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 RHSOE Holds Inaugural Sara S. Lee Colloquium  Dr. Michael Zeldin, Dirctor, RHSOE; Sara S. Lee; and Guest Speaker Amy Asin The Rhea Hirsch School of Education at HUC-JIR/LA held the inaugural Sara S. Lee Colloquium for students and academic and clinical faculty October 6-7, 2008. The annual colloquium will provide Jewish educators, and students preparing to become Jewish educators, the opportunity to engage with a leading expert in Jewish education. The Colloquium is supported by the Sara S. Lee Clinical Education Fund, created and sustained by the RHSOE Alumni Association. This year's colloquium was Synagogue 101: Exploring the Forces Driving Congregational Life with guest scholar, Amy Asin. Asin is Past President of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, CA, as well as Project Director for ECE's RE-IMAGINE Project in Los Angeles. Asin presented a deep understanding of the driving forces behind congregational life from lay and professional perspectives. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
