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ACTIVITIES - PROGRAMS - EVENTS
For a listing of current functions, classes and services, please
bookmark our continuously updated Shabbat
Shalom / Weekly Schedule page or our Calendar.
ROSH CHODESH
Thursday, 18th March
Rabbi's Apartment
8:30pm
This month, Erica Lyons will share with
us how she came to create Asian Jewish Life and her vision
for the magazine’s future. We’ll have dessert, wine
and good discussion.
Rosh Chodesh is monthly meeting where UJC women and
their friends gather to discuss a specific topic or to listen
to an informal talk. It's an opportunity to be together, have
a nosh, learn about an interesting issue, and get to know each
other in a friendly, stimulating environment.
Please contact the
UJC office for further information.
JEWISH BEER DRINKING ASSOCIATION (JBDA)
Usually meets one Thursday night a month... very casual ...a nice
way to visit all the new and 'in' places in Hong Kong and to meet
and greet old friends and make new ones... wine drinkers more
than welcome!
Stay tuned for the details of our next meeting.
THE BOOKHERS
Join the UJC's book group, The Bookhers,
as we gather to discuss Jewish books - fiction, history, biography,
etc., and enjoy a little cake too.
Stay tuned for details of our next meeting.
For more information and to register, please
contact Joshua
Goldman-Brown.
SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
Please join us as we welcome UJC Scholar-In-Residence
PROFESSOR ALAN COOPER and his wife
Dr. Tamar Frank. Professor Cooper is a world-class Bible
Scholar and a favorite teacher of both lay people and students
at The Hebrew Union College and The Jewish Theological Seminary.
Dr. Tamar Frank is an sexpert on Medieval Judaism and Jews in
the Islamic world.
Thursday, 11th March
AN ART, ADAM and EVE-ning — For Adults
Only!
7:00 PM — Exhibition opening reception for The Art
of Sofer Jamie Shear and UJC Torah Project Photographs
by Ellen Friedlander and Simon Ng. Enjoy wine and canapés
while viewing the beautiful images. Exhibition will continue until
22nd March.
7:45 PM — “Sex, Gender, & Original Sin”
with Prof. Alan Cooper
Venue: UJC Sanctuary
Friday, 12th March
8:00 AM — Breakfast Havurah with Dr. Tamar Frank
Topic: “Jews and Islam: Changing Perceptions”
Cost: HK$95 per person for Continental breakfast.
Venue: Starbucks Coffee (Shop M2, Baskerville House, 13 Duddell
Street, Central)
7:00 PM — Prof. Alan Cooper will speak at Shabbat services
Topic: “What’s So Heroic About Our Biblical
Hero(in)es?”
Venue: UJC Sanctuary
Saturday, 13th March
9:30 AM — Torah Study — Special Alan Cooper
Edition
Bagels, lox, and a discussion of the weekly Torah portion led
by a master teacher.
Venue: Rabbi's Apartment
7:30 PM — Join us for havdalah, dessert, and discussion
with Prof. Alan Cooper
Topic: “Making the Psalms Your Own”
Venue: Rabbi's Apartment
Sunday, 14th March
10:00 AM — Bagels & Bina with Prof. Alan Cooper (Everyone
is welcome!)
Topic: “Bringing Kids to Shul—Perspectives
From the Tradition”
Venue: UJC Sanctuary
Please click
here to download the full schedule. RSVP to the UJC
office by Monday, 8th March.
SAVE THE DATE
Upcoming UJC 20th Anniversary Special
Events
RABBI JOEL OSERAN
April 15—18, 2010
Rabbi Joel is the Vice President for International Development
of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and former UJC Rabbi.
TORAH SCRIBE JAMIE SHEAR
May 25 - June 3, 2010
Our sofer Jamie Shear returns to Hong Kong. Don't miss your chance
to write in The UJC Torah with Jamie.
THE UJC 20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
May 29, 2010
Tuesday, 8th December 2009, 8:00am – 10:00am
An evening of dining, dancing and celebrating 20 years of Progressive
Judaism in Hong Kong.
More details to follow.
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