Rabbi Laura Geller is Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, CA, a founder of The Next Step Boomer and Beyond Initiative, and co-author with her husband, Richard Siegel, of the forthcoming book, Getting Good at Getting Older. This weekend she will share with us insights she has gathered both personally (“as a senior rabbi turned senior”) and as the founder of a new initiative exploring how Jewish tradition and new forms of Jewish community can enrich and reengage healthy, active adults in the 50-70 age range.

Friday, November 3
6:15 p.m. Shabbat service. Sermon: Proven Practices for Personal Growth
The question for us at any stage of our life is: what work on myself do I need to do now to become the person I someday hope to be? What tools does our tradition offer us to get there?
7:30 p.m. Shabbat dinner and informal conversation with Rabbi Geller
Cost of dinner: $25 member/ $35 nonmember

Saturday, November 4
8:30 a.m. Torah study with Rabbi Geller
12:00 p.m. Lunch and presentation on Rituals for a New Stage of Life
Rituals mark important moments when a community both reflects and teaches what is important to its members. If a moment isn’t marked, it isn’t seen as significant. What are the moments in our lives that occur in middle age and beyond for which there should be rituals, and how can we create authentic, meaningful rituals?
Cost of lunch: $15 member/ $25 nonmember

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