Join Rabbi Harold Kravitz and Cindy Reich on a Civil Rights journey to the American South.
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Participants will learn about the African American struggle to gain equality in the 1950s and 60s and discover how Jews were involved in the Civil Rights movement. The journey includes Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham. Guided by the educational staff of Etgar 36 and local speakers, we will visit the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum and Memorial to the victims of lynching, Freedom Park, the site where Leo Frank was lynched, the Rosa Parks Museum, the Martin Luther King Center/Auburn Ave. district, Ebenezer Baptist Church, walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, and the 16th Street Baptist Church. See the full itinerary.
The trip is sponsored by Adath Jeshurun Congregation and the synagogue’s Antiracism Committee. Our goal is to inspire and empower our group to get involved in the Jewish tradition of social activism and create change in our own community using the lessons we learn on the road. Sharon Garber, co-chair of the Antiracism Committee, is serving as lay chair of the trip. Cost is $1500 per person based on double occupancy ($245 single supplement). Air travel to and from Atlanta is not included and must be arranged by participants. Ground travel is by bus equipped with a restroom. See the itinerary here. Registration, including a deposit of $300, is due by Monday, November 20. The balance will be due by Monday, December 18. Space is limited; spots will be held based on date of registration and receipt of deposit. Registration is open to Adath members only through November 8. Register here or send a check with your deposit to Adath Jeshurun Congregation (memo: Civil Rights Trip).
10500 Hillside Ln W
Minnetonka, MN 55305 |
Rabbi Harold Kravitz
Cindy Reich
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