Special Speaker, Rabbi Sid Shanken
Join us on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Kiddish (12:00pm)
Join us for our special speaker, Rabbi Sid Shanken- Veteran and Freedom Rider
About Rabbi Sid Shanken: Rabbi Sid Shanken grew up in San Antonio, Texas and enlisted in the Army immediately after Pearl Harbor. He served as a bombardier-navigator in North Africa, Italy and the European theater, flying 54 missions. On Yom Kippur, 1943, he was attending services in Sicily when a crew member told him he was scheduled to fly — he left the synagogue and took to the skies, deeply saddened to be bombing on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. After the war, determined to restore his people’s faith, he became a rabbi, and also became active in the civil rights movement, marching in Selma and Birmingham alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rabbi Shanken was featured in the PBS Documentary, G.I. Jews.
CLICK HERE to learn more about Rabbi Shanken.
Event Information
Rabbi Sid Shanken- Veteran and Freedom Rider
Everyone is welcome! This will be helpful for those interested in the Civil Rights Journey of the South with Rabbi Baum. The dates of that trip are March 18-20, 2022.
Please RSVP to hear Rabbi Sid Shanken speak and attend Kiddish.
When?
Saturday, Jul 6, 2019, 12:00 PM
Where?
Congregation Shaarei Kodesh, Hampton Drive, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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