Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Sandra Lawson will kick-off the first weekend of our four-part Community Education Series on Reconstructionist Judaism.

MaTovu and Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community (SHRC) invite you to participate in Kabbalat Shabbat led by Rabbi Sandra Lawson with Shabbat dinner to follow.

MaTovu will provide the main course (vegetarian) and drinks, and ask that everyone participating please contribute a side dish or dessert. (Please RSVP so we know have enough dinner for everyone!)

Rabbi Sandra Lawson is a native of St. Louis and serves as the campus rabbi for Elon University. She is an opinion writer for the Jewish publication The Forward and a public speaker on diversity in the Jewish community. Rabbi Sandra’s vision as a Rabbi is to help build a more inclusive Jewish community where all who want to come are welcomed, diversity is embraced, and we can come together to learn and to pray. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from Clark Atlanta University and is an Army Veteran. In her free time you can either find her at the gym, biking, or hiking.

Please RSVP here to MaTovu.