UPCOMING SHABBAT SERVICES
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SPOTLIGHT ON . . .
Teach In on US-Cuban Relations
for the Jewish Community
Sponsored by Am Kolel,
in cooperation with the Center for
Democary in the Americas
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
7:30pm
Temple Emanuel
10101 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, MD
The speakers include respected scholars, Saul Landau and Professor Phil Brenner. Saul Landau is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies and social documentary filmmaker and producer. His most recent film is Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up, a film about the recent history of US - Cuban relations. Professor Phil Brenner is chair of Latin American Affairs at the American University and has written much on this subject. Rabbi David Shneyer, who has been to Cuba on missions to the Jewish community there, and most recently to visit Alan Gross, will also speak and moderate the evening. There is no charge for this event.
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A special showing of Saul Landau’s movie Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up will be hosted by Reb David and Marcia & Ira Wagner, at theWagner home on the evening of Sunday, February 12th, 7:30pm.
Please RSVP to info@am-kolel.org. Address will be provided upon when you RSVP.
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ABOUT REB DAVID
Rabbi David Shneyer is the founder, director and spiritual leader of Am Kolel. Reb David studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary and in Israel, earning degrees in Judaic studies from Rutgers University and Baltimore Hebrew College. ...more
ABOUT OUR SANCTUARY &
RENEWAL CENTER
Renewal communities have also embraced lessons from diverse spiritual traditions, Eastern philosophy and both Eastern and Jewish meditative practices. In this spirit we sponsor an ecumenical retreat center for the benefit of our members and others who seek spiritual renewal, communion with nature, learning and fellowship. ...more
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WHAT IS JEWISH RENEWAL?
We are pioneers in the movement for Jewish Renewal, a movement that was born in the late '60s and found it's expression in independent havurot, fellowships of young Jews around the country such as Fabrangen, the Bnei Or community, the Jewish folks arts revival movement, and new social and political activist groups such as Jews for Urban Justice and Naaseh. ...more
HIGH HOLY DAYS
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WELCOME TO AM KOLEL
Am Kolel is a welcoming and diverse Jewish Renewal community located in Montgomery County, Maryland and serving the Greater Washington, D.C. metro area. Shabbat services are held in Bethesda, MD and once a month at the Sanctuary & Renewal Center, Beallsville, MD.
Founded in 1990 by Rabbi David Shneyer in response to requests for a more personal and responsive Judaism, Am Kolel is devoted to the revitalization of the Jewish heritage and the Jewish community, seeking to discover and rediscover a Judaism that is spiritually and socially meaningful. ...more
UPCOMING EVENTS
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