Uri Feinberg was our summer 2023 Temple Emanuel Israel trip tour guide and instructor for our History of Zionism class in fall 2023.
We are thrilled to welcome him to Temple Emanuel to continue our dialogue.
EVENTS INCLUDE
Uri will share his story and what life is like in Israel right now at a dinner just for our Chai Collective Members.
Chai Collective is a monthly giving circle with members from the Temple Emanuel community. Their automatic gifts in multiples of $18 sustain the life of Temple Emanuel by supporting our general operating fund. Learn more about the Chai Collective here.
Limited to current Chai Collective Members.
(RSVP required by Monday November 18)
If you have any difficulty with online registration please contact the Temple Office at 301.942.2000 or via email at office@templeemanuelmd.org
Uri will give the d’var torah about resilience after 10/7. Can resilience help us when we don’t have time to mourn? Following October 7th and the longest, continuous war that Israel has ever endured has forced us to go through the motions in order to be able to rise, so that we can finally have a moment to collapse. We will explore what that might look like and feel like. Our Kol Zimrah adult choir will also participate in the service.
An oneg with the opportunity to speak with Uri and continue the discussion based on what we heard tonight will follow the service.
Members and non-members welcome; no registration required for service or oneg
Uri leads Torah study, moving from Parasha Chayei Sara into contemporary responses to 10/7.
This healing service with feature readings and liturgy from post – 10/7. We will look at liturgy through the lens of the land of Israel. Service followed by lunch.
Members and non-members welcome; no registration required for Torah study or service
Uri will join our K-5 students to lead a discussion of What makes me who I am? Who makes me who I am? Where makes me who I am? If you have ever heard that Israel is a special place for the Jewish People, then you are in the right place. We will not only talk about Israel and what ‘homeland’ might mean but will try and figure out how to talk to Israelis in their native language and maybe even realize that Hebrew is our native language as well.
Designed for parents of school-aged children, Uri will engage in a discussion to address questions and concerns related to how to talk to children about Israel and antisemitism. An open conversation even when it isn’t easy, and hard answers, even when there isn’t always one to give.
Members and non-members welcome; no registration required
Uri will conclude his visit Sunday meeting and teaching our adult B’nei Mitzvah students and Hebrew students.
Uri Feinberg has been a Jewish Educator for 25 years. Born in the US, Uri immigrated to Israel when he was ten, grew up in Jerusalem served in the IDF, and then traveled the world. Uri has a Masters Degree from the Hebrew University in Contemporary Jewish Studies, and was a Jewish history teacher for North American teens, in semester programs in Israel, for many years.
Uri spent three years in the US with his wife and three daughters where he served as the Interim Director of Education of Temple Israel of Boston. A licensed tour guide since 1999, Uri has worked as a tour educator for a wide range of groups including synagogue, Federation, URJ and CCAR leadership, interfaith, multi-generational and more. He has guided Jewish heritage trips throughout Europe and has lectured on Israel and Jewish identity across North America.
In the wake of the October Seventh war, with so many uncertainties and two daughters in the military, Uri has joined Israeli civil society helping where he can. He has also re-harnessed the tools of his trade to partner with and help the North American Jewish community (and himself) grapple with and strengthen their knowledge of what has happened, how this has affected Israel and why we feel the way we feel. This has been done through remote teaching and zoom, solidarity trips to Israel in these challenging times, and in-person visits to North America. Uri and his family live in the city of Modi’in, and are active members of their Reform congregation, YOZMA.
Uri’s experience has been driven by a clear desire to share the power of the Land and State of Israel, to strengthen Jewish identity and a connection with the Jewish People. With his unique perspective, Uri recognizes that this process includes building bridges and having the ability to inspire and to be inspired.
