Students across HUC-JIR's stateside campuses are beginning their studies or returning from their summer internships, chaplaincy training, and infield social responsibility projects with energy, vision, and anticipation for the 2010-2011 academic year. More...
Deborah Shapiro Abelson, who has served as the Regional Director of Admissions and Recruitment at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles for the past three years, has now taken on the role of National Director of Admissions and Recruitment for HUC-JIR, as of July 1, 2010. More...
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives hosted and co-sponsored an intensive 6-day seminar, for twenty-two teachers and educators from private and public middle schools and high schools across the country, on "Culture and Identity, Past and Present: Exploring the Jewish Experience Through Texts, Films and Literature." More...
The 41st Culmination Exercises of HUC-JIR's School of Jewish Communal Service were held on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles. The Culmination address, "Jewish Leadership in the 21st Century: Recapturing Our Soul!" was presented by Nancy Kaufman, Executive Director of the Boston JCRC and the Rabbi Lois Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence. Click here to read Kaufman's address. Julia Malkin, a degree candidate in MAJCS and MPA, presented reflections from the 2010 SJCS Culmination class. Click here to read Malkin's address. More...
Services will be led by Rabbi Dr. Michael Marmur, Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, and HUC-JIR Rabbinical and Cantorial Students. No tickets needed. Rosh Hashanah: Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, 29th of Elul / September 8th - 6:00 pm
Rosh Hashanah Morning: Thursday, 1st of Tishrei / September 9th - 9:30 am Services at Hebrew Union College Murstein Synagogue, Entrance at 13 King David Street Yom Kippur:
Erev Yom Kippur service: Friday, 9th of Tishrei / September 17th - 5:00 pm
Yom Kippur morning: Shabbat, 10th of Tishrei / September 18th, Mincha/Yizkor/Ne'ilah services - 3:00 pm Services at the Blaustein Hall, Merkaz Shimshon-Beit Shmuel, Entrance at 6 Shama St.More...
Dr. David B. Ruderman, Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History and Ella Darivoff Director of the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, will present "The People and the Book: The Invention of Print and the Transformation of Jewish Culture" at 6:00 pm. The Dr. Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Bamberger Family in memory of their father, Dr. Fritz Bamberger, z"l, who served as Assistant to the President and Professor of Jewish Intellectual History at HUC-JIR/New York. RSVP: aglazer@huc.edu or 212-824-2293. Free admission; photo ID required. More...
Significant international textile artists explore issues of Jewish history, culture, social justice, ritual, and sacred texts. Forty-one artists include Yaacov Agam, Andi Arnovitz, Helene Aylon, Judy Chicago, Adam Cohen, Laurie Gross, Greg Lauren, Peachy Levy, Norma Minkowitz, Mark Podwal, Elaine Reichek, Lisa Rosowsky, Miriam Schapiro, Laurie Wohl, and Estelle Yarinsky. The exhibition is on view from September 7, 2010 through June 30, 2011. RSVP: aglazer@huc.edu or 212-824-2293. Free; photo ID required. More...
HUC-JIR invites you to the 27th Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner to benefit the students of the Cincinnati campus on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency (151 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati). The event will honor Karen M. Hoguet, Chief Financial Officer at Macy's, and James A. Miller, Chairman at Bartlett & Company. The reception will begin at 5:30 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm. The Dinner Chairman is Dick Weiland. For more information, please contact (513) 487-3047 or pvolan@huc.edu. More...