BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN
TZID:America/Denver
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2207@headenver.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260808T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260808T113000
DTSTAMP:20260806T170807Z
URL:https://www.headenver.org/events/torah-for-today-in-the-library-with-r
 abbi-doug-weber-7/
SUMMARY:Torah for Today in the Library with Rabbi Doug Weber
DESCRIPTION:\nTopic: Child Sacrifice\; Then and Now\nDid our ancient ancest
 ors or their neighbors actually offer children as ritual sacrifices? In wh
 at ways (literally and metaphorically) are children still being sacrificed
 ? (Resource Sheet)\n\n\n\nA native of Westbury\, New York\, Rabbi Weber st
 udied music (tuba performance) at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam\, N
 Y and philosophy and electronic music composition at SUNY Albany\, earning
  a BA with various distinctions in 1976. He earned both a Masters in Hebre
 w Literature (1981) and rabbinic ordination (1982) from Hebrew Union Colle
 ge–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City\, having studied there 
 and at its Jerusalem campus. Honoris Causa  Doctor of Divinity degrees we
 re bestowed by HUC-JIR in 2007 and The Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer
 ica in 2010. He and Jessica have been married since 1975.  In 1993 Doug m
 igrated (what he calls his “sect change”) from the Reform movement and
  joined The Rabbinical Assembly. He served congregations in Staunton/Harri
 sonburg VA\, Elyria OH\, Auburn ME\, Boulder\, CO and Rutland\, VT from 20
 05 becoming Rabbi Emeritus in 2017. He helped found (playing tuba and euph
 onium) Rutland Jewish Center’s Klezmer Band and is currently Tubist with
  the Denver Rock Orchestra and often plays euphonium at Festo Festo and at
  HEA whenever Eitan convenes the House Band for festive events.\n\nRabbi W
 eber was (to the best of his knowledge) the creator of the now wide-spread
  practice of concluding Yom Kippur with “Shofar-In-The-Round” as well 
 as several jokes that have entered the canon. In 1993\, Rabbi Weber initia
 ted discussions with the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law
  and Standards about whether or not a bat kohen can participate in duchani
 ng. Fun-Fact: Doug was a childhood friend of Howard Stern. Doug is also a 
 fairly decent curler (as in Men With Brooms).\n\nRabbi Weber was Adjunct P
 rofessor of Philosophy at Castleton University from 2007 through Spring se
 mester\, 2020\, where he taught courses including Comparative Religion\, T
 he Western Faiths\, Introduction to Philosophy\, Religion and Violence and
  his favorite\, an Honors course in Cosmology\, co-taught with an Astronom
 y Professor.  He taught similar courses at the College of Saint Joseph in
  Rutland from 2008 until it became financially insolvent and closed in 201
 9.\n\nAfter Spring semester 2020\, facing the specter of teaching only “
 virtually” in Zoom Hell\, Doug and Jessica (a public school Music Teache
 r) decided it was time fully to retire and be nearer to some of their grow
 n children and grandchildren.  Said offspring include Dr. Zach Weber\, (C
 hair of Philosophy Program at Otago University in New Zealand\, married to
  Dr. Vickie MacKnight) and their sons Oskar\, Edgar and Felix\; Taliah (an
  architect married to Dr. Mitch Ohriner\, Professor of Music Theory at Den
 ver U.) and their sons Nadav and Zev\; and Eli (an engineer married to Dr.
  Aleah Sommers\, a research Glaciologist at Dartmouth) their daughter\, 
 “Sunny” and twin sons\, Yofi and Pele. (So many “Doctors” but not 
 one of them can do a thing to help if you’re sick!) He and Jessica reloc
 ated to Centennial\, in December\, 2020 and became HEA members when pandem
 ic restrictions began to loosen.\n\nContact:   rebsterdw@gmail.com
CATEGORIES:Adult Programming,Featured
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Denver
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20260308T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:MDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR