On Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 at 11:00 am, the Neve Shalom Adult Education Committee
and the Gilbert and Claudie Hayat Speaker Series invite you to learn with Dr. Michal Raucher. Dr. Raucher is a Jewish history professor at Rutgers University. She will be speaking about Tapping on the Stained-Glass Ceiling: Orthodox Women Rabbis. This will be presented online using Zoom, contact the synagogue office 732-548-2238 x 12 for the link and password.

Michal Raucher has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University, a master’s degree in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, and two bachelor degrees; one in Hebrew Bible from the Jewish Theological Seminary and the other in Religion from Columbia University. She joined Rutgers University, Department of Jewish Studies in Fall 2018. Her research lies at the intersection of Israel studies, Jewish ethics, and the anthropology of women in Judaism.
Professor Raucher’s second book “Tapping on the Stained Glass Ceiling: the Ordination of Orthodox Jewish Women in Israel and America” surrounds the recent ordination of women in Orthodoxy, comparing the phenomenon in Israel and America
Neve Shalom is pleased to bring high quality speakers on topics of Jewish interest thanks to the generosity of Gilbert and Claudie Hayat. This presentation is free and open to the public. Contact the synagogue office 732-548-2238 x 12 for the Zoom link and password Additionally you may contact Hazzan Levin at Hazzan@NeveShalom.net for more information.