2000 Lectures:
Sybil Sheridan: History of Women in
the Rabbinate
Bea Wyler: Experiences as the First Woman Rabbi In Germany since the
Shoa
Friday, May 14
0900 Morning services
1000 Lecture:
Diana Pinto: The Concept of 'Choosing to be Jewish'
1100 Discussions about Egalitarian Communities in Eastern and
Western Europe
1400–1630 Workshops:
- Halacha and Equal Rights for Women
- The Status of Women in Community Life, Ritual Functions and the
Rabbinate
- Professionals and Lay People
- Female Perspectives on Tanach and Rabbinical Literature
- Concept of God and Human Beings in a non-patriarchal Judaism
- Emotions and Ambivalence Regarding Traditional Liturgy, Creating New
Litugies and Experiences withWomen‘s Rituals
- Taboos in the Synagogue
- Educational Ideals
- Loneliness: Learning Outside the Traditional Guidelines – Theory and
Practice
- "Leining" – Theory and Practice
1630 Preparation for Shabbat
· Walking tour 'In
the footsteps of Regina Jonas'
· Mikva visit
1945 Services with a 'Taste' from all parts of Europe
Kiddush and Dinner
Saturday, May 15
1000 Services with all Rabbis, Cantors and
Conference Participants, Kiddush and Lunch
1500-1600 Study and Relaxation
Shiurim on the Parasha, Haftora, Book of Ruth, Rosh Chodesh etc.
1700 Lectures
- Eveline Goodman-Thau: Study and Prayer: the
Pillars of Jewish Tradition
- Judith Frishman: Reconstructing a Useable Past
2000 Dinner and Musical Program
2200 Havdalah and Rosh Chodesh Ceremony
Sunday, May 16
1000 Rosh Chodesh Service with Jane Kanarek and
Bea Wyler
1130 Panel Discussion: 'Is the Synagogue The Right Place for
Emancipation?'
Bet Debora – Summary and Perspectives
1600 Concert: Mimi Sheffer, Soprano, (Opera
Singer and Cantor)
Organization: Elisa Klapheck,
Lara Dämmig, Dr R Monika Herweg
c/o Elisa Klapheck, Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin,
Fasanenstraße 79/80, 10623 Berlin Tel. +49-30-880 28 260, Fax +49-30-880
28 266 -
e-mail
With assistance from members of the
Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, the
Berlin Egalitarian Minyan and the group "Gesher, Forum for
Diaspora Culture"
With support from the
Jewish Community of Berlin, the Berlin Jewish
Volkshochschule, The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, the Berlin Senate’s
Office for Labor, Professional Education and Women and the German
Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
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