“Jewish Identity Redefined” Yiscah Smith in Conversation with Rabbi David 

Friday June 19th After Services

At this community dinner listen as thought leader, spiritual activist, and author Yiscah Smith shares her vision for this next era in Jewish history – “returning forward” to a God centered Judaism, emphasizing a fresh and vibrant Jewish identity with spiritual sensitivity, gratitude, pride, dignity and an informed contemporary Jew familiar with the Jewish Story. In this thought-provoking conversation, Yiscah Smith and Rabbi David will be discussing and investigating Yiscah’s powerful message of Jewish Identity Redefined. 

About Yiscah Smith: 

Yiscah teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Applied Jewish Spirituality (AJS) and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS). She travels the globe sharing her ideas that are both spiritual texts-supported and creative as well. Yiscah graciously accepts invitations for scholar-in-residence and keynote speaker engagements.

Her newest book, Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice, was recently published by the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) and the University of Nebraska Press (UNP).