JBD & COSV and are pleased to invite you to
Lunch with
Rabbi Kenneth Brander
“Ethics in Philanthropy: Should synagogues and Jewish institutions accept tainted funds?”
Tuesday 6th August 2013
12.45pm-1:30pm
Mincha will follow the lecture at 1:30pm
The venue for this event has changed. To be advised of the new venue, please contact admin@jbd.org.au
Lunch and refreshments will be served
Men and women welcome
RSVP for catering purposes to events@jbd.org.au by COB Monday 5th August
Rabbi Brander is the Vice President for University and Community Life and the Dean of the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). Rabbi Brander is Rabbi Emeritus of the Boca Raton Synagogue and founder of the Weinbaum Yeshiva High School. During his 14 years of service to the community, Rabbi Brander oversaw its explosive growth from 60 to some 600 families. He is world renowned and engaged extensively throughout the USA and internationally lecturing Rabbis, communal leaders and communities in general in the field of Jewish renewal. During his studies to obtain Smicha, he served as the student assistant to the esteemed Rabbi Joseph B Soloveitchik. Rabbi Brander has received numerous awards for his community service, none the least he was honored with the State of Israel Medal of Honour for Rabbinic leadership in supporting Gush Etzion. Rabbi Brander has authored many articles in various scholarly journals and also co-edited The Yeshiva University Haggadah. Rabbi Brander is in Melbourne as a guest of the COSV.
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