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Shabbos Guest Lecturer: Gerald & Barbara Schroeder

With an unbelievable wealth of knowledge, Gerald and Barbara will spend Shabbos with us and enlighten us with their fascinating talks.

Friday Night, August 9

7:00 PM Service | 7:45 PM dinner & lecture

"Science has discovered G-d; Even atheists agree"

17 Woods Lane, East Hampton

Shabbat, August 10

11:00 AM | 13 Woods Lane, East Hampton

"Free Will: If our Creator knows the future, how do we have free will?" A Biblical & scientific explanation; the physics and meta-physics of free will.barbara sofer schroeder.jpg

7:30 PM Mincha followed by Shalosh seudos & lecture | 13 Woods lane, East Hampton

"True Tales of Life Changing Occurrences of Our Times & What They Mean for Us"

RSVP to hamptons@jewishli.com or 631.312.4286 | Walk-ins welcome

Gerald Schroeder is a scientist with over thirty years of experience in research and teaching. He earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees all at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with his doctorate thesis being under the supervision of physics professor Robley D. Evans. This was followed by five years on the staff of the MIT physics department prior to moving to Israel, where he joined the Weizmann Institute of Science and then the Volcani Research Institute, while also having a laboratory at The Hebrew University. His Doctorate is in two fields: Earth sciences and physics.

Barbara Schroeder of Jerusalem, Israel is the Israel Director of Public Relations and Communications for Hadassah. She is a popular columnist in the Jerusalem Post, a journalist and novelist. Connecticut President of Young Judaea, she made aliyah the week after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem while teaching in a development town and at Jerusalem’s University High School. Always a writer by profession, she has been a contributing editor at Hadassah Magazine for more than a decade, and has covered articles in all sectors of Israeli society.

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