RHR Executive Director Arik Ascherman Visiting the US this June

RHR Executive Director Rabbi Arik Ascherman begins his Spring 2009 educational and fund raising tour on May 31st.  Arik will be speaking in a variety of settings, and we have posted his schedule here.  If there is an event slotted for a private home and you would like to attend, please email or call our office to get more information.  We will be updating this schedule regularly, so please check back regularly in the next month. We hope you will be able to hear Arik speak in a location near you!

West Coast Events

Sunday, May 31:  5:00 pm - Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Ave. in Berkeley - Hope and Justice in the Middle East and at 7:00 pm, a parlor meeting in a private home in Berkeley.

Monday, June 1:  5:30 pm - Committee for Civil Rights - a special meeting for legal professionals - Legal Challenges and Successes in Defending Human Rights in Israel and Palestine.  7:30 pm - Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, 290 Dolores Street at the corner of 18th Street, San Francisco - Hope and Justice in the Middle East.  Co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee.

Tuesday, June 2: 7:30 pm - parlor meeting in a private home in Los Angeles

Wednesday, June 3:  7:30 pm - parlor meeting in a private home in Los Angeles.

Thursday, June 4: parlor meeting in a private home in Santa Cruz, CA.

East Coast Events

Saturday, June 6:  Shabbat Services, P'nai Or, 6757 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA - Arik will speak at services.

Sunday, June 7:  2:30 pm - Arik is receiving the Keter Shem Tov award at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College graduation ceremonies in Philadelphia.

Monday, June 8:  10:30 am - Arik is teaching at the Churches for Middle East Peace Conference at Galludet University.  He is speaking at 7 pm at the Community Church in New York City, 40 East 35th Street between Park and Madison Avenues:  Jewish Values, Human Rights and the War in Gaza.

Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10: Parlor meetings in private homes in New York City.

Thursday, June 11:  7:30 - 9:30 pm - Temple Ohav Shalom, 8400Thompson Run Road, Allion Park, PA, co-sponsored with Rodef Shalom Congregation, A Rabbinic View of Human Rights in Israel.

Saturday, June 13:  6:30 pm - Congregation Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street, New York City, Jewish Values, Human Rights and the War in Gaza.

Sunday, June 14:  Parlor meeting in a private home in Chester, CT.

Monday, June 15:  7:30 pm - Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, 43 Lochstead Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA. Pursuing Justice, Finding Hope:  Post Gaza Reflections.

Tuesday, June 16: 7:30 pm - parlor meeting in a private home in Princeton, NJ