Advanced Learning Institute - Jewish Collaborative of Orange County

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Upcoming Classes

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Upcoming Classes

April 22 | Mission-driven Haggadah Art in the Gross Family Collection with Rabbi David Lazar
No ALI on April 29
May 6th | Yom HaShoah: Modern Zionism to the Establishment of the State of Israel (circa 1882 to 1948) through the Lens of the Holocaust
May 13th | Yom Hazikaron: Personal Reflections of the Six Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), and the Peace for the Galilee War (1982)

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Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron with Rabbi Mike Moshe Mymon

Monday - 9:30 am PT | 12:30 pm ET
May 6 and May 13

Session 1 | Yom HaShoah
Modern Zionism to the Establishment of the State of Israel (circa 1882 to 1948) through the Lens of the Holocaust

Session 2 | Yom Hazikaron
Personal Reflections of the Six Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), and the Peace for the Galilee War (1982)

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Mission-driven Haggadah Art in the Gross Family Collection with Rabbi David Lazar

Monday - 9:30 am PT | 12:30 pm ET
April 22

As we enter the final preparations for our first seder this evening, we will explore some important lessons about social justice embedded in the folk-art seen in many Haggadot found in one of the most comprehensive private collections of Judaica available today.

About Rabbi David Lazar
Born in Los Angeles in 1957, Rabbi Lazar has lived and practiced across the spectrum of Jewish observance, from his liberal Conservative familial roots to Orthodoxy in his teens, followed by his move to Israel, where he began his rabbinical studies while serving in the IDF Armor Corps. In 1981, while farming in the Gaza Strip, he met and married Sascha Meijers; they are the parents of five grown daughters and proud grandparents of three. Since his ordination by the Schechter Institute in 1993, Rabbi Lazar has led congregations in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Stockholm, and Palm Springs. As a Jewish educator in a variety of frameworks, he continues to promote inclusive Jewish practice and interfaith dialogue. Rabbi Lazar was among the earliest international LGBTQ advocates, performing the first gay wedding in Israel in 2001, years before same-sex marriage was legal there. His non-profit service includes the Israel AIDS Task Force, the Jerusalem Open House, and the Rabbinical Assembly. David and Sascha Lazar now live in Palm Springs, California, where Rabbi Lazar serves as spiritual leader of Or Hamidbar.

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