BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-316@fjmc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T203000 DTSTAMP:20241211T180243Z URL:https://fjmc.org/events-2/berens-scholars-program-awareness-and-tools- for-high-school-students-to-combat-antisemitism/ SUMMARY:Berens Scholars Program: Awareness and Tools for High School Studen ts to Combat Antisemitism DESCRIPTION:Scroll Down for Registration Form\n\nBerens Scholars Program:\n Awareness and Tools for High School Students to Combat Antisemitism\nWith Rabbi Erez Sherman\, Sinai Temple\, Los Angeles\nThursday\, December 12\, 2024 at 7:30 PM EST\n \;\n\nListen and interact with Rabbi Erez Sherma n\, Sinai Temple\, Los Angeles\, who has developed a new intensive semina r\, described as the "first of its kind" to prepare Jewish high school stu dents to withstand and resist campus antisemitism.  Announced in the shad ow of the one-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7 massacre across southe rn Israel\, the Berens Scholars Program will educate cohorts of students i n the 11th and 12th grade about the history of antisemitism across the age s and its latest manifestation in higher education\, steeling them against a wave of hatred that university administrators have failed to stop. The synagogue program is sponsored by Julie Platt\, a trustee of the Berens Sc holar program\, and Chair of the Trustees of the Jewish Federations of Nor th America.\n\nThe webinar is sponsored by the FJMC Committee to Combat An tisemitism. \n\n \;\n\nRabbi Erez Sherman oversees the Sinai Temple I srael Center\, which engages the synagogue and the Los Angeles community i n Israel advocacy and education through speakers\, classes\, trips\, and p rograms. He founded the Sinai Temple Israel Center Rabbinical School Fello wship\, which trains future Rabbis through seminaries across North America how to engage Israel in a deep and nuanced manner and directs the David a nd Angella Nazarian Youth Fellowship\, inspiring the next generation of Je wish leaders to use their voices in Israel and civic conversations.\nRabbi Sherman is the host of “Rabbi On The Sidelines: a podcast dedicated to the intersection of sports and faith”. He has been featured on Inside th e NBA with Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley\, and served as an in-studio guest on ESPN’s NBA Today to discuss and educate its viewers following s ocial media posts containing antisemitic content within professional sport s. Rabbi Sherman is married to Rabbi Nicole Guzik of Sinai Temple. They wo rk hand-in-hand to foster a warm\, welcoming synagogue family\, alongside their energetic children Annie\, Zachary\, and Henry.\n \;\n\n\nVisit the FJMC Combatting Antisemitism Initiative Web Page\n\n\n\n[ninja_form id =36]\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Combating Antisemitism END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR