Ms. Shuli Taubes currently serves on the faculty of SAR High School in Riverdale, New York, where she teaches Tanakh and Jewish Identity, and chairs the Jewish Philosophy department. She has also developed and teaches a curriculum for educating Modern Orthodox high school students in comparative religion. Shuli is a member of the Machon Siach cohort on sexuality where she focuses her research on Jewish sexual ethics and education. For three years, she was the Sopher Community Scholar at the Young Israel of North Riverdale where she gave classes and served in a pastoral role. She is also a kallah teacher and lectures in synagogues and adult education programs throughout North America. Shuli received her Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Harvard Divinity School and her BA in history from Barnard College. Shuli and her family live in Riverdale and love The Bayit.

Dr. Ari Gordon is Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations for AJC, where he builds partnerships between Jews and Muslims enabling them to work together on issues of common concern and fostering productive engagement on issues of difference. His work is based on the premise that healthy Muslim-Jewish relations help both communities and strengthens the social fabric of our world. Ari is a master teacher who lectures regularly in academic, Jewish, and multifaith settings on Judaism, the history of interreligious relations, and religion in the world today. A graduate of Yeshiva University (BA 2005) and Harvard Divinity School (MTS 2010), Ari completed PhD in Islamic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where his research focused on sacred geography and interreligious relations in Islam’s formative period. Ari, who grew up in Philadelphia, is fluent in Arabic and Hebrew. He lives in Riverdale with his wonderful wife, Shuli Taubes and their little ones, Freddie and Leona.

SHAVUOT ADULT LEARNING
The Bayit invites you to join an incredible Shavuot with Scholar-in-Residence Ms. Shuli Taubes & Dr. Ari Gordon.
(Note: All class topics with our scholars are bolded.)

Thursday, May 25th
5:30 PM - Yizkor Zoom
7:57 PM - Candle Lighting
8:07 PM - Mincha
8:20 PM - Between Mincha and Maariv Shiur: Understanding Sinai in a Multi-religious World with Ari Gordon
9:00 PM - Maariv

Tikkun Leil Shavuot
10:45 PM - 4:45 PM Tikkun Leil Shavuot
11:30 PM - The Chosen One: Jewish Approaches to the Doctrine of Election with Shuli Taubes

Friday, May 26th - Shavuot Day 1
5:00 AM & 9:00 AM - Shacharit
Post 9:00 AM Tefillah - Talk with Ari Gordon:
Intertwined Worlds: Understanding the History of Muslim-Jewish Relations
7:00 PM - Pre-Mincha Maariv Talk with Ari Gordon:
From DC to Dubai and Beyond: Muslim-Jewish Relations in the World Today 
7:58 PM - Candle Lighting 
8:00 PM - Mincha/Abbrev. Kabbalat Shabbat

Shabbat, May 27th - Shavuot Day 2
7:15 AM & 9:00 AM - Shacharit followed by Derashah with Shuli Taubes:
Love Story: G-d and the Jewish People
10:30 AM (approx.) - Yizkor
After Musaf - Megillat Rut (Mixed reading)
Following Shacharit @ Beth Aharon - Shiur with Michael Wachsman: So What's the Story with Chol HaMoed Anyway?
6:45 PM - Armchair Conversation: Shuli Taubes, Ari Gordon and Rav Steven
7:50 PM - Mincha
9:02 PM - Maariv
9:02 PM - Havdalah/Yom Tov ends

For Youth Shavuot programming schedule click here.
For Tween and Teen Shavuot programming schedule click here.