Torah, Liberation, & Creation: A Weekend of Learning, Ritual, & Action

Join scholar-in-residence, erica riddick, in Newton Massachusetts June 13-15 for three interactive sessions:

• FRIDAY JUNE 13: 6:30pm maariv service dvar Learning From Enslavement: Tapping Into a Foundational Message of the Torah & 7:30 dinner conversation at Temple Shalom; register for this conversation provoking dinner

• SATURDAY JUNE 14: 9:45-11:15am Juneteenth, July, & Freedom text study at Temple Shalom

• SUNDAY JUNE 15: 3-5pm Celebrating Bilhah & Zilpah Through Ritual at Newton residence; register for this interactive ritual workshop

erica will share their personal journey of how Bilhah and Zilpah has enriched connection to the Torah and engagement with challenging texts. Sessions will connect biblical enslavement with historic and modern manifestations, including emergent immigrant transgressions, as both source and opportunity, to live our values.

This scholar-in-residence opportunity will synthesize years of study on how Bilhah and Zilpah can bring awareness to social justice imbalance, how we can honor Bilhah and Zilpah as Jewish matriarchs, and ways to bring their wisdom into our action and ritual.

JOIN this engaging interactive weekend