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 HUC/RAC Social Justice Weekend for High School Students at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati The Department of Youth Programs is pleased to announce that during the weekend of March 24-26, 2006, the College-Institute will be hosting it's annual HUC/RAC Social Justice Weekend. The Reform Movement's top high school students will gather for this exciting weekend of study, whose theme is "Dollars and Sense: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is." Rabbi Michael Namath from the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism in Washington, DC, along with the HUC-JIR Youth Programs Interns, will help the students explore budgets on an individual and national level to better understand how Jews can approach budgets as they have an impact on poverty and other social concerns. Cincinnati City Council Member Chris Bortz will also speak to the students about how his city addresses this issue. Rabbi Ken Kanter, Regional Director for Admissions and Recruitment and Director of the Rabbinical School at HUC--JIR/Cincinnati, and the Department of Youth Programs Rabbinical Interns -- Ana Bonnheim, Amy Hertz, Joel Simon, and Evon Yakar -- look forward to greeting the young, high school leaders of the Reform Movement. For more information, please contact: HUC-JIR Department of Youth Programs, 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220; 513-487-3232; youthprograms@huc.edu www.hucyouthprograms.org 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 |
