Scholar-in-Residence Shabbat D'var Torah & Lunch and Learn with Jordan B. "Gorf" Gorfinkel & Volunteer Shabbat
Saturday, March 2, 2024 • 22 Adar I 5784
9:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us as we honor B’nai Israel’s most committed volunteers.
9:00 AM Shabbat Morning Services with D’var Torah by Gorf
12:30 PM Lunch and Learn: “Rabbi Batman—How Superheroes Inform Torah and Torah Informs Superheroes”
Gorf compares and contrasts the “source texts” for Moses and Superman, resulting in an astonishing conclusion: superheroes exist because of Torah learning.
6:30 PM Seudah Shlishit, Havdalah, Multimedia Presentation and Book Signing: “The Four Children: The Hero, the Villain, the Mentor & the Sidekick”
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JORDAN B. GORFINKEL (aka “Gorf”) is a cartoonist, musician, producer, director, and proud father (not necessarily in that order). For nearly a decade, Gorf managed a team of writers, artists, and creators on the Batman franchise for DC Comics. Gorf’s creations have resulted in critically acclaimed and commercially successful publications, film, television series, games, merchandise, and more. Gorf founded and operates Avalanche Comics Entertainment (“ACE”), a dynamic storytelling studio. Gorf is the Creator/Writer/Producer of the Amazon #1 Bestseller Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel (with Koren Publications). The beautiful and functional full-length narrative art version of the traditional Passover Seder table guide book engages people of all backgrounds and faiths in the universal stories and rituals of slavery and freedom.
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