• Dr. Borowitz appointed Distinguished University Professor at HUC-JIR
• $6.5 MILLION GIFT FROM THE JEWISH FOUNDATION
• New Book by Dr. Joel Hoffman, In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language
• The Rose Blum Mandel Memorial Concert at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Featuring the School of Sacred Music's Second and Third Year Students
• Rabbi Ken Kanter Appointed Regional Director of Admissions & Recruitment at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
• AND RACHEL STOLE THE IDOLS: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HEBREW WOMEN'S WRITING, by Dr. Wendy Zierler
• Steven Windmueller's new book, "You Shall Not Stand Idly By"

• Food For Thought Lectures 2004-2005
• Cincinnati Community Helps Paint Ohio Red
• HUC-JIR Jerusalem Ordains 5 New Rabbi's
• $1.8 Million Grant Awarded Towards Creation of Groundbreaking Trans-Denominational Leadership Institute for Synagogue School Principals
• Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture with Dr. Grace Cohen Grossman, Tuesday November 23rd.
• Dr. Ninan Hanan appointed Chief of Staff at HUC-JIR
• "The Changing Tide of Jewish Expression" by Rabbi David Ellenson -- The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
• 5 Million Leadership Gift from Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson for New Development of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

October 2004

• Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff Appointed Vice President for Special Projects at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
• 48th Annual Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture
• HUC-JIR Scholars Honored as Finalists in 2004 National Jewish
• Opening and Reception for Archie Rand, The Nineteen Diaspora Paintings
• American Judaism: The 350-Year History of an Old Faith in the New World - Sunday, Nov. 7
• Finding Family Receives Emmy Nomination
• Goldner-Panken Symposium Program-10/19 in NY
• HUC-JIR Presents The Annual Max and Florence Minsky Concert on 10/24 @ 3pm
• 22nd Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner celebrates 350 Years of Jewish Life in America. Saturday October 16th, 2004
• Archaeology Lecture Series starts October 28th

September 2004

• This Month in American Jewish History
• Emmy Award nomination for "Finding Family"
• Faith, Fear & Indifference: Constructing Religious Identity in the Next Generation.
• Dr. Gary P. Zola Speaks in Washington, D.C. at Historic Library of Congress Exhibit Opening
• Rabbi Dantowitz appointed Regional Director of Admissions/Recruitment,HUC-JIR/NY
• Hebrew Union College Press announces the publication of After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity, by Rabbi David Ellenson, President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

August 2004

• Rabbi Ellenson on Maimonides in the L.A. Journal
• Dr. Marc Bregman promoted to Professor of Rabbinic Literature at HUC-JIR
• New Book by Professor Marc Bregman : The Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: Studies in the Evolution of the Versions

July 2004

• Dr. Lisa Grant promoted to Associate Professor of Jewish Education
• Dr. Dvora Weisberg promoted to Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature
• Dr. Carol Ochs promoted to Adjunct Full Professor of Jewish Religious Thought

June 2004

• Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor appointed Assistant Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
• September 9: Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives co-sponsors exhibition at Library of Congress
• July 14- August 12, 2004: Jewish Fathers: A Legacy of Love, Photographs by Lloyd Wolf, exhibition at HUC-JIR/New York
• Jacob and Jennie L. Lichter Lecture Series in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati
• HUC-JIR/New York Graduation and Ordination Advisory
• Profile of Rabbi Ellenson -- "A Bridge Across Religious Streams" -- in June 11th New York Jewish Week
• June 30: Jewish Humor The Cartoons of Aging at HUC-JIR/New York
• HUC-UC Ethics Center & the Cincinnati Opera Present "Ethics in the Arts"

April - May 2004

• Thirteen New Rabbis to Be Ordained at 121st Ordination Ceremony
  of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
• HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Proudly Announces Graduate and Honorary Degree Recipients of the Class of 2004
• June 2: Food for Thought Lecture: Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., "Jewish Religious Denominationalism: 19th Century Origins, Contemporary Meanings"
• Job Opening for Project Director
• Forbidden Sights and Sounds: Multimedia Concert and Gala Reception
• June 16: Annual Blanche and Irving Laurie Lecture in Jewish Women’s Studies: “Finding God: What Our Foremothers Can Teach Us - An Exploration of Modern Jewish Women’s Spirituality”
• Rabbi Susan Einbinder, Ph.D., Receives Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
• October 10-11th: Faith, Fear & Indifference Conference
• Tartak Learning Center's Recommended Summer Resources
• National Graduation & Ordination Advisory
• Daniel Libeskind to recieve 2004 Benard Heller Prize
• The 2004 Rodger E. Joseph Prize
• Dr. William Cutter named the Inaugural Steinberg Distinguished Professor
• Search Reopened: Regional Director of Admissions and Recruitment
• May 6: Staged Reading of a New Play "Eighty-Three Years"
• Holocaust Awareness Weeks 2004: Facing Prejudice
• From Rabbi Ellenson: Tribute to Dr. Alvin J. Reines on his retirement
• Cincinnati Post March 31, 2004 - Gays Make Case for Marriage Rights (http://www.cincypost.com/2004/03/31/gay033104.html)
• April 20: Yom Hashoah Lecture at HUC-JIR/NY
• HUC Press Announces New Book

March 2004

• Nun and Rabbi in HUC-JIR's Doctor of Ministry Program Critique "The Passion" - The Jewish Week - March 19, 2004
• March 28: Simchat Chocma Workshop
• Rabbi Ellenson on "Same-Sex Marriage, In the Jewish Tradition" - Jewish Week, March 12, 2004
• Rabbi Ellenson's letter from Jerusalem
• Sefirah Study Program for all alumni, faculty, and students
• Rabbi to Celebrate Century Birthday
• Dr. Michael Cook op ed article, "The Bishops' Cop-Out" - The Forward, March 4, 2004
• Founders' Day Ceremonies Honor Alumni for 25 Years of Service
• Rabbi David Ellenson Interviewed in Haaretz
• April 25 - Censorship and Opera Discussed at CAC
• March 14 - HUC-JIR and JTS cantorial students present joint concert
• Sh’liach Kehilah Winter Retreat Brings People Together
• Dr. Eitan Fishbane awarded the NEH Summer Stipend Award
• Rabbi Susan Einbinder, Ph.D. Receives Prestigious Scholarships to pursue research for future publications

February 2004

• Stephen Windmueller, Ph.D., The Virtual Scene: The Passion of the Christ as Seen Through Websites and Chat Rooms
• NY Kollel Spring Text Classes - Session II beginning in March
• Rabbi David Ellenson op-ed, "Embryonic Cloning Holds Much Promise, Is Not Immoral" - Cincinnati Enquirer, February 22, 2004
• Rabbi Stahl Gives Thought-Provoking Lecture at HUC-JIR
• Dr. Michael Cook on Some Jewish Reactions to Mel Gibson' s film, "The Passion of the Christ"
• Cincinnati honors the heroes of Hana's Suitcase
• Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education Presents Unique Holocaust Story Through Educational Programs
• Rabbi Sharon Gladstone and HUC-JIR's Sexual Orientations Issues in Congregations and Community Initiative in the New York Times
• Dr. Michael Cook's excerpts from postings concerning "Our Gibson Stragegy" including a "checklist" of 48 critical motifs to look for in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"
• Feb. 11 & March 10: Professor William G. Dever to Lecture at HUC-JIR/NY
• March 4 - An Evening of Film at HUC-JIR/NY
• "Countering the Family Values Monopoly," by Rabbi David Ellenson, op-ed article, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, February 6, 2004
• UJA-Federation of New York Awards $1.05 Million to the Experiment in Congregational Education
• HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Spring 2004 Research and Teaching Seminars
• February 29 - March 1, 2004 - Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics First annual conference in Philadelphia
• Academy for Adult Interfaith Studies announces its Spring 2004 classes

January 2004

• February 25-29 - Efroymson Lectures: Dr. Eva Frojmovic Gives Lectures at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
• February 25 - Food for Thought Lecture: “Pride and Polemics: Exploring the Self-Image of Medieval Jews Through Their Illuminated Manuscripts”
• February 11 - Rabbi Samuel M. Stahl to Give Luncheon Lecture at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
• A Message from HUC-JIR/Jerusalem - January 29, 2004
• Rabbi David Ellenson to teach on "Diverse Perspectives on Jewish Legal Texts" at the JCC of Manhattan on February 3
• HUC-JIR rabbinical student Anne Brener featured in New York Times article on her work with Salvadoran survivors of war and poverty
• Dr. Lawrence Hoffman awarded The North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL) Berakah Award at the NAAL annual conference in New York City
• Pacific Region Reform and Conservative Rabbinical Conventions Explore Denominationalism in 21st Century: "Is There Life After Denominations?" The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, January 9, 2004
• April 1 - AND THE TIME OF SINGING HAS COME...An Evening of Cantors in Concert
• "Religions Hold Mix of Justice and Mercy," by Professor Reuven Firestone, op-ed article, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, January 2, 2004
• Preeminent Israeli Scholar to Conduct Important New Research on American Zionism at The Marcus Center
• Jewish Poetry, Music Contest and Exhibit
• January 18 - Celebrating Stanley F. Chyet
• Visit the new Year-in-Israel class 2003-2004 student website
• January 20-March 3, 2004: Great Scholars Series, South Florida
• NY Kollel Spring 2004 Begins February 3rd
• Position Opening - Regional Director of Admissions
• Andrew Grant Appointed National Director of Institutional Giving
• Scott Minkow Appointed Assistant Director of Development and Public Relations
• "What Made Saddam Run?" by Professor Reuven Firestone, op-ed article, The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, December 19, 2003
• "Are American Jews Becoming Republican?" by Steven Windmueller, Jerusalem Viewpoints, December 15, 2003