Installation Friday, May 19, 7:30pm, Fundraising dinner Saturday, May 20, 6pm
Temple Israel officially installs its new rabbi, Rabbi Cynthia Minster, during a Friday night Shabbat Service on May 19, at 7:30 pm. The community is invited to meet her and attend this free service with a reception to follow. On Saturday, May 20, at 6 pm, there will be a celebratory dinner and dancing party to mark this occasion. Tickets are required for the dinner and must be purchased in advance. This is a major fundraiser for the congregation.
Rabbi Minster earned a BA in Peace & Justice Studies from Wellesley College in 2000, and an MA in Rabbinical Studies from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, where she was also ordained last year.
Prior to joining Temple Israel, she served as the student rabbi and as a religious school teacher at Temple Beth David of Temple City, CA, as well as the student chaplain at Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Rabbi Minster also attended Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI), was a Shalom Hartman Institute iEngage Student Clergy Fellow, and a CLAL Leading Through Innovation participant. Rabbi Minster and her husband, Chung-Mau Cheng, are raising their two children in Alameda.
To purchase dinner tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more information, visit https://www.templeisraelalameda.org/installation. Contact [email protected] with any questions. As a gesture of solidarity, local businesses, spiritual leaders, organizations and officials are encouraged to submit greetings and advertisements in the keepsake welcome book which will be given to all attendees throughout the weekend. Order form is also on the installation page.
Temple Israel is located at 3183 Mecartney Road, in the Harbor Bay Section of Alameda. Temple Israel is a Reform Congregation and has been the home of Alameda's Jewish Community since 1920.
Free Service Friday; Saturday Dinner & Dancing $72 per person
Presented by Temple Israel of Alameda.
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Temple Israel officially installs its new rabbi, Rabbi Cynthia Minster, during a Friday night Shabbat Service on May 19, at 7:30 pm. The community is invited to meet her and attend this free service with a reception to follow. On Saturday, May 20, at 6 pm, there will be a celebratory dinner and dancing party to mark this occasion. Tickets are required for the dinner and must be purchased in advance. This is a major fundraiser for the congregation.
Rabbi Minster earned a BA in Peace & Justice Studies from Wellesley College in 2000, and an MA in Rabbinical Studies from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, where she was also ordained last year.
Prior to joining Temple Israel, she served as the student rabbi and as a religious school teacher at Temple Beth David of Temple City, CA, as well as the student chaplain at Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Rabbi Minster also attended Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI), was a Shalom Hartman Institute iEngage Student Clergy Fellow, and a CLAL Leading Through Innovation participant. Rabbi Minster and her husband, Chung-Mau Cheng, are raising their two children in Alameda.
To purchase dinner tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more information, visit https://www.templeisraelalameda.org/installation. Contact [email protected] with any questions. As a gesture of solidarity, local businesses, spiritual leaders, organizations and officials are encouraged to submit greetings and advertisements in the keepsake welcome book which will be given to all attendees throughout the weekend. Order form is also on the installation page.
Temple Israel is located at 3183 Mecartney Road, in the Harbor Bay Section of Alameda. Temple Israel is a Reform Congregation and has been the home of Alameda's Jewish Community since 1920.
Free Service Friday; Saturday Dinner & Dancing $72 per person
Presented by Temple Israel of Alameda.
Installation Friday, May 19, 7:30pm, Fundraising dinner Saturday, May 20, 6pm
Temple Israel officially installs its new rabbi, Rabbi Cynthia Minster, during a Friday night Shabbat Service on May 19, at 7:30 pm. The community is invited to meet her and attend this free service with a reception to follow. On Saturday, May 20, at 6 pm, there will be a celebratory dinner and dancing party to mark this occasion. Tickets are required for the dinner and must be purchased in advance. This is a major fundraiser for the congregation.
Rabbi Minster earned a BA in Peace & Justice Studies from Wellesley College in 2000, and an MA in Rabbinical Studies from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, where she was also ordained last year.
Prior to joining Temple Israel, she served as the student rabbi and as a religious school teacher at Temple Beth David of Temple City, CA, as well as the student chaplain at Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Rabbi Minster also attended Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI), was a Shalom Hartman Institute iEngage Student Clergy Fellow, and a CLAL Leading Through Innovation participant. Rabbi Minster and her husband, Chung-Mau Cheng, are raising their two children in Alameda.
To purchase dinner tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more information, visit https://www.templeisraelalameda.org/installation. Contact [email protected] with any questions. As a gesture of solidarity, local businesses, spiritual leaders, organizations and officials are encouraged to submit greetings and advertisements in the keepsake welcome book which will be given to all attendees throughout the weekend. Order form is also on the installation page.
Temple Israel is located at 3183 Mecartney Road, in the Harbor Bay Section of Alameda. Temple Israel is a Reform Congregation and has been the home of Alameda's Jewish Community since 1920.
Free Service Friday; Saturday Dinner & Dancing $72 per person
Presented by Temple Israel of Alameda.
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Temple Israel officially installs its new rabbi, Rabbi Cynthia Minster, during a Friday night Shabbat Service on May 19, at 7:30 pm. The community is invited to meet her and attend this free service with a reception to follow. On Saturday, May 20, at 6 pm, there will be a celebratory dinner and dancing party to mark this occasion. Tickets are required for the dinner and must be purchased in advance. This is a major fundraiser for the congregation.
Rabbi Minster earned a BA in Peace & Justice Studies from Wellesley College in 2000, and an MA in Rabbinical Studies from the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, where she was also ordained last year.
Prior to joining Temple Israel, she served as the student rabbi and as a religious school teacher at Temple Beth David of Temple City, CA, as well as the student chaplain at Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Rabbi Minster also attended Davvenen' Leadership Training Institute (DLTI), was a Shalom Hartman Institute iEngage Student Clergy Fellow, and a CLAL Leading Through Innovation participant. Rabbi Minster and her husband, Chung-Mau Cheng, are raising their two children in Alameda.
To purchase dinner tickets, sponsorship opportunities, and more information, visit https://www.templeisraelalameda.org/installation. Contact [email protected] with any questions. As a gesture of solidarity, local businesses, spiritual leaders, organizations and officials are encouraged to submit greetings and advertisements in the keepsake welcome book which will be given to all attendees throughout the weekend. Order form is also on the installation page.
Temple Israel is located at 3183 Mecartney Road, in the Harbor Bay Section of Alameda. Temple Israel is a Reform Congregation and has been the home of Alameda's Jewish Community since 1920.
Free Service Friday; Saturday Dinner & Dancing $72 per person
Presented by Temple Israel of Alameda.
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