Communal Shabbat
Zoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. At 7pm we light candles with a short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon.
A Flood of Ideas: A Symposium
A panel of local clergy and renowned scientists discussed the Noah story in the Abrahamic religions and how it relates to modern-day concerns about climate change.
Date and Time: Sunday, November 3, 2019. 3:30-6:00 pm
Location: Sacred Heart University,
Admission: Open to the community free of charge
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Clergy panel
Moderator: David Weisberg, CEO, Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County
- Imam Gazmend Aga, Albanian American Muslim Community
- Father Anthony Ciorra, Sacred Heart University
- Rabbi Marcelo Kormis, Congregation Beth El Fairfield
Science panel
Moderator: Rev. Stephanie M Johnson, Rector and Eco-Minister, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Riverside, CT.
- A. Karim Ahmed, Ph.D, founding member and Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of the National Council on Science and Environment; Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut Health Center; global environmentalist and climate change activist; author of technical books, scientific papers and literary works about climate change.
- William B.F. Ryan, Ph.D., co-author of Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event that Changed History; Earth Institute Affiliate: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University; Doherty Senior Scholar, LDEO-Marine Geology and Geophysics; Adjunct Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences; Special Research Scientist, LDEO-Biology Paleoenvironment.
- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Ph.D., co-Founder and co-Director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University; co-creator of the Journey of the Universe Film, Book, & Conversations; author/editor of 20 volumes and hundreds of articles.
Presented by the Saul Haffner Jewish Enrichment Fund of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ) in partnership with the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County.
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