Rabbi Barbara Penzner will lead Friday evening services followed​ by a community Shabbat dinner catered by the popular​ Yalla's Mideastern restaurant in Brattleboro.  After dinner,  Rabbi Barbara will lead a discussion, Prophetic Wisdom for Thriving in Turbulent Times

Rabbi Barbara Penzner has been the spiritual leader of Temple Hillel B'nai Torah, a Reconstructionist synagogue in Boston, for 28 years. While Rabbi Penzner continues to serve HBT as rabbi emerita, she has just been appointed the Interim CEO of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. 
She loves leading services and teaching all ages. Rabbi Penzner creates a joyful service of singing and poetry to engage people of every level of Jewish knowledge. She and her husband Brian Rosman are looking forward to welcoming Shabbat with Congregation Beth El.
This event is made available by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation