Monsignor
Jim Gehl
Rabbi
Jennifer Flam |
'Catholicism
and Judaism:
An
Evening of Sharing
Faith'
The
basic tenets of
Catholicism and Judaism
will be presented.
Christianity
holds its roots in
Judaism. We will see
how we are really more
similar than
dissimilar.
There
will be plenty of time
for discussion and
questions.
Come
join in a relaxed
dialogue with two very
engaging presenters.
Rabbi
Jennier Flam serves
Temple Aliyah in
Woodland Hills as its
newest member.
Monsignor
Jim Gehl is pastor of
St. Bede the Venerable
Parish in La
Cañada
Flintridge.
About
Monsignor Jim Gehl
Born
in Chicago, Monsignor
Jim Gehl attended Our
Lady Queen of the
Angels Minor Seminary
and St. John's Seminary
College and Theologate.
He was ordained a
priest in 1974.
Monsignor Gehl was
associate pastor of St.
Elizabeth’s
Parish in Altadena, St.
Mary’s Parish in
Palmdale and St.
Michael’s Parish
in Los Angeles. He was
pastor of St. Joseph
the Worker Parish in
Canoga Park. He is
associate director of
the Archdiocesan Office
of Religious Education.
Monsignor Gehl holds a
master of arts degree
in family ministry from
Fordham University in
New York. Monsignor
Gehl was director of
the Archdiocesan Office
of Family Life from
1993 to 2004. He was
dean of Deanery 5,
member of the Council
of Priests, member of
the College of
Consultors for Cardinal
Roger M. Mahony. He is
currently pastor of St.
Bede the Venerable
Parish in La Canada
Flintridge. Some of
Monsignor Gehl’s
favorite life and
ministry words are
faith, family, friends,
collaboration,
inclusivity and
justice.
About
Rabbi Jennier Flam
Rabbi
Jennifer Flam joins the
Temple Aliyah community
as the newest member of
its clergy.
Rabbi
Flam was ordained from
the Ziegler School of
Rabbinic Studies of the
University of Judaism
in 2006. She
holds master of arts
degrees in rabbinic
studies and Jewish
education, as well as a
bachelor of arts degree
in European history
from U.C. Santa Cruz.
Rabbi
Flam spent many years
living in Israel and
studying at Hebrew
University, the
Conservative Yeshiva
and Hebrew Union
College. While in
Israel, she held the
honor of the Senior
Educators Fellowship
through the Melton
Center for Jewish
Education in the
Diaspora.
In
addition to her pulpit
work, Rabbi Flam has
extensive educational
and organizational
clergy experience. She
has been a summer camp
director, a program
director, a conference
coordinator, an
educational
administrator, a
teacher and an
organizer.
Rabbi
Flam brings her strong
sense of passion,
creativity, and love of
Judaism to the
community.
"We
most often think of
prayer as something
spoken, but it can also
be expressed in other
ways. What we say, what
we do and how we do it
all express God's
presence,” said
Flam. “Synagogue
is not one thing, it is
many things, like a
collage. It is
community, it is
worship, it is
celebration, it is
connection, it is
commemoration, it is
alive, it is relevant,
it is dynamic and it is
a place in which each
of us has the
opportunity to forge
connections with our
history and our
future."
