and reviews in Hebrew and English. He is the Founding Editor of The Torah u-Madda Journal, a prestigious academic publication which has gained international acclaim.

Rabbi Schacter holds a number of prominent Jewish communal positions. He served as Founding President of the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations (COJO) of the Upper West Side from 1994ā€“2000, is a member of the Board of Governors of the Orthodox Union and is on the Editorial Boards of Tradition, Jewish Action, BDD (Bechal Derachecha Da'ehu) and Jewish Educational Leadership. He also serves as a member of the faculty of The Wexner Foundation

Dr. Schacter holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from Harvard University and received rabbinic ordination from Mesivta Torah Vodaath.

For more information, please contact Maya Avinadav at
312-444-2810 or MayaAvinadav@juf.org.

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