Guest Speaker – Rabbi Matt Berkowitz

Guest Shabbat Speaker: Rabbi Matt Berkowitz
President, The Schechter Institute
Friday Night Program after Dinner
“And When Your Children Will Ask”: The Four Children Unmasked
Shabbat Morning Learning(during Services)
The Heart of Revolution: On Seder and On The Schechter Institutes
Shabbat Afternoon (Kiddush)
The Art of Zionish Thought & Israeli Identity

Rabbi Matthew L. Berkowitz is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. which is devoted to a pluralistic vision of Jewish education in Israel.  He is the co-founder of Kol Ha-Ot, a Jerusalem-based venture devoted to exploring the arts and Jewish learning. An accomplished artist, Matt was formally trained in Jewish scribal art in Jerusalem and completed the writing of Megillat Esther, the illumination of several ketubbot, and a limited edition artist portfolio entitled Passover Landscapes: Illuminations on the Exodus which was acquired by Yale University, exhibited at Yeshiva University Museum (April, 2006) and is on permanent exhibit at The Jewish Theological Seminary.