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Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration

The third Westchester-wide Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration, co-sponsored by the Westchester Jewish Council and the Westchester Board of Rabbis, with support from UJA-Federation of New York, is scheduled for Saturday, November 23rd at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle.    Beginning at 6:45 p.m., the event allows participants to attend two 45-minute workshops chosen from more than 30 topics covering Jewish thought, text, philosophy, spirituality, sports, culture, life and love.  Following the workshop participants will socialize at a grand celebration, including a delicious dairy dessert.

Advance price tickets are available online until November 11th at www.wjcouncil.org for $18/person.  Tickets will be sold after November 11th and at the door for $25/person if space allows.  In previous years this event has been attended by more than 500 community members and event co-chairs Rabbi Steven Kane and Dr. Marty Keltz expect to exceed that number this year.

This year the program will include special sessions conducted in Hebrew and in Spanish as well as a session geared toward Jewish singles.  In addition, Pizmon, the award-winning a capella group from Columbia, Barnard, and the Jewish Theological Seminary, will perform during the closing celebration.

For more information about the Night of Jewish Learning and Celebration, contact Donna Bartell at the Westchester Jewish Council by phone at (914) 328-7001 or by email at donna@wjcouncil.org.  Information about the event is also available on the Westchester Jewish Council website at www.wjcouncil.org.  ASL provided upon requested.

Participating rabbis include:
Rabbi Gedalyah Berger, Fleetwood Synagogue
Rabbi Andrew Bossov, Westchester Jewish Community Services
Rabbi Lester Bronstein, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue
Rabbi Andrew Davids, Beit Rabban
Rabbi Jeffrey Brown, Scarsdale Synagogue - Temples Tremont and Emanu-el
Rabbi Joshua Cahan, Solomon Schechter School of Westchester
Rabbi Josh Dorsch, Beth El Synagogue Center
Rabbi Leora Frankel, Community Synagogue of Rye
Rabbi Howard Goldsmith, Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester
Rabbi Jennifer Goldsmith, Jewish Education Project
Rabbi Eytan Hammerman, Temple Beth Shalom (Mahopac)
Rabbi Simon Hirschhorn, The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
Rabbi Jeffrey Hoffman, The Academy of Jewish Religion
Rabbi Jennifer Jaech, Temple Israel of Northern Westchester
Rabbi Barry Kenter, Greenburgh Hebrew Center
Rabbi Eli Kohl, Mt. Kisco Hebrew Congregation
Rabbi Josh Lookstein, Westchester Hebrew Day School
Rabbi Alan Lurie
Rabbi Chaim Marder, Hebrew Institute of White Plains
Rabbi Shira Milgrom, Congregation Kol Ami
Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern, Young Israel of Scarsdale
Rabbi Mara Nathan, Larchmont Temple
Rabbi Wendy Pein, Scarsdale Synagogue - Temples Tremont and Emanu-El
Rabbi David Schuck, Pelham Jewish Center
Rabbi Daniel Schweber, Shaarei Tikvah
Rabbi Jeffrey Segelman, Westchester Jewish Center
Rabbi Dina Shargel, Temple Israel Center of White Plains
Rabbi Seth Sternstein, Yorktown Jewish Center
Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Temple Israel Center of White Plains
Rabbi Rigoberto Emanuel Vinas, Lincoln Park Jewish Center
Rabbi Pam Wax, Westchester Jewish Community Services

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