Orthodox Union Shabbat

• Date:

  5/7/2010

• Time:

  12:00 AM

• Description:

  Shabbat, May 8
  The Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Orthodox Union Shabbat
  With Nathan Diament
  Director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
  
  Shabbat Learning Lunch – 12:30 PM
  Obama, Israel & the Jews - What Do We Think?
  What Do We Know?
  
  Pre-mincha shiur - 6:45 PM
  Halacha & Public Policy Case Study - Capital Punishment
  
  Seudah Shlishit
  Abraham as a Model for Activism
  
  Nathan J. Diament is the Director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, where he develops and coordinates public policy research and initiatives on behalf of the Jewish community. He is an honors graduate of Yeshiva University and the Harvard Law School and the co-editor of Tikkun Olam: Social Responsibility in Jewish Law and Thought and the author of many essays on issues of public policy from the Orthodox perspective.