{"id":30133,"date":"2023-02-28T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30133"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:58:34","slug":"ono-ethiopian-expert-addresses-detroits-first-conservative-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/ono-ethiopian-expert-addresses-detroits-first-conservative-synagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ono Ethiopian Expert Addresses Detroit\u2019s First Conservative Synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ono Ethiopian Expert Addresses Detroit\u2019s First Conservative Synagogue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-30134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/Rav-Sharon-in-Michigan-2.23-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/Rav-Sharon-in-Michigan-2.23-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/Rav-Sharon-in-Michigan-2.23.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">In the framework of his North American lecture tour, Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom,\u00a0the founding director of Ono Academic College\u2019s International Center for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry, spoke at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, the first Conservative Jewish Congregation in Detroit, founded in 1861.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Rabbi Dr. Shalom\u2019s address, was entitled, \u201cAgainst All Odds: The Ethiopian Jewish community as a Healing Force in the Multicultural Israeli Society.\u201d It was well attended, and generated fascinating questions and riveting conversation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">For more than 150 years, Congregation Shaarey Zedek has been an important focus of Jewish life in the Midwest.\u00a0 Currently in Southfield, Michigan, the synagogue building, designed by Percival Goodman, is one of the most breathtaking places to worship in the country with magnificent, multi-story stained glass windows and a soaring sanctuary ceiling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Rabbi Dr. Shalom was excited to meet Detroit\u2019s Jewish community and leaders and looks forward to maintaining the new relationships he developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Ethiopian Expert Addresses Detroit\u2019s First Conservative Synagogue In the framework of his North American lecture tour, Rabbi Dr. Sharon Shalom,\u00a0the founding director of Ono Academic College\u2019s International Center for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30134,"menu_order":340,"template":"","class_list":["post-30133","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}