I am available to visit your congregation for a shabbat or weekend as a speaker and teacher. I generally focus on Jewish texts (primarily Talmud) that respond to universal questions and offer uniquely Jewish insights and wisdom. For more information, please click here to download a pdf containing a description of what I do, proposed topics, a bio, and contact information.
"The 2011 convention of the National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis… was attended by more than 150 participants. I want to thank, particularly, Rabbi Amy Scheinerman, our visiting scholar. Rabbi Scheinerman presented Talmudic material with insight, knowledge and understanding of the rabbinic sources and their historic social context. She accomplished this with humor, respect for her audience, and responsiveness to questions and challenges. We could have listened to her beyond the time allotted on the program and would certainly welcome her return to a future NAORRR program. Rabbi Scheinerman is an excellent choice for any regional meeting or congregation's visiting scholar program. She makes the material live and congregants will find that though the material was written years ago, it has bearing on today's world."
Rabbi Stanley Relkin
President, NAORR
"What struck me most of all about your visit was the personal attention you paid to all of the attendees, whether at the more crowded Shabbat Eve service or at the less formal gatherings… Without exception my members remarked broadly about your warmth, friendliness and personal outreach… Your skill in presenting what is so often difficult and intimidating material to the less tutored is masterful. You did so with humor, clarity and enthusiasm."
Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz
Congregation B'nai Israel, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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"Recently, our community was blessed by a wonderful visit from Rabbi Amy Scheinerman as scholar-in-residence. As she interacted with four rather different audiences throughout the weekend, including with Christian ministers, she showed herself to be extremely knowledgeable, warm, sensitive, humorous, and engaging. If you are seeking a visiting scholar, I am sure Rabbi Scheinerman would have the same wonderful impact on your community as she had on ours."
Rabbi Stephen Fuchs
Congregation Beth Israel, West Hartford, Connecticut
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"Rabbi Scheinerman brings her knowledge and combines it with compassion and wisdom to inform and to inspire. Our congregation was very moved by her presentation. We learned a great deal as well."
Rabbi Peter Grumbacher
Congregation Beth Emeth, Wilmington, Delaware
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"In addition to her keen intellect and embracing demeanor, Rabbi Scheinerman brings a creative and substantive approach to her teaching."
Rabbi David Novak
Israel Congregation of Manchester, Manchester Center, Vermont
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"Over the years, I’ve had many occasions to write thank you notes to people whom I’ve invited to be scholars-in-residence… but there were only a few occasions where the impact of the visit was as profound as yours was this weekend… So many, many thanks for what you did here, and for who you are."
Rabbi Jonathan Brown
Beth El Congregation, Winchester, Virginia
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"She made difficult material accessible and offered a novel approach towards well-known passages... It should be no surprise that Rabbi Scheinerman is seen as a wonderful teacher for her rabbinic colleagues – and she was a memorable teacher for members of my congregation."
Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz
The Community Synagogue - Temple Beth Am, Port Washington, New York
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