Holy Conversations: Exploring the Life and Times of King David

Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff and Archbishop Allen Vigneron

The Berman

The J, West Bloomfield

SUNDAYS, AUGUST 20; 27

3:30 – 5 PM

King David was the second king of Israel. As a poet, musician and composer of the Psalms, he was well-known for his incredible musical acumen. As a skillful warrior, his strength and prowess on the battlefield was unequalled. But King David was also of deeply questionable moral and ethical character. He committed a sin so grave that his reputation was permanently transformed. How do the Catholic and Jewish traditions understand the persona of King David? Is he a hero or is he merely a sinner? Do these two great religious traditions overlook or seek to underplay King David’s personal miscues as a flawed human being because he was such an important public figure?

Join Archbishop Allen Vigneron and Rabbi Joseph H. Krakoff for two consecutive Sunday afternoon conversations where they discuss, explore and analyze, agreeing and seriously disagreeing the life and times of King David.

Tuition: $36

In partnership with SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment), a program of The J

RABBI JOSEPH H. KRAKOFF is the Chief Executive Officer of Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network (JHCN). He is the author of the book ‘Never Long Enough: Finding Comfort and Hope Amidst Grief and Loss’. He also wrote the ‘What Is Hospice Care?’ chapter in ‘Now What? A Guide to the Gifts and Challenges of Aging’. Rabbi Krakoff earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a Masters from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California and was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, New York.

Appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, the MOST REV. ALLEN H. VIGNERON was named archbishop of the Detroit Archdiocese on Jan. 5, 2009. In November 2016, Archbishop Vigneron led a Synod during which over 400 participants – clergy, religious and laity – gathered to pray, share and discern a plan to renew the Church in Detroit. The fruit of those efforts was Archbishop Vigneron’s pastoral letter, Unleash the Gospel, released on the Feast of Pentecost 2017. In this letter, Archbishop gave the roadmap for the missionary transformation of the Archdiocese of Detroit. This foundational document is the repository of the graces of Synod 16 that allows the work of the movement to unleash the Gospel to move forward with confidence, focus and resolve.