Friday, February 27, 2015

10:00am to 11:30am
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"Anti-Zionism to Zionism: Reform Judaism and Temple Beth El of Detroit's Alternate Course"
(Conferences / Seminars / Lectures)
Presenter: Laura Williams, Jewish Studies Specialist at Michigan State University
Laura Williams' lecture is on Temple Beth El, now in Bloomfield Hills, MI. She examines this large Reform synagogue during its transition from having strong anti-Zionist Rabbi Leo Franklin to pro-Israel Rabbi Glazer, and the connection of this case study to struggles within the Reform movement.
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