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 Day of Study at the Jerusalem Campus for Alumni and Friends of HUC-JIR Alumni and supporters of HUC-JIR joined students and faculty on the Jerusalem campus for "Something Old, Something New: Attitudes to Antiquity in Judaism and in Modern Israel," a day of study on July 11, 2008. It included study sessions with faculty, a lunch-and-learn with Rabbi Naamah Kelman, and Kabbalat Shabbat Services and Dinner with Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of HUC-JIR, and Rabbi Michael Marmur, Dean of HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. Above, Rabbi Ellenson with HUC-JIR alumni. 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 |
