Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Ed Feld will offer the d’var Torah.

“What Do We Learn as We Age? A Poet’s Journey.” Begin your preparation for the High Holy Days with an intimate poetry reading and discussion by poet and spiritual guide Merle Feld, featuring poems from her newest book, Longing: Poems of a Life. The reading and discussion will take place at Shabbat dinner following Friday night services.

What role can/should religion and religious leaders play in the public square? Dr. Julian Zelizer, Princeton historian, CNN politic analyst and best-selling author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement, joins us for a post-services discussion.