Kurt Schmoke Comes to Beth
APRIL 2015 NISAN / IYAR 5775 CONTENTS RABBI’S RABBI’S MESSAGE MESSAGE 1 Sages for the Ages: CANTOR’S Kurt Schmoke CORNER 3 Comes to Beth Am! PRESIDENT’S Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg PERSPECTIVE 4 Ben Zoma would say: “Who is CONGREGATION LEARNING 5 wise? One who learns from every person.” RESERVOIR ~ Pirkei Avot 3:1 HILL NEWS 6 Learning has always been UPCOMING a foundational Jewish value EVENTS 6* and a central one to us at Beth Am Synagogue. But IFO NEWS 7 where does wisdom lie, and PURIM PHOTOS 8 from whom can we attain valuable knowledge about Jewish ideas and values? Surely, PREPARING FOR understanding of scientific principles comes from the secular PASSOVER 12 realm, but how can we also learn particular (if not unique) Jewish concepts from non-Jewish sources? CALENDARS 19 This month, we are blessed to bring Kurt Schmoke, COMMUNITY former Mayor of Baltimore City, former Dean of Howard NEWS 22 University Law School and new President of the University of Baltimore, to Beth Am. In a conversation with our own CONTRIBUTIONS 24 Ron Shapiro, he will present his views on transformational FUND leadership and share the ways his remarkable journey has DESIGNATION 27 led him full-circle back to his hometown. Together, the two men will explore questions of education, urban revitalization, race and the future of Baltimore City. We’ll learn President *throughout bulletin Schmoke’s vision for UB and how anchor institutions can make a positive and lasting impact on their communities. Who is wise? One who learns from every person.
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