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 Reception Honoring Fourteen Chicago-Area Rabbis with New HUC-JIR Student Scholarship on April 3, 2008; Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D. to Present A scholarship is being created for HUC-JIR rabbinical students from the Chicago area, in honor of fourteen area Rabbis:
Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of HUC-JIR, will recognize the rabbis in attendance for their decades of devoted service to the Jewish people. Rabbi Peter Knobel, President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis will also participate. Contributions are currently being accepted for the scholarship fund. To make a contribution in honor of one or more of the rabbis, and to make a reservation for the reception, please contact Phyllis Volan at (513) 487-3032 or pvolan@huc.edu. 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 |
