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Gesher Galicia Presents "Shtetl Life: An American's Journey from Ukraine to the Rabbinate and now Germany" #germany #galicia #rabbinic #holocaust #announcements
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Steven Turner
Dear Friends,
Gesher Galicia is proud to offer as part of our webinar series an interview with Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz conducted by Steven Turner and moderated by John Diener. Rabbi Borovitz is a young orthodox Rabbi now living in Berlin who grew up in New York City. Rabbi Borovitz developed a romantic attachment to the shtetl and decided after college to join the Peace Corps and live in a shtetl in Ukraine. He discusses how this led him to develop his inner Yiddishkeit in a way that ultimately led him down the path of becoming a Rabbi. During this time, he was very much involved in preserving Jewish heritage in his ancestral shtetl of Rohatyn. After his Peace Corps service Jeremy joined the Jewish Corps and he was stationed in Kyiv which eventually led him to be part of the protests on the streets during the Maidan revolution. From there, Jeremy studied in yeshivot in Israel and later at a seminary in Brooklyn, NY from which he was recently ordained. He now lives with his wife Rebecca who is also an orthodox Rabbi in Berlin as part of Hillel's Base Berlin. Jeremy and Rebecca were in the synagogue in Halle during a terrorist attack on Yom Kippur, 2019. Fortunately the terrorist was unable to break down the doors and all the worshipers were saved, but sadly 2 innocent people outside the synagogue were murdered. We trust that you will find Jeremy's story to be fascinating and well worth your time. This presentation is recorded and on our Members Portal for members to view at their convenience Preview a trailer of the interview with Rabbi Borovitz talking about what Gesher Galicia means to him here: https://www.youtube.com/watch? Please make sure you are logged into Gesher Galicia before clicking the link below to view the complete interview. https://www.geshergalicia.org/ You must be a member of Gesher Galicia to be able to access the webinars and other resources in the Members Portal. Please click on the link below to join or renew your membership to be able to view this presentation. https://www.geshergalicia.org/ If you are unable to access the Members Portal, send your inquiries to: membership@.... Please email us at ssturner@... with any questions or comments. Sincerely, Dr. Steven S. Turner President, Gesher Galicia
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