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SUMMARY:Kiddush Talk: Rabbi Haviva Ner David (in person)
DESCRIPTION:\n\nHaviva Ner-David is a writer and rabbi. In 2006 she became 
 the first woman to publicly receive Orthodox rabbinic ordination\, only to
  leave orthodoxy and call herself a post-denominational rabbi. Ten years l
 ater\, she received interfaith ordination from the One Spirit Interfaith-I
 nterspiritual Seminary and now goes by post-denominational inter-spiritual
  rabbi. She writes both fiction and non-fiction and is the author of three
  spiritual journey memoirs\, two novels\, a children’s book\, short stor
 ies\, essays\, a blog on Times of Israel\, scholarly articles\, and a guid
 ebook for engaged couples due out in 2024. She is the founding rabbi of Sh
 maya: A Mikveh for Mind\, Body and Soul on Kibbutz Hannaton in the Lower G
 alilee\, where she officiates and helps create on-site personalized immers
 ion ritual ceremonies and facilitates group mikveh workshops.\n\n\nSaturda
 y\, August 19th Kiddush Talk: To Die in Secret with Rabbi Haviva\n\nIn hon
 or of Rosh Hodesh Elul\, the beginning of our season of Teshuva (repentanc
 e)\, join Rabbi Haviva to hear selections from her newest book\, To Die in
  Secret (Image) It is about healing from and correcting the past\, forgive
 ness\, parenting in difficult situations\, paganism and religion\, and mor
 e!\n\n"To Die in Secret" tells the story of Nomi\, who\, after experiencin
 g a traumatic event as a teenager\, leaves her family home in the U.S. and
  spends 40 years living on an Israeli Kibbutz. When she receives news of h
 er sister and nephew's sudden passing\, she returns home to face the unfin
 ished business that had kept her estranged from her family all those years
 . The novel poignantly portrays the wasted years and the sadness that aris
 es from missed opportunities for growth and connection within families—a
  scenario all too common in real life.\n\nWith sensitivity and finesse\, N
 er David explores the life Nomi had left behind\, guiding her character th
 rough a journey of forgiveness\, self-acceptance\, and\, ultimately\, heal
 ing. The author adeptly navigates the complexities of melding multi-faith 
 values\, spirituality\, and the quest for redemption\, resulting in a comp
 elling and engaging narrative.\n\nIn addition\, she will talk about her ot
 her book\, Hope Valley\, the story of two women\, one Jewish-Israeli and o
 ne Palestinian-Israeli\, who come together to form the unlikeliest of frie
 ndships and speak about her experience as an Israeli navigating the curren
 t climate in Israel.\n
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