We will study a hauntingly beautiful Sephardic Piyyut for Yom Kippur that develops the tragic Biblical narrative of the origin of this holiest of days and how it impacts on our experience and practice of Yom Kippur throughout the generations.
Victoria Sutton is on the Judaic studies faculty at the Heschel School and has taught in the Drisha HS Summer Program. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Congregation Beth Israel, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Berkeley. She was ordained through Yeshivat Maharat in 2014. A graduate of Barnard College, with a BA in Biological Sciences, she also holds a Grand Diploma in Pastry Arts from the French Culinary Institute. Victoria sat on the board of Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay and was involved with community organizations in New York City focusing on homelessness, literacy, sexual assault and domestic violence.
