Explore prayer and liturgy with Rabbi Carl Astor. Hebrew proficiency is not required. This is not a class, but rather an open forum to learn together and share ideas. To request the Zoom link, email office@beki.org

Rabbi Astor moved to the Westville neighborhood from New London, where he served as rabbi of Congregation Beth El from 1981 to 2013, retiring after 32 years as Rabbi Emeritus. While in New London, Rabbi Astor was president of the New London Clergy Association, a faculty member at Connecticut College, a member of the chaplaincy board and ethics committee at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, and a mohel. Rabbi Astor was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also earned his PhD in Rabbinic Literature (Midrash) in 1996.