CONGRESS

Second Ohel Hachidusch Congress in Lund
August 28 – August 31, 2008
in cooperation with the Jewish Center in Lund (JCL)

Special Guests:
Rabbi Shawn Zevit (Philadelphia)
Rabbi Elisa Klapheck (Amsterdam/Frankfurt/Main)
Prof Roger Sages (Lund)
Aleph Rabbinical Senior Student Lynn Feinberg (Oslo)
Sonja Guentner (Köln) u.a.

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In May 2007 the first international Ohel Hachidusch invited Rabbi Marcia Prager, Hazzan Jack Kessler, Rabbi Elisa Klapheck and ALEPH rabbinical student Lynn Feinberg from Oslo to Berlin. Over 80 participants from all over Europe came to learn more about Jewish Renewal. Since then, a Jewish Renewal group under the leadership of the ALEPH ordained Cantor Jalda Rebling is growing in Berlin. Guest teachers from the US and Switzerland, guest participants from all over Europe came to join the activities of this inspiring and fast growing group. OH Berlin is ALEPH affiliated.

Last year Hazzan Jalda Rebling led the High Holidays in the Jewish Center of Lund, creating new relationships.

This summer the Jewish Center of Lund will welcome participants from all over Europe to the Second Ohel Hachidusch Congress. Rabbi Elisa Klapheck from Amsterdam, Rabbi Shawn Zevit from Philadelphia, Hazzan Jalda Rebling from Berlin, ALEPH rabbinical senior student Lynn Feinberg from Oslo and other spritual leaders will teach and lead the Shabbat Services. We will discuss how we can develop the joy to be a jew in Europe and how we can create a meanigful spiritual jewish life for jews who are still not able to find their place in the traditional jewish communities.
A public Havdala concert will make this congress a joyful event for the city of Lund.

PROGRAM
Ohel Hachidusch-Conference 28.08.08 – 31.08.08
in cooperation with the Judiska Centret i Lund

Thursday 28.08.08
15:00 Arrival in Lund

16:00 – 18:00 sightseeingtour

18:00- 20:00 Welcoming ritual by Rabbi Shawn Zevit and Chasan Jalda Rebling

20:30 – 22: 00 official opening
- greeting words by Janine Sages (Jewish Center Lund)
- Opening lecture Prof. Roger Sages
- Greeting words by officials
- Music Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Chasan Jalda Rebling

reception


Friday 29.08.08
10:00 Uhr panel
- Opening ritual by Rabbi Shawn Zevit
- What is our vision and how can we get there?

different groups

11:00 – 12:00
- Roger Sages (Lund) how can we develop a modern community?
- Sonja Guentner ( Köln ) how can we develop a large jewish education?

12:00 – 13:00
- How can we develop kehillot kedoshot: sacred, leadership and democratic community-structures based in jewish values? (Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Philadelphia)

13:00 – 14:00 lunch

14:00 – 16:00

- Passages through life and death (L.Feinberg Oslo)
- Experiences and visions (Rabbi Elisa Klapheck Amsterdam, Frankfurt)

Time to prepair for Shabbat

19:30 Kabbalat Shabbat
led by Chasan Jalda Rebling

following Kiddusch


Saturday 30.08.08
9:30 Shacharit Paraschat Re´e
led by Rabbi Shawn Zevit and others

12:30 Kiddush

14:00 different options
- spiritual singing in our tradition
- Torastudy
- Meditation/Yoga

16:00 Mincha
Torareading Parashat Shoftim

17:30 Se´uda Shlishit
the third meal, time for storytelling, sharing, singing

19:45 Ma´ariv

20:00 Havdala Concert
Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Chasan Jalda Rebling open for the city of Lund


Sunday 31.08.08
9:00 – 9:45 Hashpa´ah – Group Spiritual direction R. Shawn Zevit

10:00 Uhr opening for the final pannel

- What do we want?
- How can we make our visions real?
- How do we develop our networking?
- How do we develop the europeen way of Renwal?

13:00 lunch

Sighteeing