BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7658@templemicah.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T184500 DTSTAMP:20250321T181511Z URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/scholar-in-residence-weekend-with-r abbi-larry-hoffman/ SUMMARY:50 Years of Dialogue: Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Larry Hoffman DESCRIPTION:Join us March 21-22 for our "Scholar-in-Residence" weekend with special guest Rabbi Larry Hoffman. This weekend is part of the Celebratio n Committee’s work to honor and celebrate Rabbi Zemel ahead of his retir ement in June 2025. There is no congregation in North America that is more in tune with and influenced by the work of Rabbi Hoffman than Temple Mica h. Very few have had as great an impact on modern Jewish worship\, theolog y\, and life than this great scholar. Many of our summer rabbi interns\, a ll students of Rabbi Hoffman as Tisch fellows\, will be joining us for thi s special weekend.\nSchedule of Services and Activities\nFriday evening: 6 :30 p.m.\nRabbi Hoffman will join us for Shabbat and teach "Temple Micah a s a Laboratory: How to Put the World Together."\nSaturday morning: 10:15 a .m.\nRabbi Hoffman will join us for Shabbat morning service\, followed by a presentation entitled\, "God\, Prayer\, and Other Things that Matter." K iddush to follow.\nSaturday evening: 4:00 p.m.\nJoin us for an evening of learning\, music\, and celebration.\n\n 4:00 p.m. | "Questions Jews Ask\, Or Should: A Conversation among Rabbi Zemel\, Rabbi Hoffman\, and Our For mer Tisch Fellows"\n 5:15 p.m. | Reception with former Tisch interns\n 6 :00 p.m. | Family-friendly musical celebration: We’ll come together in c ommunal singing—heartfelt\, folky\, nostalgic\, and deeply Jewish melodi es—to honor Danny’s musical legacy\, closing with Havdalah. All ages w elcome!\n\n\n\n\n\nA Time to Reflect\n Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel Sermons and T ributes\n\nOrder your copy now!*\nTo mark Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel’s retire ment after more than 40 years as the visionary leader of Temple Micah\, we offer this second volume of his writings\, A Time to Reflect. Complementi ng A Time to Speak (2019)\, this updated collection includes Rabbi Zemel ’s ongoing explorations of his evolving perspectives on Israel\, his fav orite philosophers\, and key sermons addressing significant national and g lobal events. Edited by Micah member Martha Adler\, A Time to Reflect incl udes an introduction from Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman\, tributes from fellow Temple Micah rabbis and interns\, and a powerful interview conducted by M icah member Jodi Enda.\n\n*Shipping to U.S. domestic addresses is now avai lable. Please contact info@templemicah.org for shipping options and costs prior to placing a book order. We ask those local to the DC area to make a rrangements to pick up your book(s) from Temple Micah during business hour s. \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\nAbout Rabbi Hoffman\n[caption id="attachme nt_30301" align="alignright" width="205"] Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman[/capti on]\n\nLawrence A. Hoffman was ordained as a rabbi in 1969\, received his doctorate in 1973\, and is now professor emeritus at the New York campus o f the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion\, where he served for almost half a century.\n\nKnown internationally for his lectures to po pular audiences and his spiritual approach to synagogue consultation\, Rab bi Hoffman has written or edited 49 books to date\, including "My People's Prayer Book\," a 10-volume edition of the Siddur with modern commentaries which won the National Jewish Book Award in 2007.\n\nRabbi Hoffman served as visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame for many years and has lectured at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, the Universit y of Southern California\, and the Yale Divinity School\, among other inst itutions. He holds honorary degrees from Graetz College and the Reconstruc tionist Rabbinical College and is a recipient of the Abraham Geiger Medal. \n\nIn 1994\, he co-founded "Synagogue 2000\," a trans-denominational proj ect to envision the ideal synagogue "as moral and spiritual center" for th e 21st century. From 2004 to 2015\, the organization (renamed "Synagogue 3 000") launched Next Dor\, a call for transformed synagogues to engage the next generation. His highly acclaimed "Open Letters to My Students" can be followed on his \;blog\, "Life and a Little Liturgy. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.templemicah.org/wp-content/uploads/2 024/02/rabbi-hoffman-scholar-in-residence-2025.png CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Community Event,Featured,Guest Speakers,Worship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR