December 17, 2021, 6:15 pm
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Join Rabbi Nir Barkin of Kehillat YOZMA, one of WRT’s cherished “sister congregations,” a thriving Progressive (Reform) Jewish community in Modi’in, Israel. Many delegations of WRT travelers have enjoyed the incredible warmth and hospitality of Rabbi Barkin and the YOZMA community. A Torah donated by WRT sits in the center of their synagogue. Let’s link our hearts and hopes as we learn from Rabbi Barkin, who will offer the evening’s D’var Torah.
More About our Distinguished Guest:
Rabbi Nir Barkin, a sixth-generation Jerusalemite, is YOZMA’s Senior Rabbi and Executive Director.
Rabbi Barkin returns to YOZMA from his previous position as IMPJ founder and director of the “DOMIM – aLike” project – a joint effort of the Government of Israel and the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, to strengthen relationships between Israel and Progressive Jewish communities around the world.
From 2004 through May 2015, Rabbi Nir served together with Yozma’s founding rabbi Kinneret Shiryon as one of YOZMA’s two partner rabbis. Rabbi Nir worked as a community Shaliach in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1999 to 2003.
Nir graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Middle Eastern and African studies at Tel Aviv University. Nir received his master’s degree in Contemporary Jewish Studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Rabbi Nir Barkin was ordained at HUC-JIR in 2007.