Fred Lawrence

May Text at Twilight: Fred Lawrence, member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, on the Development of Jewish Law in the Conservative Movement

Shabbat afternoon, May 11, 6:45 Halakhic standards for the Conservative Movement are established by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which meets in New York four times a year.It is composed of 25 voting rabbis and 5 non-voting lay people.Fred Lawrence is a member of the Law Committee.Here he will talk to us about the Law Committee, how it works in practice, and its impact on the Conservative Movement.His focus will be a teshuvah (legal decision).Preceded by mincha and se'udah sh'lishit (light refreshments).

Tikkun Le'l Shavuot (Torah-thon Study on Shavuot Eve)

Thursday night, May 16, 9:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m.This is an annual tradition in which we celebrate our people's receiving the Torah at Sinai by studying Torah ourselves.Join us as we study a wide variety of texts and traditions with distinguished scholars from the community.

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Fred Lawrence

Rabbi Albert I. Gordon Religious School

Sunday Morning Family Education Program