Ed Feinstein
Ed Feinstein is Senior Rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, an instructor in the Ziegler Rabbinical School at the AJU, and a faculty member of the Wexner Heritage Foundation. He's published three books, raised three kids, and bakes brownies every Friday from a recipe revealed to his ancestors at Mt Sinai.
Hatikva: How the First Zionists Envisioned Israel
- Sunday 5:30 PM–6:45 PM Newport Beach 3
Global History and Culture, Israel, Teen Approved
With all its struggles and difficulties, we easily forget that Israel was once the object of dreams -- a project of the Jewish moral imagination. Let's return to the visions of the founders, to Herzl, Ahad HaAm, Gordon and Nordau, to regain a bit of the vision that animated Zionism and brought us the miracle of Israel.
Opening the Siddur: The Inner Meaning of Jewish Prayer
- Monday 1:30 PM–2:45 PM Newport Beach 2
Ritual and Prayer, Text and Thought, Teen Approved
The Siddur is the great art museum of the Jewish people. It is comprised of galleries filled with powerful reflections on life and its possibilities. But for too many, the galleries are closed and their masterpieces inaccessible. We will take a brief guided tour through the history of Jewish devotion and recover our way to the Jewish people's greatest treasure.