Shabbat Today (Video Edition): Yitro
Yitro, Moses' father-in-law, shows Moses the importance of an outsider's perspective in this week's Parshah. As Senior Educator Rabbi Matt Futterman points out, last Sunday's event, "From Selma to Jerusalem," co-sponsored by AIPAC in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, also highlighted how much we have to learn when we hear from friends outside of our own community -- as will this coming Friday's Anshe Emet Live service with Rev. Jesse Jackson. We look forward to seeing you all there! For full details on this week's Anshe Emet Live service, go to http://www.ansheemet.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/revised-jesse-jackson-ael.pdf For more information about AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, go to http://www.aipac.org/about_AIPAC/Learn_About_AIPAC/26.asp The book displayed behind Rabbi Futterman, "As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom" by Richard Michelson and Raul Colon (http://www.amazon.com/As-Good-Anybody-Abraham-Heschels/dp/0375833358/), tells the story of the bond between two men of faith from different backgrounds, united in their quest for justice.
Yitro, Moses' father-in-law, shows Moses the importance of an outsider's perspective in this week's Parshah. As Senior Educator Rabbi Matt Futterman points out, last Sunday's event, "From Selma to Jerusalem," co-sponsored by AIPAC in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, also highlighted how much we have to learn when we hear from friends outside of our own community -- as will this coming Friday's Anshe Emet Live service with Rev. Jesse Jackson. We look forward to seeing you all there! For full details on this week's Anshe Emet Live service, go to http://www.ansheemet.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/revised-jesse-jackson-ael.pdf For more information about AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, go to http://www.aipac.org/about_AIPAC/Learn_About_AIPAC/26.asp The book displayed behind Rabbi Futterman, "As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom" by Richard Michelson and Raul Colon (http://www.amazon.com/As-Good-Anybody-Abraham-Heschels/dp/0375833358/), tells the story of the bond between two men of faith from different backgrounds, united in their quest for justice.