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    Community Brit

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    Kol HaLev Community Brit for In-person Gatherings

    (Version 5.0, August 2022)

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    2016 Trial: The People vs. Moses

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    Audio of 2016 Mock Trial: The People vs. Moses

    Our thanks to 90.3 WCPN / ideastream® for their generous support of this series, including the audio recording and rebroadcasts of each trial.

     

    Video of Rabbi Steve's Pre-trial Adult Education Session about Moses

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    Shabbaton 2019

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    Registration deadline is March 4!

    Download the flyer here and REGISTRATION FORM here.
    Shabbaton 2019

    Mishloach Manot 2015

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    ​Kol HaLev’s Annual Purim Fundraiser 

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    "Abraham: The Man and the Myth" - Adult education with Dr. Peter Haas

    "Abraham: The Man and the Myth" 
    What do we really know about Abraham and how do we know it?

    Join Kol HaLev for a deep dive into the parshiot and commentaries that shed light on our complex patriarch, and an exciting introduction to the themes that will be dramatized in the upcoming mock trial!


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    Mock Trial 2011 Audio

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    The People vs. King David: A Trial

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    The People VS King David Part 1

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    The People VS King David Part 2

    GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

    From his unexpected defeat of Goliath, the poet David rose to become one of the ancient Israelites' most beloved rulers. Renowned as a fearless military leader, a unifying political ruler, and composer of many psalms in the Hebrew Bible, his career was also rife with rumors of sexual scandal, excessive bloodshed, and corruption.

    Now charges have been brought! King David stands accused of multiple counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. In a dramatic live courtroom battle, attorneys grapple with issues of morality, law and power.

    Presiding Judge: The Honorable Solomon Oliver Jr., Chief Judge
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
    Defense Attorney: Avery Friedman, civil rights attorney, Chief Counsel of The Fair Housing Council, and legal correspondent for CNN
    Prosecuting Attorney: Geoffrey S. Mearns, Provost, Cleveland State University, and former Dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
    Bailiff / Moderator: Kevin McMunigal, Judge Ben C. Green Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

     

    The audience voted...what was the verdict? While the votes were counted, a panel of Cleveland's most engaging clergy brought a religious perspective to the difficult moral and ethical issues highlighted in the trial held during the evening of November 12, 2011 in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Moot Courtroom.

    • Rabbi Steve Segar, Kol HaLev, Cleveland's Reconstructionist Jewish Community
    • Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple
    • The Reverend Leah C. K. Lewis, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church

     

     

    Mock Trial 2011 Audio - The People vs. King David

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    The People vs. King David: A Trial

    Click the PLAY button in the audio player below to listen to the trial!

    You may need: Adobe Flash Player.

    The People VS King David Part 1

    You may need: Adobe Flash Player.

    The People VS King David Part 2

    GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

    From his unexpected defeat of Goliath, the poet David rose to become one of the ancient Israelites' most beloved rulers. Renowned as a fearless military leader, a unifying political ruler, and composer of many psalms in the Hebrew Bible, his career was also rife with rumors of sexual scandal, excessive bloodshed, and corruption.

    Now charges have been brought! King David stands accused of multiple counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. In a dramatic live courtroom battle, attorneys grapple with issues of morality, law and power.

    Presiding Judge:The Honorable Solomon Oliver Jr., Chief Judge
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
    Defense Attorney:Avery Friedman, civil rights attorney, Chief Counsel of The Fair Housing Council, and legal correspondent for CNN
    Prosecuting Attorney:Geoffrey S. Mearns, Provost, Cleveland State University, and former Dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
    Bailiff / Moderator:Kevin McMunigal, Judge Ben C. Green Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law

     

    The audience voted...what was the verdict? While the votes were counted, a panel of Cleveland's most engaging clergy brought a religious perspective to the difficult moral and ethical issues highlighted in the trial held during the evening of November 12, 2011 in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Moot Courtroom.

    • Rabbi Steve Segar, Kol HaLev, Cleveland's Reconstructionist Jewish Community
    • Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple
    • The Reverend Leah C. K. Lewis, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church

     

     

    Eve: an Unauthorized Biography

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    Eve: An Unauthorized Biography

    A special Kol HaLev adult study session with 
    Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D.

    Vice President for academic affairs
    and academic dean of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

     

    “For generations interpreters have told us the story of Eve,” says Dr. Kamionkowski. But what does her story really mean? “In this session we will return to where it all began--the biblical text itself. And we will review how religious scholars changed Eve and her legacy.”

    Dr. Kamionkowski's study session is prelude to Kol HaLev's November 17 presentation of the live courtroom drama "The People vs. Eve." Tickets and more info at www.kolhalev.net/trial

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