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Date(s) - 12/17/2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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The True Story of Hanukkah
Everyone is familiar with the story of the miracle of the oil that lasted for eight days and nights. And our brave, valorous Maccabees, who freed our land from the foreign overlord. But time, history, and a very deliberate cover-up have blurred the true events of that era. This is a complex, multi layered narrative, and is based on true events that have nothing to do with the miraculous oil! Curious? It’s a wild story!!
About Rabbi Ruz Gulko
Ruz Gulko is a master educator, rabbi and chazzanit who has worked with most of the Jewish educational and religious institutions in the greater Seattle area since moving to Seattle in 1984. She has taught Judaic Studies and Hebrew at many different levels, and has worked training teachers, writing curricula, teaching in the general community and nationally.
In 2007, Ruz founded Gan Argaman, conducting from her home a Jewish educational lab and experimental school for students of all ages. Her student-centered, innovative approach to Jewish learning informs everything she does, with a particular passion for Torah’s radically humanistic & feminist message.
Ruz has also worked with Seattle Jewish Family Services, training clinical therapists in basic Judaism, and leading Rosh Chodesh ceremonies for survivors of domestic violence, and co-officiating at the Community Special Passover Seder.
She believes that if only people would sit down together and study Torah and eat chocolate, we could achieve world peace!
