Congregational Dinner with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Lisa Grushcow
Congregational Dinner with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Lisa Grushcow
Our 2019 Scholar in Residence sponsored by the Pamela K. Wiles Fund for Interfaith Understanding is Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, an expert in human sexuality and inclusion.
Dinner Menu: bourbon glazed salmon kabob; wild rice & red quinoa combo; fresh asparagus with fig glaze; mixed greens with berries & balsamic vinaigrette
Cost: $18 (13+)/$10 (children 4–12)/Free (children 3 & under);
Register online or RSVP to Judy Rulin Mahan at Judy@TempleSinaiPGH.org or (412) 421-9715 ext. 110 by 5 PM on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Click for a schedule of all the Scholar-in-Residence Events.
ABOUT RABBI GRUSHCOW
Rabbi Lisa Grushcow received her B.A. from McGill University in 1996. She was then named a Rhodes Scholar and spent three years at Oxford University, where she earned a master’s degree in Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman World, and then a doctorate. She was ordained a rabbi in 2003 at the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where she studied as a Wexner Graduate Fellow.
Upon graduation, Rabbi Grushcow joined Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City, where she served as Associate Rabbi. She held this position until July 1, 2012 when she assumed the role of Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal. She is the author of Writing the Wayward Wife: Rabbinic Interpretations of Sotah, and the editor of The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality. She is a contributor to The Torah: A Women’s Commentary and the Torah Treasures videos for children, and is a regular columnist with the Canadian Jewish News.
Rabbi Grushcow is a sought-out speaker in the Montreal Jewish community. She is an active member of the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal, the Montreal Board of Rabbis, the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, and the Human Rights Committee of the Montreal Holocaust Museum. She is a member of the President’s Rabbinic Council of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and is involved in the Reform movement on an international level.
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