Feelings and tensions are running high around Israel, and when we gather at the seder table the likelihood is these will spill over. (Or everyone will work so hard to avoid the topic that we’ll end up with an awkward feeling of walking on eggshells.) Rabbi Amy Eilberg will lead a conversation about how to approach the topic in healthy ways and manage disagreement in a way that strengthens, rather than strains, relationships.
About Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Rabbi Amy Eilberg is the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She serves as a spiritual director, peace and justice educator, and teacher of Mussar (a classical Jewish system of spiritual development). She currently serves as Chair of the Racial Justice Subcommittee of the Conservative Movement’s Social Justice Commission and as Chair of Congregation Etz Chayim’s Anti-Racism Impact Team. Her book, From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace, was published by Orbis Books in March 2014. She received her Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in 2016. She is a loving wife, mother of three wonderful adult children (and their partners) and exuberant grandmother of three extraordinary grandchildren.