Chai Five: The Last Lectures... 1/9/00 |
Five Rabbis from Philadelphia's Jewish Community were invited by Drexel Hillel students to present their "Last Lecture Series," in response to the following question: "If you were given the opportunity to present your last sermon about Judaism, what would you present?"
The five Rabbi's represent the Renewal Movement, Reconstructionist Movement, Reform Movement, Conservative Movement, and the Orthodox (Chabad) Movement. The series presenters are: Rabbi Rayzel Raphael (Jewish Renewal Movement), Rabbi Steve Stroiman (professor at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Merion), Rabbi Aaron Bisno (Temple Rodeph Shalom), Rabbi Ira Stone (Congregation Beth Zion-Beth Israel), and Rabbi Ephraim Levin (Lubavitch House at the University of Pennsylvania), respectively. The five-week series will be held throughout the month of April in the evening in order to capture student, co-op, and community participation and involvement. Such a program hopes to build a strong relationship between Hillel and the surrounding partner agencies in Philadelphia as well as change the Rabbi's settings from usual pulpit stances to the Hillel student atmosphere. The schedule for presentations and topics are as follows: "The World is in Your Hands" Monday, April 2, 2001 Rabbi Aaron Bisno Newman Center, 33rd and Chestnut Streets "Is Their Life After Death?" Wednesday, April 11, 2001 Rabbi Steve Stroiman Myers Hall, 33rd and Race Streets "Do We Need Prayer to be Jewish?" Wednesday, April 18, 2001 Rabbi Ephraim Levin Myers Hall, 33rd and Race Streets "Learn Poetry" Tuesday, April 24, 2001 Rabbi Ira Stone Creese Student Center, Room 226 32nd and Chestnut Streets "All You Need Is Love" Monday, April 30, 2001 Rabbi Rayzel Raphael Creese Student Center, Grand Hall 32nd and Chestnut Streets This program is co-sponsored from the combined efforts of the Judaic Studies Department at Drexel and the Hillel at Drexel University. A grant from the Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation Engagement Grants has also been received from International Hillel to assist in the funding. For more information, please call Audrey at Drexel Hillel at (215) 895-2531 or email audrey@drexel.edu |