Next Scholar in Residence at WAM

“Behold, a ladder stood

on the earth, the top of it

reached to heaven;

and behold,

angels of G-d were ascending

and descending on it”

The West Ashley Minyan
Presents
Another “Climbing the Ladder” Event
Shabbat Vayera – November 6th and 7th

Rabbi and Mrs. Nosson Kaiser
Jacksonville, Florida

Program of events:

Friday Night Nov 6th 2009

Carlbach Shabbat and Dinner* (all at JCC)

Mincha at 5 pm

Ma'ariv at 5:15 pm
Dinner 6:30 pm

Keynote Address at 8 pm
An ‘I’ for an ‘I’: Exploring the Hidden World of the Self

* * *

Shabbat Morning Nov 7th
Pre-Mussaf Shabbat Drasha (JCC)
The Most High and I: Finding G-d’s Love in the Dow Jones

Women’s Class - Rebbetzin Kaiser 2:30 pm

at Linda Kirshstein’s home
Empowerment through Prayer

Shalosh S’eudos (JCC)
When the Sun Gets in Your “Aye”:

Finding Inspiration & Opportunity by Cutting through the Glare

Melaveh Malka 8:00 pm

(at home of Arlene & Peter Rosenthal)
The South Shall Rise Again:

Building a Torah Community below the Mason-Dixon Line

*For reservations for the dinner

or to volunteer contact

Arlene at arleneshawinsky@yahoo.com

RABBI NOSSON KAISER

A native of Toronto, Canada, Rabbi Nosson Kaiser has been Rabbi of Etz Chaim Synagogue in Jacksonville, Florida since 2001. He helped to found Torah Academy of Jacksonville, where his wife, Rebbetzin Orit Kaiser, was the founding principal. An alumnus of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia and Jerusalem's Mir Yeshiva, Rabbi Kaiser served previously on the faculties of the Miami Beach Community Kollel and Mechina High School of South Florida. His accomplishments in Jacksonville have been recognized by the National Council of Young Israel, which gave him its Young Rabbinic Leadership Award in 2005. He has taught and lectured in three languages and is a popular guest speaker and scholar for synagogues, schools and national organizations. Rabbi Kaiser is also a trained cantor and is a past winner of the Canadian Mathematics Competition. The Kaisers are the proud parents of six children.