Marom Band Musical Shabbat + Dinner Talk with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Sid Schwarz In Person + Online
Friday, June 26, 2026 • 11 Tammuz 5786
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM In Person and Online
An uplifting musical service with Rabbi David and our Marom Band to welcome in Shabbat in community, followed by a catered, special oneg dinner and talk beginning at 7:45 with Rabbi Sid Schwarz. RSVP Needed.
How “Community” Can Save Your Life (and maybe the country as well)
America is suffering from a spiritual “deficit”. It has been made worse by social media, ideological polarization and an erosion of key parts of the American ethos. This talk will offer a formula for turning synagogues into “covenantal communities” that can be transformational for individuals and for society.
6pm Musical Shabbat Service
7pm Dinner
7:45pm Dinner Talk and Q&A with Rabbi Sid Schwarz
Rabbi Sid Schwarz is a social entrepreneur, author and teacher. He is currently a Senior
Fellow at Adamah: People, Planet, Purpose (formerly, Hazon).
ALL SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE EVENTS:
Help, Thanks, Wow: An Alternative Prayer Experience + Kiddush Lunch & Learn
Saturday, June 27, 9:45am-1:00pm at JCOGS
Spirits & Skepticism: God, Prayer, and Ritual for the Religious Skeptic with Rabbi Sid Schwarz Saturday, June 27, 5-7pm at JCOGS
BIO
Rabbi Sid founded and led PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values for
21 years; its work centered on integrating Jewish learning, Jewish values and social
responsibility. He is also the founding rabbi of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist
Congregation in Bethesda, MD where he continues to teach and lead services. Dr.
Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in Jewish history and is the author of two groundbreaking books--
Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American
Synagogue (Jewish Lights, 2000) and Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair
the World (Jewish Lights, 2006).
Rabbi Sid directs the Clergy Leadership Incubator (CLI), a program that trains rabbis to
be visionary spiritual leaders. He also created and directs the Kenissa: Communities of
Meaning Network which is identifying, convening and building the capacity of emerging
spiritual communities across the country.
Sid was awarded the prestigious Covenant Award for his pioneering work in the field of
Jewish education and was named by Newsweek as one of the 50 most influential rabbis in
North America. Sid's most recent book is Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the
American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights, 2013).