Beit Rabban Day School – Manna From Heaven Gala 2019
Auction Ends: Jun 5, 2019 11:59 PM EDT

Unique Experiences

Yehuda Kurtzer: An Evening of Jewish Food & Ideas or a Public Lecture (Bidder's Choice!)

Item Number
177
Estimated Value
5000 USD
Sold
1500 USD to sc7bce64a
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Offered as Bidder's Choice --

Either...

(a) An Evening of Jewish Food and Ideas: Yehuda will cook a dinner that makes use of the diversity of Jewish ethnic heritage and lead a session on Jewish peoplehood today for up to 8 people at his home.

or...

(b) Public Lecture: Yehuda will give a lecture on any iEngage topic at an institution of your choice

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Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer is President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and a leading thinker and author on the meaning of Israel to American Jews, the value of the Jewish past to the Jewish present, and questions of leadership and change in American Jewish life.

Yehuda leads the efforts of the Institute across the North American Jewish communal landscape, and teaches widely in the Institute's many platforms for rabbis, lay leaders, Jewish professionals, and leaders of other faith communities.

Yehuda received his doctorate in Jewish Studies from Harvard University and an MA in Religion from Brown University, and is an alumnus of both the Bronfman Youth and Wexner Graduate Fellowships. Previously, Yehuda served as a member of the faculty and as the inaugural Chair of Jewish Communal Innovation at Brandeis University.

He is the author of Shuva: The Future of the Jewish Past, which offers new thinking to contemporary Jews on navigating the tensions between history and memory, and on how we can relate meaningfully to our past without returning to it.

He lives in New York with his wife Stephanie Ives, Beit Rabban's Fabulous Head of School, and their three children.