FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saul Schottenstein
Foundation B
Contributes $25,000 to Adventure Rabbi: Synagogue Without
Walls
CINCINNATI, OH, July 21,
2010 - Saul Schottenstein Foundation B has contributed
$25,000 to the Adventure Rabbi: Synagogue Without Walls,
Boulder, Colorado, in support of the organization's
programs to promote Judaism. Specifically, the contribution
will be used in part to bring selected rabbis from across
the US for training in Rabbi Korngold's methods for
success outreach to unaffiliated Jews. Part of the grant
will be to bring Rabbi Korngold to Cincinnati, and the
remainder will be used for scholarships for Jewish participants.
According to Rabbi Korngold, "Our
goal is to dramatically broaden access to Judaism by
making it relevant and meaningful to our modern lives.
We provide a model that can engage the 70% of the Jews
in America who are not affiliated with a synagogue,
as well as augment the experiences of those who are
affiliated with traditional synagogues. This grant helps
spread our innovative approach by helping us train other
rabbis. While many Jews consider Jewish practices obsolete,
expensive and unrelated to their modern lives, we provide
a unique approach that draws people back into Jewish
practice and community."
Rabbi Korngold is the spiritual
leader of the innovative Adventure Rabbi program, based
in Boulder, Colorado. Major programs include Rosh Hashanah,
Yom Kippur and Passover retreats, as well as hikes in
the summer and services on skis in the winter. Korngold
is the author of God
in the Wilderness (Doubleday, 2008) and the
forthcoming book, God Envy: A Rabbi's Confession
(Jewish Lights Press, 2011). Rabbi Korngold received
her ordination from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati,
Ohio in 1999, and is an accomplished ultra-marathon
running and nationally-ranked skier. More information
about Adventure Rabbi: http://www.adventurerabbi.org/
Jeffrey P. Harris, Saul Schottenstein's
nephew and a trustee of the foundation, believes "the
Adventure Rabbi program gets back to the fundamentals
of Judaism to when Abraham in the wilderness experienced
the organic oneness of life, and ushers in a new era
of Judaism which gets back to these fundamentals."
Saul Schottenstein Foundation
B, an organization dedicated to experiencing the organic
oneness of life and redemption through acceptance, was
established in 2009 by the Estate of Saul S. Schottenstein.
Visit the Saul Schottenstein Foundation B Web site at
http://www.SaulSchottensteinFoundationB.org/
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Rabbi: Jeff Finkelstein - 303.945.8282.
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