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Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
432 Scotland Road
South Orange, NJ 07079
Shabbat Scholar and Supper Program Open to the Public
Event Date: December 12, 2014
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J., Nov. 24, 2014 – Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel (TSTI) will host its end-of-year Shabbat Scholar and Supper Program on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 6 p.m. Noted author Dr. Jay Michaelson will address the topic, "Evolving Dharma: Meditation and Enlightenment in the Jewish Context." A Shabbat dinner will immediately follow the service, during which Dr. Michaelson will continue his discussion. All are welcome to attend the service at no charge; dinner tickets are $25 per member, $36 per non-member. Registration and payment are due by Dec. 5; RSVP to Tracy Horwitz, thorwitz@tstinj.org or by calling (973) 763-4116.
Dr. Michaelson is the author of five books including Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment and Everything is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism. He has been included on the Forward 50 list of influential American Jews and The Advocate's list of leading LGBT religious leaders. Dr. Michaelson holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a J.D. from Yale Law School and B.A. from Columbia, as well as a nondenominational rabbinic ordination. He is currently a visiting professor at Brown University.
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel is a vibrant Reform congregation located at 432 Scotland Road in South Orange, N.J., that offers Jewish preschool, Religious school, teen programs, lifelong learning for adults and a full complement of religious services and cultural programs each month. TSTI serves member families from Maplewood, the Oranges, Livingston, Millburn, Short Hills and surrounding areas. For more information, visit http://www.tsti.org/.
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