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David Saperstein was the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from January 2015 to January 2017. He is currently is an adjunct professor with the Center for Jewish Civilization in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and previously was a senior research fellow of the Religious Freedom Research Project at the Berkley Center. An ordained rabbi, he served for several decades as the director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism representing the public policy positions of the Reform Jewish Movement, the largest segment of American Jewry, to the government and leading the movement’s efforts to strengthen social justice programming in synagogues across North America. Over the years, he headed several national religious coalitions, including co-chairing the Coalition

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Friday, January 12, 2018

6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service; 7:15 pm Dinner; 8:00 pm Lecture

We are pleased to welcome Rabbi David Saperstein, Director Emeritus Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, for our Scholar's Shabbat at Temple Isaiah. He will speak briefly during the worship services and speak after dinner on “Being God’s Hands: Continuing the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Designated by Newsweek magazine as the most influential rabbi in America and by the Washington Post as the “quintessential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill,” Rabbi Saperstein, for decades, directed the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. For over two years (through January 2017), Rabbi Saperstein served our nation as the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, carrying out his responsibilities as the country’s chief diplomat on religious freedom issues. Also an attorney, he taught seminars on Church–State law and Jewish Law for 35 years at Georgetown University Law Center.

During his career, Rabbi Saperstein has served as the chair

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