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Shabbat Scholar - October 25

“Yes! Celebrating Value and Talent” is the subject for our October 25th Shabbat Scholar presentation, based on the theme for the 80th anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Join AJ congregants Tyler Levy and Melanie Hughes as they host guest speakers who promote, supervise, employ, and advocate for employing people with disabilities in our community's workplaces. Learn how the U.S. Department of Labor helps us "recognize the value and talent American workers with disabilities add to our workplaces and economy."

Shabbat Morning services begin at 10 am and the Kiddush Lunch will follow, sponsored by the Julie Olson Shabbat Scholar Fund. The Shabbat Scholar talk will begin about 12:30 pm. All are welcome!

Tyler would like to dedicate this program to Donna Fox of blessed memory. Donna was the program director of Forever YES (Your Empowered Self-Advocates) and a mentor to Tyler and many others.

Shabbat Scholar - November 1-2

Judaism and Mysteries of Life, Death, and the World Beyond
A Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton with Rabbi Simcha Raphael, Ph.D.
Sponsored by Adath Jeshurun and Kol Israel Community of Kentucky

Friday, October 31 at 11:30 a.m.
Rudd Heart & Lung Conference Center
Jacob's End-of-Life Journey: Guidelines for Conscious Living, Conscious Dying
Supported by the UofL Trager Institute Optimal Aging Clinic
RSVP Only to Blu at 502-277-0555 or kolisraelky@gmail.com
(Complimentary box lunch to those who RSVP by Friday, Oct. 24)

Saturday, November 1 at 10:00 am
Adath Jeshurun
D'var Torah at Shabbat Morning Service
Abraham's Calling: From Bereaved Refugee to Man of Destiny

Saturday, November 1 at 12:30 pm
Adath Jeshurun
Shabbat Scholar
Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Jewish Mysticism: Contemporary Implications
Kiddush Lunch sponsored by the Julie Olson Shabbat Scholar Fund of Adath Jeshurun

Saturday, November 1 at 7:30 pm
Archdiocese Historical Museum, 425 S. Fifth Street
Havdalah Service and Ghost Story-telling
Tales of the World Beyond: Stories of Ancient Ancestors, Wandering Spirits, and Reincarnating Souls
RSVP Only to Blu at 502-277-0555 or kolisraelky@gmail.com

Sunday, November 2 at 12:30 pm
Trager Family JCC
Exploring Jewish Death Rituals: The Journey from Mourning to Meaning
Supported by the Trager Family JCC and National Center to Encourage Judaism
RSVP Only to Blu at 502-277-0555 or kolisraelky@gmail.com

Rabbi Simcha Raphael, PhD, is Founding Director of the DA’AT Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training. He has served as Adjunct Professor in Religion at LaSalle University and Temple University, and in the Aleph Ordination Program, and has been a faculty member of the Art of Dying program since the first Open Center conference in 1995. He currently works as a transpersonal psychotherapist and spiritual director in the Philadelphia area. Ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi as a Pastoral Rabbi, Simcha is a member of the Rabbis Without Borders Network. He has authored seven books on death and afterlife including the groundbreaking book Jewish Views of the Afterlife, and the recently published Musings with the Angel of Death: Poems of Love, Life and Longing.

Wed, October 22 2025 30 Tishrei 5786