Rabbi Jonathan Porath is a proud and passionate Jew who always speaks from the heart and inspires. Thousands of people have been moved and motivated by his boundless energy and Jewish commitment. In his most recent book Here We Are All Jews he conveys his passion for the Jewish people through the lens of his 175 visits to the Jews of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Union, spanning more than half-a-century, from 1965 through 2019. It is a story which applies to people everywhere.
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Rabbi Porath has community-wide appeal. Recent audiences have included: |
- Federations, community leaders and professionals
- Adult and family education groups
- Religious schools, Hebrew High Schools and Day Schools
- Community groups, JCC's and lecture series
- Teacher's Faculty Seminars
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- Wexner alumni
- Hillel students and academics
- Catholic parochial school teachers and non-Jewish clergy
- Women's Christian Bible Study Group
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In addition, Rabbi Porath has been the Community Scholar in Residence at: - Greater Chicago/Midwest Region United Synagogue [month long visit]
- Har Zion Temple, Philadelphia [month long visits, twice]
- Jewish Federations of Champaign-Urbana, Quad Cities and Springfield, Illinois; Greensboro, NC; New Haven, CT
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An article about his earliest trip to Russia in 1965, appearing in the Jerusalem Post for their Pesach Supplement.
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