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 Dr. Samuel Atlas Memorial Lecture - Dr. Rachel Adler to speak on loss of the art of lament in our time - at HUC-JIR New York For These I Weep: A Theology of Lament Dr. Rachel Adler Wednesday, March 15 Reception, 5:30 PM • Lecture, 6:00 PM Dr. Adler will discuss why, in a tradition that celebrates life, should we recover the art of lament? Tracing the practices in Judaism through which women and men communally expressed loss in order to re-affirm life, this lecture asks what is the price we pay for the loss of the art of lament in our time? What value might lament have for women and men in contemporary Judaism? Dr. Rachel Adler is a leading Jewish feminist thinker and writer, and Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Dr. Adler was one of the first theologians to integrate feminist perspectives and concerns into the interpretation of Jewish texts and the renewal of Jewish law and ethics. She is the author of Engendering Judaism, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish Thought. R.S.V.P. lkaplan@huc.edu - (212) 824-2293 Admission is Free - Photo ID required for entrance. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion One West 4th street (Between Broadway and Mercer) New York City The Dr. Samuel Atlas Memorial Lecture is made possible through the generosity of the Dr. Bernard Heller Foundation. We are grateful to the trustees of the Foundation, Mrs. Ruth O. Freelander, Mrs. Beatrice Weidman, and Carole L. Weidman, Esq. 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 |
