This Shabbat, February 24-25, Congregation Etz Chaim will welcome Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth, founder and president of Ve’AhavTA – TLV Jewish Experience, a grassroots social movement that is aiming to form a new narrative of unity in Israeli society based on Jewish identity.

On Sunday, February 26, Etz Chaim invites the community to the first of an exciting three-part series of lectures given by Rabbi Pesach Sommer. This week’s presentation will discuss “God or Torah—Which Comes First? A Religious, Intellectual and Psychological Investigation Into the Challenges of Biblical Criticism.” The next two lectures in the series will be given on Sunday, March 19, and Sunday, April 2, both beginning at 9:15 a.m. following Shacharit. The class is open to men and women. Breakfast will be served.