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August, 2010
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
41st Culmination Exercises of
HUC-JIR’s School of Jewish Communal Service
Welcoming the New Academic Year
Deborah Shapiro Abelson Appointed Director of Admissions and Recruitment at HUC-JIR
Elusive Numbers: U.S. Population by Religion
The New Angry American Jewish Voter
Execs morph into Suits That Rock
Prop. 8 Overturned, Judge Affirms Right to Gay Marriage
Rabbi at Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding Has Been on a Spiritual Journey
Why Jews should support mosque near Ground Zero
Fellow Demons: Hatred and mistrust prevent Jews, Muslims from building intercultural bridges
Rabbi James Ponet Officiates Clinton Wedding
Ancient Religion Goes High-tech
Dovish, But Still Devoted
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
UK Jews more tied to Israel than American Jews
Can Day Schools Survive?
July, 2010
The Sisterhood 50: America's Influential Women Rabbis
Op-ed: A call for state-sanctioned religious tolerance
Waking Up in Singapore
American Jews Battle Israeli Conversion Bill
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
For Reform Judaism, Change is the Constant
The Overscheduled Jewish Child
The Jewish Publication Society Names Barry L. Schwartz as New CEO
Women of the Wall Head Arrested at Kotel
Staff of the URJ Volunteers at HUC-JIR's Soup Kitchen
IJSO Co-sponsors 20th World Conference of GLBT Jews
Annual World Council of Jewish Communal Service June Seminar: Is What's Good for Israel Good for the Jews? How to Achieve Unity When Opinions Differ
Germany Close Up 2010 Reflection
Dr. David Ilan and Dr. Nili Fox Lead Tours of the Skirball Archaeology Museum at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Tekkes Siyyum Culminating Ceremony of DeLeT Fellows: July 23 at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
Op-Ed: A plea for inclusion and religious liberty on LGBT rights - JTA
Newly Ordained Find the 2010 Spiritual Job Market a Tough Place To Sell Their Wares
June, 2010
Establishment of “Ha-Mercaz Ha-Maaravi l'Yahadut Mitkademet” – The Western Center for Reform Judaism
DeLeT Welcomes Largest Cohort!
The 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America
Israel Religious Action Center Moves to HUC-JIR/Jerusalem: All Arms of the Reform Movement in Israel Under One Roof
HUC-JIR’s Rabbinic Externship Program: Part II
School of Jewish Communal Service Welcomes Largest Class in Years
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President of Union for Reform Judaism, Announces Intention to Retire in June 2012
Dr. Joel L. Kushner Participates in the National Religious Leadership Roundtable in Puerto Rico
Jewish Theology in Our Time:
A New Generation Explores
the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
HUC-JIR Faculty Publications
Marc Rosenstein's "Galilee Diary: Reflections on Daily Life in Israel"
Canada's Big Biblical Bargain: How McGill University Bought the Dead Sea Scrolls
Follow-Up to Dr. David Weisberg and His Presentation on Biblical Texts
Tamir Nir Introduces Compost to HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Dalia Marx's "When I Sleep and When I Wake: On Prayers Between Dusk and Dawn"
The Dangers of Jewish Genetics
Annual Alumni Shabbat Program at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
The URJ's Kallah 2010: August 4-8 in Glen Cove, NY
HUC-JIR’s Rabbinic Externship Program: Part I
Laura S. Lieber's "Yannai on Genesis: An Invitation to Piyyut"
Cincinnati Graduation Address by Dr. Samuel Greengus, Director of the School of Graduate Studies, HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Summer 2010 Recruitment with
HUC-JIR Students and Alumni
Dalia Marx's "When I Sleep and When I Wake: On Prayers Between Dusk and Dawn"
Prayer: An Answer to the 21st Century - Conference: June 24-June 27 in Princeton
Annual World Council of Jewish Communal Service Seminar: June 20 in Jerusalem
Transgender Rabbi Brings Joy and Energy to Beth El
Teachable Moment: The limits of a cross-denominational
partnership aimed at helping Jewish educators
Impacting Jewish Lives Philanthropy News Digest
This Week in History: First American Woman Rabbi - Jewish Women's Archive
Jim Joseph Foundation Gives $33 Million To Improve Field of Jewish Education
Major General Sidney Shachnow to Receive President's Medallion at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Graduation
Arie (Lova) Eliav dies at 88
Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor Promoted to Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at HUC-JIR
Dr. Haim O. Rechnitzer Promoted to Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at HUC-JIR
Sacred Strategies: Transforming Synagogues from Functional to Visionary
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Lecture
June 24 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Jerusalem Student Services
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California 30th Annual Awards Benefit
Remarks by the President at Reception in Honor of Jewish American Heritage Month
Cincinnati Jews at the White House Today
My Meeting at the White House
May, 2010
How to Succeed in Business? Some Advice.
Jim Joseph Foundation Announces $15 Million Grant
to HUC-JIR to Advance Jewish Education
HUC-JIR Students and Faculty Attend Unveiling of Abraham Geiger Home Plaque in Berlin
Grant pushes historic partnership of seminaries
Podcast of Los Angeles Graduation Address by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair Vice President, American Jewish University
Edith Carter Wanted to Make Sure the World Never Forgot
Jerusalem Student Services
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Jane F. Karlin, Ph.D. Appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
HUC-JIR Students to Travel to Germany to Engage Global Jewry and Participate in "Germany Close Up"
Los Angeles Ordination Address
by Dr. Steven F. Windmueller,
Dean and Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
Dr. Gary P. Zola Invited to Attend White House Reception Honoring Jewish American Heritage Month
The Special Relationship
House Honors Rabbi Plotkin with Resolution
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Capstone Projects for 2010 Master of Arts in Jewish Education Degree Recipients
Reform Judaism Magazine Summer 2010 Issue Features HUC-JIR Faculty and Alumni
First Comprehensive Report on Muslim-Jewish Engagement Released by USC Think Tank
Faith Professional, Personal for Couple
Zamir Choral Foundation Launches Survey of Jewish Choral Singing
Honoring the Memory of Rabbi Michael Signer
Sex in the Shtetl: The Eastern European Roots
of the Modern Jewish Family
Galilee Diary: Reform Zionism
Glee: TV’s most Jewish show
Transgender Rabbinical Students Finding Equality in the Jewish World
Dr. Norman J. Cohen National Symposium:
Online Video of the Proceedings
HUC-JIR Presents Founders' Medallion to Bill T. Arnold, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Founders' Medallion to Bryan Beyer, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Founders' Medallion to
John I. Kampen, Ph.D.
Jerusalem Student Services
Roger E. Joseph Prize Speech by Dean G. Lorich, M.D.
New York Investiture and Ordination Address
by Barry Shrage, President,
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Father-Son Rabbis Inspire a New Generation of Rabbis
HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies 2010
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
American Jewish Archives Website Selected for Inclusion in the Library of Congress' 'Single Site' Project
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to
Susan G. Warshell
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Eric R. Slaton
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Jonathan Magidovitch
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Karyn D. Kedar
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Lewis H. Kamrass
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Eric J. Bram
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Judith Z. Abrams
Rabbi Sheldon Marder (HUC-JIR/NY '78) Honored at
Jewish Home of San Francisco
Leadership Institute for Congregational School Educators
Seeking Applicants for Third Cohort of Program
Beginning in February 2011
HUC-JIR Mourns Rabbi David J. Forman, z"l,
educator, activist, author, and founder of
Rabbis for Human Rights
Capstone Projects for 2010 Master of Arts
in Religious Education Degree Recipients
Putting Faith into Action
May 26 at 10 am in Los Angeles
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Lecture
May 27 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Jerusalem Student Services
Welcoming Others
Rabbi David Forman, Rabbis for Human Rights Founder, Dies
Beverly Hills Honors the Father of Zionism
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Rabbi Norman J. Cohen to Speak at
Louisville Jewish Community Center
May 17th at 7:30 pm
Amid Dying Languages, Yiddish Lives On
How Doing Good Is Good for Business
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies 2010
2010 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize Address by
Ambassador Gabriela Shalev,
Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Rabbi David Ellenson at Tikkun Leil Shavuot at B'nai Jeshurun, New York City: May 18 at 10:30 p.m.
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa, to Jane West Walsh, RJE
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa, to Carolyn Moore Mooso
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa, to Sheva Locke
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to Michelle Krotinger Wolf
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to George M. Goodwin
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to Dale Glasser
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to Karen S. Bernstein
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to Ron A. Astor, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Communal Service, honoris causa, to Marla Eglash Abraham
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Marvin Stanley Schwab
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Yoel H. Kahn, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Laurie Coskey, Ed.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Stephen E. Cohen
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Eliot Joel Baskin
April, 2010
Wandering the Biltmore: Rabbi David Ellenson at Jewish Funders Network
Student Services, Recitals, Sermons, and more!
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR Murstein Synagogue: Summer 2010 Schedule
Ogden Jewish Congregation Sees Torah from Poland that Survived WWII Horrors
An Emotional Shabbat Hagadol Service at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
IJSO in the Community
HUC-JIR's Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation Calls on Congress to Pass the Employment Non Discrimination Act
The Arts: Multimedia Ghosts
The Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling Program Invites Applicants
Annual HUC-JIR Recruitment Shabbaton at Kibbutz Yahel
Little Publicized Episode of Holocaust Brought Home in Photos
Megillah Holder by Artist Tobi Kahn
Gifted to HUC-JIR/NY by Ben and Gloria DeYoung
Rhea Hirsch School of Education Students
Publish Contributions to the Field
Rabbi Bernard M. Cohen First Rabbi to Receive Honorary Degree from Catholic College in Indiana
News from HUC-JIR's Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
Lecture 4/29 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Jewish Religious Education, honoris causa, to
Steven E. Steinbock, RJE
HUC-JIR to Present Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Elena Zarkh
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Kevin Wartell
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Donn R. Rosensweig
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Amy Brenner Mitz
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Barbara Gay Margulis
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Sharon Ruth Kohn
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Lilia Kazansky
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Bruce Halev
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Rita F. Glassman
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Amy Daniels
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Music, honoris causa, to Deborah Bard
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Misha Zinkow
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Joshua S. Taub
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Barry L. Schwartz
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Rex David Perlmeter
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Norman Mark Klein
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Rachel Conrad Hertzman
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Linda Henry Goodman
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to
Barbara Sobel Goldman-Wartell
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Dayle A. Friedman
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Steven Folberg
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Marla J. Feldman
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Darryl P. Crystal
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to Murray J. Berger, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR Presents Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to B. Elka Abrahamson
Yom Hashoah Commemorated at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR/WUPJ Pesach Project 2010 Report
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Thoughtful Israel Engagement
Photographer Susan Silas Retraces A Holocaust Death March
Ellis Rivkin, 91, Scholar
Two Torahs, Two Holocaust Stories and One Big Question
Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
Jewish Funds for Justice to Recognize Rabbi Stephanie Kolin at Women of Valor Award Celebration
New Torah Ark in Honor of Rabbi Richard N. Levy
Inside the IDF
Rabbi David Ellenson Speaks at Jewish Funders Network
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
Holocaust-surviving Torah to Visit Ogden
Marking the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Dr. Dean Lorich Received
Roger E. Joseph Prize
for Humanitarian Medical Rescue Work
Desert Spirituality: Sand, Sun, & Stars - A Shabbaton at Reform Kibbutz Yahel - 4/23-4/24
Ambassador Gabriela Shalev Received
2010 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize
HUC-JIR/New York Graduation and Ordination/Investiture Ceremonies 2010
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Hosts Mirta Kupferminc: Wanderings
David Mintz Featured in the 6th Annual Minsk Cantorial Festival
CANDLES Crowd Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day
Torah that survived the Nazis to be displayed in Riverside as part of Holocaust Remembrance Day
Dr. David B. Ruderman,
Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History
and Darivoff Director, Katz Center
for Advanced Judaic Studies,
University of Pennsylvania, Received
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Dr. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College,
Received Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Barbara Friedman, Past Chair,
HUC-JIR Board of Governors,
Received Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Archaeology in Israel with Dr. David Ilan
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman's Who By Fire, Who By Water -- Un’taneh Tokef
How am I a Jew? Reflections on Modern Jewish Art and Identity with Dr. Naomi Feuchtwanger-Sarig
Professor Martin Sherman Reevaluates the "Peace Process"
Torah Ark Dedicated in Honor of Rabbi Richard Levy
Rabbi Richard Hirsch to Receive Honor During Israel's Independence Day Ceremony
Dr. Ellis Rivkin, z''l, Passed Away on April 7
First Reform Rabbi to Receive Honor on Independence Day
Holocaust Day of Remembrance Observance - April 11 at Mountain State University
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
The Frances-Henry Library Presents "Banned Books & Censorship" at HUC-JIR/LA
Rebecca Tauber Raises Funds for
National Health Forum
The Disappearing Congregation
Rebekah Stern and Lev Metz Present Paper on "The Redemptive Power of Praise: Psalm 96 Sings a New Song"
News from HUC-JIR's Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
Rabbi Lisa Delson and Rabbi Anna Levin Rosen present the first ever web-based Rabbinic Capstone entitled “Thinking Outside of the Tzedakah Box: A Resource on Fundraising and Philanthropy for Rabbis and Jewish Professionals”
The Professor Sara S. Lee Chair for an Emerging Scholar in Jewish Education
March, 2010
Dr. James E. Bowley Inducted onto HUC-JIR Board of Governors
The Past, Present and Future of Jewish Education
Lynn Magid Lazar Inducted onto HUC-JIR Board of Governors
Irwin Engelman Inducted as Chairman of HUC-JIR Board of Governors
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Announces 2010 Ordination, Investiture, Graduate, and Honorary Degree Recipients
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Israel by Israelis, Part I: My Homeland, My Self
Jewish Groups Work to Fight 'Food Deserts'
Restoring the Torah, Refreshing the Faith:
Vassar Temple Begins Scroll Project
Egypt Cancels Ceremony for Restored Synagogue
How to Perk Up Passover's Plagues? Twitter, Charades and 'Jewpardy'
Reston Synagogue Selects Michael G. Holzman as Next Rabbi
GLBT-oriented Haggadah
Pesach Project in the Former Soviet Union
Israel and Islam: Is the Malevolence Mutable?
Recruitment Open House: A 24-Hour Taste of HUC-JIR
David Mendelsson Appointed Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles and USC
Dr. Matitiahu Tsevat (z”l) Passes Away at 96
Day of Learning at HUC-JIR/LA
Rep. Henry A. Waxman Receives Honorary Doctorate at HUC-JIR/LA
HUC-JIR/NY Food Drive in partnership with City Harvest
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
Lecture 3/25 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Charleston Synagogue Gets First Female Rabbi
Lessons in Manliness – Professor Avraham Biran
Remembering Alfred Gottschalk
Ride4Reform
Berit Mila Program of Reform Judaism Certified
Dr. Felipe Ojeda, the First Liberal Mohel in Spain
Understanding Them, Understanding Ourselves:
InterSem 2010
Female Rabbis Find Field Still Not Level
Bring intermarried couples closer to Jewish community
A Historic Evening at the Marcus Center to feature
Civil War Artifacts and Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer
Live Broadcast:
Representative Henry Waxman (CA-D) honored at HUC-JIR
Reforming Reform Judaism in Israel
Rethinking Palestine: A Paradigm Shift From the Political to the Humanitarian
Gay, Lesbian Rabbis Share Hurdles, Triumphs
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
On Absence
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
Lecture Series Explores Artistic Expression in
Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Hindu Religious Traditions:
The Search for the Spiritual through Art Welcomes Hindu Community
Military Career Helped Him Be A Better Rabbi
Kapitulnik to Join Palm Beach Gardens Temple
ASSAF: Judaism, Health and Healing for Clinicians in Review
Ruth Weisberg: Drawings from The Open Door Haggadah
Student Services, Sermons, Practica, Recitals, Thesis Presentations, and more!
Jews Responding to the Earthquake in Haiti
Remembering Avi Gross Schaefer:
Student, Soldier, Future Peacemaker
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
The World's First-ever Black Female Rabbi
Stuart Matlins: Visionary for the People of the Book
Advisors Convene for Kalsman Roundtable on Judaism and Health Research
This Rabbi Wears Combat Boots
February, 2010
Spiegel Seminars at Hebrew Union College Bring Domestic Violence to the Classroom
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
National Leadership Symposium to Honor
Dr. Norman J. Cohen, Provost Emeritus, HUC-JIR
Reform Jewish Leaders, Activists Urge Congress to Advance Health Reform Bill
Unchain your Faith
Heart's Ordination
What Do We Know About Jewish Education?
Not as Much as You May Think.
Student Services, Recitals, Sermons, and more!
HUC-JIR Honors Democratic Legislator and Public Servant
Representative Henry A. Waxman
Focus On Our Future
Sunday, March 14 at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
Recruitment Open House: A 24-Hour Taste of HUC-JIR
Dr. David Ellenson Lecture on Progressive Judaism and Israel at Columbia University
The Obligation at the Ballet Box
Senior Rabbinical Students' Placement Program at HUC-JIR
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR Partners with the Global Day of Jewish Learning
St. Louisan Becomes Youngest Female Senior Rabbi
Founders' Day at HUC-JIR
"Our Engagement with Israel:
Addressing Personal & Professional Challenges"
Thursday, Feb. 25 from 9-4:30 at HUC-JIR/NY
The Four Children: Supporting children from interfaith families in the religious school classroom
Irwin Engelman Elected Chairman
of HUC-JIR Board of Governors
Student Services, Recitals, Sermons, and more!
Hebrew Union College Annual, Volume 78:
Dedicated to the Memories of Dr. Alfred Gottschalk,
Chancellor Emeritus of HUC-JIR, and
Richard J. Scheuer, Chairman Emeritus,
HUC-JIR Board of Governors
JTS Revamps Cantorial School
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Adi Bodenstein Named Assistant Director of the Kalsman Institute
New York Public Library Displays the Rose Haggadah
HUC-JIR Recruitment Events
Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh has joined
Jewish Family & Children's Service as the agency's
new Jewish community chaplain
The Future of Conservative Jewry
'Our' rabbi: Albert Plotkin
New York as America’s Jewish Capital City
Melissa Zalkin Stollman's Website Rabbinical Thesis
on Jewish Peoplehood
Engaging New Torah Queeries
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff is Coming to YOU!
Banning the Burqa
Sherman Grancell's 100th Birthday Feted at HUC-JIR/LA
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, and more!
Recruitment Open House at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery in New York
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Biblical Archaeology Lecture
Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Religion Briefs
HUC-JIR Student Involvement in Haiti Relief
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery in New York
Archaeology Lecture at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, Education Presentations, and more!
10 Questions for Rabbi Oren J. Postrel of
Congregation Beth Sholom
HUC Soup Kitchen Celebrates 21 Years of Service
Why Doing Good Is Good for Business
Master Class with Cantor Ida Rae Cahana at HUC-JIR/NY
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff Is Coming to YOU!
Rabbi Alysa Stanton, The New Face of Judaism
Female Religious Leaders In Lubbock Share Their Experiences
More Volunteering from Local Teens
A Jewish Voice Against The "Burqa Ban"
Mirta Kupferminc: Wanderings 1999-2009
Contemporary Impressions
Rabbi Zachary R. Shapiro Appointed to
Board of Overseers at HUC-JIR/LA
January, 2010
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Concert Featuring Cantor Azi Schwartz
of HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Cantorial Faculty
Jan. 31 at 4 pm
HUC-JIR is Bringing the Experience to You!
Tu B'ShTop Chef at HUC-JIR/NY
My DNA is the Jewish People
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, and more!
Proportionality & Hypocrisy:
NATO in Kosovo vs. IDF in Gaza
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Trees as Models for Spiritual Growth
Master Class with Cantor Ida Rae Cahana at HUC-JIR/NY
Oren Asks for Inquiry on Wall Arrest
Joseph A. Skloot to Present on
"Blood and Guts in Jewish Law" at the Paris-Sorbonne University
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff Visiting Campuses in Your Area!
Second Annual HUC Composers Showcase at HUC-JIR/NY
Day of Learning at HUC-JIR/LA
Gathering the Waters:
Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh and
Education Center Conference
HUC-JIR is on Twitter!
It's Not Too Late to Learn About the
Religious Action Center's Tu B'shevat Resources!
The 'Evil Son' Has Evolved
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery in New York
From Generation to Generation: Changing Behavioral
Perceptions & Expectations in the Jewish Nonprofits
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff Visiting Campuses in Your Area!
Second Annual Greatest Cantorial Concert in South Florida History
Concert to celebrate songs through ages
2nd Annual HUC Composers Showcase
Biblical Archaeology Lecture
Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Biblical archaeology class highlights
evidence of the events that are
written in the Scriptures
Faculty News
Dallas-area Christians, Muslims and Jews will worship together
Merrill Alpert: Inspiring Youth
Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff Delivers Address
As Part Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community Observance
HUC Black Tie Soup Kitchen Gala
Dr. Leah Hochman Appointed Director of the
Jerome H. Louchheim School of Judaic
Studies at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
HUC-JIR is on Facebook!
Recent Faculty Publications
Read HUC-JIR Student Blogs on blogHUC!
Second Annual Greatest Cantorial Concert in South Florida History
Religious Action Center will Host Tu B'shevat
Conference Call for HUC Students
Interested in Social Action and Social Justice Advocacy
Jews and the Civil Rights Movement:
There's More to it Than You Might Think
A Hands-On Approach to Torah
Biblical Archaeology Lecture
Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff Visiting Campuses in Your Area!
Nine Riverside Congregations Putting Up Banners
To Promote Unity, Diversity
After A Life On The Run, This Refugee Is Studying In Israel
Kashrut and Community
Jewish Heritage Museum to Exhibit
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand Historical Memorabilia
Murray Saltzman,
Former Rabbi of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation,
Was a National Force in the Fight for
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Kadin is cantor at Beth Am Temple
HUC-JIR Recruitment Staff Visiting Campuses in Your Area!
New at the HUC-JIR Judaica Gallery in New York
HUC-JIR Museum Internship Opportunity
Faculty Presentations at Major Academic Conferences
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, and more!
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, and more!
Student Services, Sermons, Recitals, and more!
Har Sinai Elects New Rabbi
Rabbinical Student Makes Cross Cultural Music
Highway to Justice
Blessing and Redeeming a Sorry Childhood
Tutoring Trend Tests Jewish Values
Dr. Lisa Grant Reports from Jerusalem on
Rosh Chodesh Services with Women at the Wall
Dr. Michal Muszkat-Barkan appointed to the
Government Commission on Jewish Culture and Tradition
Why New Ceremonies?
A Hanukkah Rededication Ceremony
In Memory of Dr. Alfred Gottschalk
Roundtable: Three Movements, One Future
An Unusual Torah "Outing"
Blankets of Love:
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