SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego presents Rabbi Jordie Gerson as its featured speaker at the February 18 Dinner Forum, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Rabbi Gerson’s presentation will cover the topic “Young Adults, Israel and Ambivalence.” She recently returned from a trip to Israel with a group of teens so this will be a very current topic.
Gerson spent her first year of rabbinical school in Jerusalem and additional years at Hebrew Union College in New York City. During that time she served Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side, and The Edgar Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU. After her ordination, Gerson returned to the Hillel world, where she served as the senior Jewish fellow and associate rabbi at the Slifka Center at Yale University, and then moved on to University of Vermont.
Although she loved working with college students and young adults, she decided she missed the significance and diversity of her previous work in congregational settings, especially officiating at lifecycle events and providing pastoral care. It was at that point that she decided to transition to the congregational rabbinate and took a one year position as a visiting rabbinic associate at Temple Emanu-el Beth Sholom.
Now serving as a rabbi at Congregation Beth israel, Rabbi Gerson has done a great deal of writing and speaking, contributing to publications like MyJewishLearning.com, Jewcy.com, Lilith Magazine and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. She has also sat on panels at Harvard Divinity School, served as a consultant for the Jewish Museum and became involved in social action through the American Jewish World Service and Encounter.
This program is open to the entire San Diego community. A deli dinner will be served. The dinner fee: $14 with an RSVP, $17 without a reservation. One may RSVP via the website linked here or by phoning at 858-900-2598.
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Preceding provided by the Men’s Club of Beth Israel