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Baruch Dayan Ha’emet: Vera Scoles z”l

Rabbi Marc Soloway June 22, 2015 Lifecycle Comments Off on Baruch Dayan Ha’emet: Vera Scoles z”l

star-of-davidVera Scoles, mother of Bonai Shalom’s school director, Karen Raizen, passed away suddenly in Wisconsin on Sunday, June 21. Karen headed there early this morning to join her siblings and will likely be gone for at least a week.  We will keep everyone informed as we learn more.

We wish Karen and her family great strength and comfort as they face this loss. Peace on Vera’s soul.

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About Rabbi Marc Soloway

Marc is a native of London, England where he was an actor and practitioner of complimentary medicine before training as a rabbi in London, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. He was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies at the American Jewish University in 2004 and has been the the spiritual leader at Bonai Shalom in Boulder ever since. Marc was a close student of Rabbi Zalman Schechter Shalomi and received an additional smicha (rabbinic ordination) from him in 2014, just two months before he died. He has been the host and narrator of two documentary films shown on PBS; A Fire in the Forest: In Search of the Baal Shem Tov and Treasure under the Bridge: Pilgrimage to the Hasidic Masters of Ukraine. Marc is a graduate of the Institute of Jewish Spirituality, a fellow of Rabbis Without Borders, has traveled to Ghana in a rabbinic delegation with American Jewish World Service and co-chair of the Rabbinical Council and national board member of Hazon, which strives to create more sustainable Jewish communities. In 2015, Marc was among a group of 12 faith leaders honored at The White House as “Champions of Change” for work on the climate. Marc is a proud member of Beit Izim, Boulder’s Jewish goat milking co-op.

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