Where Movies and the Midrash Intersect with Rabbi Weiner

Combining the world of classical Biblical explication, Midrash, and contemporary Hollywood films might seem like a tall order, but Rabbi Martin Weiner, has found that many of the exciting themes of the Midrash, are found in some of the best known and best loves movies of our times.

This program will be a chance to enjoy inspiring rabbinic texts and scenes from classic movies. Rabbi Weiner has presented this program in Boston, New Zealand, Australia, and, of course his own community of San Francisco.

About the speaker:

Rabbi Martin Weiner is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, having served as Senior Rabbi since 1972.

For over 30 years he has been a respected advocate for social justice, particularly in the areas of civil rights, human rights and Soviet Jewry. He has held many national and communal leadership positions. Locally, he has served on the boards of the Jewish Community Federation, the American Jewish Committee and Jewish Family and Children's Services.

Professionally, he has been a leader in Reform Judaism in this country, having served in numerous capacities, including the Presidency of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Reform Judaism's professional rabbinical association.

Rabbi Weiner has a love of movies as well as Jewish tradition and ethics and has often combined them in his lectures on Movies and Midrash.

Free and Open to the public.

RSVP requested, but not required. Contact nadine@shirhadash.org or (408) 358-1751, ext 5.