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 Marissa Hollander Inducted onto Board of Overseers of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Marissa Hollander, of Boca Raton, FL, was inducted onto the Board of Overseers at the New York School of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on September 21, 2008.  Board of Overseer Marissa Hollander and Rabbi Shirley Idelson, Dean, HUC-JIR/NY A member of both Congregation B'nai Israel in Boca Raton, FL and Congregation Etz Chaim in Bentonville, AR, Hollander has been very involved in Jewish organizational work for the past 16 years, including serving as Education Chair on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and serving as a board member for the Sisterhood of the Congregation of B'nai Israel. Other volunteer work includes being an Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse at Pine Crest Prep School and volunteering at the Boca Raton Community Hospital and at the Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival. Hollander previously worked at Drexel Burnham Lamber and The Ford Foundation, both in New York City. "We look forward to Marissa Hollander's wise counsel, in advancing Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's missions as the academic, spiritual, and professional development center for Reform Judaism," said Rabbi Shirley Idelson, Dean of HUC-JIR's New York campus. Hollander looks forward to working with HUC-JIR and feels that The College-Institute "offers value, hope, and opportunity to the future of our faith and I'd like to be involved in and contribute to that future." The Board of Overseers provides support and guidance for the academic and cultural programs of HUC-JIR's New York campus. 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 |
