Rabbi serves faithful in their homes.Byline: Profile by The Register-Guard Name: Rabbi Hanan Sills, 69, Eugene Claim to fame: Sills is the founder of Ad Olam, Synagogue Without Walls. Like the itinerant ITINERANT. Travelling or taking a journey. In England there were formerly judges called Justices itinerant, who were sent with commissions into certain counties to try causes. rabbis of Old Europe This article is about the term in contemporary politics. For the archaeological meaning, see Old European culture. In January 2003 the term Old Europe surfaced after former U.S. , he visits local families in their homes for mentoring, counseling and observing Jewish rituals and holidays. He will lead High Holy Day services at a Eugene church in September. Ad Olam has about 350 people on its mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new . What does Ad Olam mean?: Literally, ad means "until" and olam means "of the world" or "forever." "Philosophically, what it means to me is that the work we do is home-centered," says Sills, a leader in the liberal Jewish Renewal Jewish Renewal is a new religious movement in Judaism which endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with mystical, Hasidic, musical and meditative practices. Overview movement. What brought him to Eugene: Sills first arrived in Lane County in 1984 to Shivtei Shalom sha·lom interj. Used as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell. [Hebrew  , a Jewish community at Dorena Lake. The next year
he founded the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Hillel program for Jewish students.
Stepping down a decade later, Sills decided to resurrect Ad Olam, which he established while living in rural Mendocino, Calif., in the 1970s. He also previously served as a Navy and Marine chaplain, and as a professor of religion at the University of Texas. His first encounter with anti-Semitism: "I was 7 years old in New Jersey when these two boys started fighting. I tried to intervene, to be a peacemaker. Then they both turned on me, calling me a `dirty Jew.' I knew what `dirty' meant but not what the word Jew meant." His greatest joy and regret in life: "My greatest joy is finding a relationship with God. My greatest regret is the wounding of my children through divorce." What he likes best about the High Holy Days: "It's the process of teshuvah that means so much to me. Teshuvah is often translated as repentance, but its root meaning is `turning and returning.' It's the process of self-examination in order to better understand ourselves. It's life review: What are the things I still need to do to realize my deepest aspirations?" Why he doesn't retire: "As I might say from my Texas days, `I'm gonna die with my boots on.' I still feel I have work to do in the world." - Jeff Wright Jeff Wright can refer to:
If you know someone who would make a great subject for a Register-Guard Profile, send it to Jim Murez at jmurez@guardnet.com or P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440. CAPTION(S): Hanan Sills holds a shofar - a ram's horn ram's horn n. Judaism A shofar. Noun 1. ram's horn - annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak - that he uses in a prayer ritual. He founded Ad Olam, Synagogue Without Walls. |
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