{"id":648,"date":"2022-05-24T17:39:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T21:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/?p=648"},"modified":"2022-05-24T17:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T21:40:27","slug":"bdn-the-rabbi-of-bangor-is-retiring-after-17-years-of-leading-reform-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/2022\/05\/24\/bdn-the-rabbi-of-bangor-is-retiring-after-17-years-of-leading-reform-synagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"BDN: &#8220;\u2018The rabbi of Bangor\u2019 is retiring after 17 years of leading Reform synagogue&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/people\/william-siemers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi William Siemers<\/a> met his colleague, <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/judaicstudies\/people\/darah-lerner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi Darah Lerner<\/a>, when he arrived in Bangor nearly eight years ago, but it took another six months before he understood what an exalted position she held in the community.<\/p>\n<p>His teenage daughter came home from school and told him that her social studies teacher was disappointed that she did not have a guest speaker to talk about Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter raised her hand and waved it around,\u201d Siemers said. \u201cThe teacher told her: \u2018Young lady, I have spoken with\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0rabbi of Bangor, and she is unavailable.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See the complete article by Judy Harrison <a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2022\/05\/24\/news\/bangor\/bangor-rabbi-retiring-joam40zk0w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi William Siemers met his colleague, Rabbi Darah Lerner, when he arrived in Bangor nearly eight years ago, but it took another six months before he understood what an exalted position she held in the community. 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