DR. ARTHUR GREEN

“Seek My Face, Speak My Name:  New Directions in Jewish Theology”

at Erev Shabbat services, 7:30 p.m.

(Free and Open to the Public)

Dr. Arthur Green is one of today’s leading authorities on contemporary Jewish spirituality.  A major figure among Boston’s Jewish scholars, he is the Lown Professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University, the Rector of the Rabbinical School program at Hebrew College in Newton, and the former president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.  He was ordained a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1967.  Dr. Green has combined his own personal commitment with a scholarly career in Jewish theology and mysticism. 

Dr. Green is the author, co-author or editor of  the following books:

• Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow  (a National Jewish Book Award finalist)
• Jewish Spirituality, volumes 1 & 2
• Seek My Face, Speak My Name:  A Contemporary Jewish Theology
• Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer
• A Guide to the Zohar
• The Language of Truth: The Torah Commentary of Sefat Emet

as well as other books and articles on Judaism, spirituality and spiritual renewal.  To purchase these books and help support Temple Sinai, visit our mini-store on Amazon.com

Study continues on Saturday, November 3

Join us for coffee and a light breakfast at 9:00 a.m. followed by a brief morning Shabbat service where Dr. Green will talk on the topic "Introduction to Jewish Mysticism."

Study will resume at 5:00 p.m that afternoon at a more informal location. Dr. Green will speak about, "Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav: A Hasidic Master for Moderns."

We welcome Dr. Green to Temple Sinai to participate as both our Cohon Memorial Lecturer on Friday, November 2, and our Scholar-in-Residence on Saturday, November 3.