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 Rabbi David Ellenson to speak on Jewish Unity for Synagogue Council of Massachusett's Birnbaum Memorial Lecture -- Sunday, March 25 at 7:30 pm The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts' 4th annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture will feature Rabbi David Ellenson on Sunday, March 25 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00) at Temple Shalom of Newton. Rabbi Ellenson, President of HUC-JIR, will address the topic "A Shared Landscape, Different Roads: What Modern Jewish History Has to Teach Us About Jewish Unity Today." Sponsored by the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts and area congregations and agencies, the annual Birnbaum Lecture honors the memory of Connie Spear Birnbaum, a former Synagogue Council staff member who was linked to the cause of Jewish unity in her personal and professional lives. The lecture and a musical presentation by The Zachor Chorale are free and open to the public. For further information go to www.synagoguecouncil.org or call 617-244-6506. 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 |
