Scholar in Residence 2022 featuring Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin whose presentation topics will center on the theme of "tikkun" or repair.

THIS SPECIAL WEEKEND IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. BOXED LUNCH ORDERS NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED, BUT PARTICIPANTS ARE STILL INVITED TO ATTEND SATURDAY'S PRESENTATIONS!

Throughout the COVID pandemic we have had personal and collective experiences not encountered by previous generations and for many, it has shaken us to our core. Rabbi Salkin's Martini Judaism: for those who want to be shaken not stirred, will shake things up in a new way!

Please join us for this special weekend celebrating Shabbat together, with the theme of tikkun (repair) woven throughout. Participate in the whole weekend or just the parts that pique your interests!

• Friday, March 4 at 5:15PM Welcome Reception in Atrium
• Friday, March 4 at 6:00PM Erev Shabbat Services 
• Friday, March 4 at 7:00PM Tikkun HaNefesh Presentation: Fixing the Broken Halleluyah (in the sanctuary and on livestream): An intimate encounter with the theology and poetry of Leonard Cohen – through Christian, Jewish, and mystical imagery. What clues does the singer-songwriter offer us on how to repair ourselves?
• Saturday, March 5 at 11:00AM Tikkun Elohim Presentation: Hidden Meaning of Kaddish (in the sanctuary and on livestream): It is Judaism’s greatest hidden truth, and it has been staring us in the face for almost a thousand years. You might know how to say Kaddish, but you will never experience it the same way again.
• Saturday, March 5 at 1:00PM Tikkun Olam Presentation: How the Jews Get Woke : A Master Class in Talmud (in the sanctuary and on livestream): ever studied Talmud before? This is a snap – especially because it’s in English, and it’s about how to seek social justice in our communities. Fun, funny, and inspirational.

Please join us in the atrium for a light nosh before Erev Shabbat services. There will be no Shabbat morning service. Instead, please join us on Zoom for 5:00PM Maariv service.

Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin has a national and international reputation as one of America’s most quoted rabbis and thought leaders. His words have been cited in The New York Times, The New Republic, and USA Today. He has appeared on many television and radio programs, and has spoken in more than a hundred communities, including in Israel, Great Britain, Cuba, and Poland. His colleagues describe him as “intellectually fearless;” “an activist for Jewish ideas;” “a public intellectual of the pulpit.”

Rabbi Salkin’s books have been published by Jewish Lights Publishing and the Jewish Publication Society. His books have dealt with such subjects as the spirituality of career, masculinity, Israel, righteous gentiles, and Jewish history. Several of his books have won national awards. 

Rabbi Salkin has been responsible for the spiritual revival of bar and bat mitzvah in America – largely through his first book, Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim The Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah (Jewish Lights Publishing. His new book, The JPS Bnai Mitzvah Torah Commentary, is the first in-depth introduction to Torah and prophets for young people and their families. 

Rabbi Salkin’s blog, “Martini Judaism – for those who want to be shaken and stirred,” won the 2015 Religion Communicators Council (RCC) Wilbur Award for Faith-based Blogs. His essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, including The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Commentary, Forward, JTA, Tablet, Moment, The Jewish Week and Readers Digest. 

A native of New York, Rabbi Salkin was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1981. He was one of the first Jews to earn the Doctor of Ministry degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1991. Rabbi Salkin has served on the boards of many national and local Jewish organizations, and has been an activist for Israel and Zionism. Rabbi Salkin serves as the Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel of West Palm Beach. He was the prestigious Chautauqua Society scholar in June of 2020. His hobbies include playing guitar, reading voraciously, and consuming vast quantities of coffee. 

Thanks to Temple Sinai our generous sponsors for their support: Mark and Laurie Criden, Michael and Barbara Pollack, Alan and Fredda Chalfin, Women of Sinai and Sinai Men's Club.