Join Temple Or Olam for a summer dance fundraiser for the congregation’s Sefer Torah – the handwritten scroll containing the Five Books of Moses in handwritten script.

On the docket for the evening? Dancing the traditional Jewish hora, learning a sweet bit of swing and salsa, dancing to tunes from the forties on, and taking the opportunity for an up-close-and-personal look at Temple Or Olam’s own Sefer Torah. Dr. Barbara Thiede, will be demonstrating features of the congregation’s century-old Torah scroll – one which features the work of master scribes from German, Russia, Moravia, and Macedonia.

Temple Or Olam’s Torah was pieced together after WWII from remnants from several European scrolls, leading New York sofer Neil Yerman to suggest it may have been created from sections of Torah scrolls that survived the Holocaust. Yerman has dated the Torah’s creation to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Join us for an evening of music and dance and learn how scribes have preserved bible texts that date back over two centuries!

Our program will also include light snacks.

7 – 8:30 p.m. Salsa and Swing
8:30 – 9 p.m. Learning about Temple Or Olam’s Sefer Torah
9 p.m. Refreshments, Israeli dances, and yet more dancing to great tunes from the forties on!

Time: Program begins at 7 p.m.
Date: July 31st
Location: McGill Baptist Church, 5300 Poplar Tent, Concord, NC
Tickets available at the door and in advance; please call 704.720.7577 for more information:

$5 students
$10 individuals
$6 senior individuals
$12 senior couples
$25 families