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 HUC-JIR/Cincinnati presents 31st Anniversary Hallel Service by Bonia Shur, Director of Liturgical Arts - March 1 at 11:10 AM Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Presents 31st Anniversary Hallel Service It is a popular tradition at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR)-Bonia Shur's Hallel Service. On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, members of the faculty, students, staff, and friends of HUC-JIR will perform the 31st Anniversary Hallel Service, written and composed by distinguished composer Bonia Shur. Bonia Shur created this unique Hallel Service, a special collection of psalms of praise that has not been orchestrated anywhere else in this particular, captivating way. Members of the HUC-JIR community will perform this extraordinary piece in the S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the HUC-JIR campus, 3101 Clifton Avenue, during morning services at 11:10 AM. The event is free and open to the community. Bonia Shur is a major force in the Reform Jewish movement in North America. In 1974 he was appointed director of Liturgical Arts at HUC-JIR in Cincinnati, where he has taught generations of rabbinical students. In addition to his vast liturgical repertoire-over 250 of his published compositions are in use in synagogues throughout the country and abroad-he has written for film, television, and theater. Mr. Shur's music is vibrant, dynamic, and highly individual. He has an extremely diverse background. Born in Latvia, Bonia escaped the Nazi invasion, fought in the Russian army, immigrated to Israel, and lived on a kibbutz before coming to the United States in 1960. For additional information about the Hallel service, contact Ina Remus at HUC-JIR at (513) 487-3030 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 |
