You are warmly invited to the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program panel discussion and dessert reception E ngaging, spiritual and relevant congregations— What does this mean and how do we build them? Monday, March 30, 2015 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Usdan Student Center, International Lounge Brandeis University Please join us for conversation with four rabbis—each with distinctive experiences and practices, and all with the common aim of creating new models of Jewish community. Panelists Rabbi Sharon Brous, 2015 Hornstein Program Milender Fellow. Founding Rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish community in Los Angeles that seeks to inspire people across the religious spectrum, reclaim the relevance of Jewish religious practice, and re-imagine the contours of Jewish community. Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld. Dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, an innovative pluralistic program that prepares clergy to serve an increasingly diverse and complex Jewish world. Rabbi Baruch HaLevi. Rabbi of Congregation Shirat Hayam, an inspired congregational community in Swampscott, Massachusetts noted for its radical hospitality and multiple gateways to Jewish life, learning, prayer, and expression. Rabbi Dan Judson. Director of Professional Development and Placement at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, whose work extends from renewing spirituality to financing synagogues in line with values of welcoming and inclusion. Moderator Dr. Amy L. Sales. Associate Professor in the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, whose research examines synagogues and how they change. This event is part of the 2015 Milender Seminar in Jewish Communal Leadership, a biennial program that engages the Hornstein community in learning and conversation with renowned leaders in the Jewish communal world. Our gratitude goes to Sumner Milender for making this learning opportunity possible. Visit our website for directions to Brandeis University and Usdan Student Center, and for more information about this event brandeis.edu/hornstein RSVP hornstein@brandeis.edu Co-chairs Evan Taksar Hornstein class of 2015 Naomi Rosenfeld Hornstein class of 2016