NEW SERIES!
RABBINIC PERSPECTIVES: CONVERSATIONS FOR OUR TIMES
Presented by Rabbi Jack Luxemburg
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD
Eighty years after the Shoah, and still we are struggling to find ways to talk about the horror, the tragedy and the destruction visited upon our people and the world.
During the season of Holocaust Remembrance, Rabbi Jack Luxemburg, offers the study and discussion of two modern voices, both women, who employ the ancient mode of Midrash, to illustrate differing responses to the challenging questions — moral, social and spiritual — posed by the Shoah. These passages are selected from the collection titled, "Dirshuni: Contemporary Women's Midrash".
The session will provide our community of learners with an opportunity explore aspects of post-Holocaust thought, and to recall both victims and survivors through the traditional practice of study in memory of those whom we have lost.
Register to receive the Zoom link to join us online. Barring technical issues, this session will be posted in our Program Archive.
Rabbi Jack Luxemburg, Rabbi Emeritus retired after 35 years as Temple Beth Ami’s Senior Rabbi, in July 2016. Beginning in July of 1981 as the congregation’s first full-time Rabbi, Rabbi Luxemburg has been part of the Temple Beth Ami community for more than half of its history.
The only metro DC-area Rabbi to have completed a study grant from the March of Dimes to train at Georgetown University Hospital in the field of Human Genetics and counseling human genetics problems, Rabbi Luxemburg received his Doctoral degree in Pastoral Theology from the Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., culminating four years of academic study and clinical training. Articles and reviews by Rabbi Luxemburg have appeared in the Jewish Exponent, Philadelphia Bulletin, Reconstructionist Magazine and the Journal of Reform Judaism.
Rabbi Luxemburg is married to Barbara Etkind, a graduate of Brandeis University and the University of Michigan Law School. The Rabbi and Barbara are the proud parents of Daniel, z”l, and Michael.
We extend a special thank you to Andrew R. Ammerman for sponsoring our 2026 program lineup. He dedicates the semester’s learning in loving memory of Josephine and H. Max Ammerman and Stephen C.