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 HUC-JIR/LA Founder's Day Observed; Focus on RHSOE 
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, HUC-JIR/LA observed Founders Day, focusing on the Rhea Hirsch School of Jewish Education. Forty alumni joined the morning session. Dr. Michael Zeldin, Professor of Jewish Education and Director of the Rhea Hirsch School of Jewish Education, led an interactive discussion on the topic: "Tohu Vavohu, Btselem Elohim, and Ezer K'Negdo: User IDs and Passwords for Leadership." Dr. Zeldin introduced an array of materials designed to reconfigure how we look at the issues of leadership.
Dr. Michael Zeldin Calls for Bold Innovation in Jewish Education In his Founders Day Address, Dr. Zeldin addressed the community on the topic "Remembering What We Never Knew: Jewish Education for the 21st Century." Dr. Zeldin called for bold experimentation and innovation in Jewish Education and encouraged educators, rabbis and lay champions of Jewish education to think in new ways about the purpose and content of Jewish education. Read his full address here (PDF) 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 |
