Shalom Park will be site for Sunday’s Day of Jewish Learning

For the first time Sunday, Charlotte’s Jewish community will participate in the Global Day of Jewish Learning – an annual event involving more than 400 Jewish communities around the world.

This day of educational sessions, cultural experiences, social projects, prayer and music will revolve around a celebration of the Torah and other Jewish sacred texts. The free event, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will be at Shalom Park, 5007 Providence Road.

Rabbis, scholars and community leaders from all streams of Judaism – including Orthodox, Conservative and Reform – are expected to be among those attending. Several local Jewish groups and synagogues are co-sponsoring the event.

Among planned features: Recreating a wedding from “Fiddler on the Roof” and creating your personal Western Wall, a reference to the last remnant of the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem and the holiest Jewish site in the world.

More details here.

Tim Funk

This story was originally published November 14, 2015 at 5:21 PM with the headline "Shalom Park will be site for Sunday’s Day of Jewish Learning."