BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1225@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250128T213000 DTSTAMP:20250107T234854Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/wl-workshop-gender-bias-with-rabbi-cheryl- peretz-pacific-time/ SUMMARY:WL Workshop: Gender Bias with Rabbi Cheryl Peretz DESCRIPTION:[This Program is scheduled on Pacific Time Zone]\n\nTuesday\, J anuary 28th 7:30 PM ET\nYou\, Me &\; We too: Overcoming Bias and Harass ment (and What does it mean for me)?\n \;\nIn this workshop\, we will study Torah as a lens for identifying the stereotypes or beliefs that can be harmful and as the source of the tools to overcome those unintended mom ents to become our best selves. Rabbi Peretz\, one of the deans at the Zie gler School\, will help us build the skills to overcome bias and harassmen t. She has assisted women\, rabbinic students\, rabbis\, lay people and or ganizational leaders in naming their own biases\, dealing with challenges\ , and helping others in transcending these moments. The work that Rabbi Pe retz has developed has been made possible by the Torah Fund Spaces Campaig n..\n \;\n \;\nRabbi Cheryl Peretz serves as one of the deans of t he Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (where she also received her ordinat ion. Her work includes teaching\, counseling\, advising and programming an d has been a strong advocate for healthy and constructive relationships be tween clergy and organizations. In addition to her work at AJU\, Rabbi Per etz has served as a pulpit rabbi in Los Angeles area synagogues such as Si nai Temple\, Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles\, and Burbank Temple Emanuel El. She has been a High Holiday guest rabbi in Chicago\, Orlando\, Des Moi nes\, Land Redlands\, California. Rabbi Peretz is a graduate of the double degree program between Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminar y of America where she earned degrees in Mathematics and Jewish Philosophy . While working on her MBA in Marketing\, Rabbi Peretz also worked for Uni ted Synagogue of Conservative Judaism before embarking on a full-time care er in marketing consulting for Fortune 500 companies. Rabbi Peretz has tau ght in a variety of synagogues\, Havurah groups\, schools and other framew orks. She also serves as scholar-in-residence for synagogues and organizat ions throughout North America. She has published articles in several books and publications.​\n \;\nRegistration is open to WL members \;( in the USA &\; Canada)\, you must log in (https://www.wlcjmembers.org/m ember_login.php) to register for each class session. If you need assistanc e\, please contact the office (405) 870-1260.\n \;\nParticipation in t his program is a benefit of your membership. \;\n\n \;\nQuestions? \nLori Snow \nWLCJ International Vice President and International Torah Fu nd Chair\nlsnow@wlcj.org\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ WL-Workshop-Jan-2025-website-v2-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR