Honoring the Memory of Rabbi Judah Nadich on the 100th Anniversary of His Birth

An Evening of Learning with Erica Brown

Master Narratives/Modern Stories: How a Biblical Past Informs a Literary Present

Thursday | May 31 | 7:00 pm

Dr. Erica Brown is the scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits. Dr. Brown is the author of In the Narrow Places; Inspired Jewish Leadership, a National Jewish Book Award finalist; Spiritual Boredom; and Confronting Scandal; and the co-author of The Case for Jewish Peoplehood. Previously a Jerusalem Fellow, Dr. Brown is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation, an Avi Chai Fellow, winner of the Ted Farber Professional Excellence Award, and the recipient of the 2009 Covenant Award for her work in education. Erica Brown holds degrees from Yeshiva University, University of London, Harvard University, and Baltimore Hebrew University. She has served as an adjunct professor at American University and The George Washington University and lectures widely on subjects of Jewish interest and leadership. She writes a weekly Internet essay called “Weekly Jewish Wisdom” that has appeared on the Newsweek/Washington Post’s “On Faith” website. She lives with her husband and four children in Silver Spring, MD.

Rabbi Judah Nadich, z”l, was rabbi of the Park Avenue Synagogue from 1957-1987. During World War II, he served as senior army chaplain in Europe and was later appointed as advisor on Jewish affairs to General Eisenhower. He was the writer, editor and translator of many books and articles, including Eisenhower and the Jews, The Legends of the Rabbis, and Rabbi Akiba and his Contemporaries. He served on the board of many organizations, including the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, The Jewish Theological Seminary, The 92nd St. Y and The Jewish Braille Institute, and was President of the Rabbinical Assembly from 1972-1974.
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