Scholar-in-Residence - June 17, 2018Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik
WILL DELIVER TWO LECTURES
AT YOUNG ISRAEL OF SOUTHFIELD
SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 17TH
Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik received his semicha (ordination) from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and a PhD from Princeton University in Religion. He
directs Yeshiva University’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought and is the spiritual
leader of Congregation Shearith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in the US.
Rabbi Soloveichik will give two lectures at Young Israel of Southfield, both related to the
influence of Jews on early America: “Three Civil War Seders: A Study in Jewish Identity” and
“The Founding Father at the Chupah: A Tale of a Revolutionary Jewish Wedding.”
PATRONS' DINNER 5:30pm
A SIX-COURSE, WINE-PAIRED TASTING MENU (DINNER PRESENTED BY QUALITY KOSHER CATERING AND HERZOG WINES) - $250 per person
COMMUNITY LECTURE 7:30pm - $10
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 248.358.0154 OR YISOUTHFIELD.ORG
PATRON RESERVATIONS DUE BY JUNE 7TH
