Shabbat Service "Increasing Diversity of the American Jewish Community"

Join Rabbi Aron, and Cantor Felder-Levy, the Choir and Guest Speakers for Shabbat Service featuring "Increasing Diversity of the American Jewish Community."

The Jewish community in the United States continues to become more and more diverse, as Jews from around the world find their way to the United States, as people from many backgrounds choose Judaism or become members of Jewish families, and as diverse Jewish populations are recognized.

Ethnic, cultural and racial inclusiveness has characterized the Jewish people through history, and can strengthen the Jewish people in our own time. The World Jewish Congress identifies 120 countries with Jewish populations. What a wealth of different customs and histories! Acknowledging and celebrating this diversity is an opportunity for our generation.

Speakers: Diane Tobin and Dr. Denise Davis Be'chol Lashon Diane Kaufmann Tobin is the founder and director of Be'chol Lashon (In Every Tongue), a research and community-building initiative of the international Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR). Be'chol Lashon seeks to strengthen the Jewish people through ethnic, cultural, and racial inclusiveness. With staff throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa, Be'chol Lashon calls for intercultural understanding of the Jewish people.

Dr. Denise Davis is a physician and volunteer clinical faculty at UCSF School of Medicine. She serves on the Advisory Council of Be'chol Lashon of the Bay Area, the Advisory Board of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, and the Board of Directors of Elat Chayyim, a non-denominational Jewish retreat center in the Catskill Mountains.

Books: Diane Tobin is co-author of In Every Tongue: The Racial & Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People, and Jewish Family Foundations.

Free and open to the public; please join us.