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President’s Message
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Dr. Alfred Gottschalk,
z”l
Eulogies:
Rabbi David Ellenson, Rabbi David M. Posner, and Rabbi
Lewis Kamrass
Personal Reflections:
Dr. Alfred Gottschalk
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HUC-JIR Receives $3.7 Million Grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation to
Advance Jewish Education
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
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Changes in American Jewish Identities Since 1948:
From Norms to Aesthetics
Dr. Steven M. Cohen
Responses:
Rabbi Laura Geller and Dr. Bruce Phillips
LEARNING TO LEAD
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The Schusterman Rabbinical Fellowship Program The Task of the Tisch
Rabbinical Fellows The Mandel Fellows Program Mandate School of
Sacred Music Fellows Program Social Responsibility: What’s Not OK is
Not Caring Outreach: Building Welcoming, Sacred Communities
MEET HUC-JIR’S STUDENTS
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Profiles, journeys, and reflections of 49 students and ‘09 graduates
HUC-JIR ALUMNI CHANGING THE WORLD
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Rabbi Rachel Cowan, N ‘89
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Rabbi Batsheva Appel, N ‘96
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Joy Sisisky, MJCS/MPA ‘00
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Rabbi Gersh Zylberman, L ‘05
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Three Decades of Education and Leadership: Rabbi Sam Joseph
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The 2008 Dr. Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture: Opening the Door to
the Deep – Creating a Women’s Torah Commentary
Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson, Dr. Andrea Weiss, Dr. Carole B. Balin,
Dr. Alyssa M. Gray, and Dr. Wendy Zierler
EXCERPTS OF NEW BOOKS BY HUC-JIR FACULTY
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Dr. Joshua Holo
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Dr. Carole B. Balin and Dr. Wendy Zierler
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Dr. Susan L. Einbinder
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Dr. Mark L. Kligman
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Dr. Adam Kamesar
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Dr. Adriane Leveen
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Dr. Michael Chernick
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Essays in Honor of
Dr. Michael A. Meyer
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Dr. Dvora E. Weisberg
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Dr. Reuven Firestone
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Dr. Sharon Gillerman
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Dr. Stephen M. Passamaneck
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The
American Jewish Archives Journal, Vol. LXI, No. 1 (2009)
GRADUATION/ORDINATION/INVESTITURE 2009:
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Addresses
Dov L. Seidman, Rabbi Norman J. Cohen, Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi,
Rabbi Richard Levy, Rabbi David Ellenson, and Dr. Scott S. Cowen
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Honorary Degrees, Prizes, and Photo Album
On the cover:
Rabbi David Ellenson and newly ordained rabbis of the Class of
2009
under the Ordination
huppah
,
created by artist Peachy Levy, at the HUC-
JIR/Los Angeles Ordination at Temple Israel of Hollywood, May 17, 2009.
The Chronicle
is published by the National Office of Public Affairs.
Editor:
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
Design:
Tabak Design (
Photo Credits:
Isaac Harari, Richard Lobell, Janine M. Spang, Marvin Steindler
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EMORIAM
Richard J. Scheuer,
beloved Chairman
Emeritus of the Board of Governors, whose
devotion to HUC-JIR, vision for our
Jerusalem campus, commitment to the
State of Israel, and love for the Jewish people leave an endur-
ing legacy. His intellectual curiosity, passion for biblical
archaeology and scholarship, generous spirit, and warm and
kind heart are an abiding source of inspiration.
Avraham Biran
,
esteemed former Director of the Nelson
Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at HUC-JIR/
Jerusalem, former Director of the Department of Antiquities
and Museums for the State of Israel, District Commissioner
of Jerusalem, Senior Member of the Israel delegation to the
Mixed Armistice Commission of Jordan, and diplomat on
behalf of the Israeli government for many years.
Herbert R. Bloch, Jr
.,
dedicated member of the Board of
Governors (1961 to 1986), who served as Vice Chair,
Secretary, and Chair of the Budget Committee; followed in
the footsteps of his father, Herbert R. Bloch, Sr., Chair of the
Board (1952-1957); and served as Vice Chair of the Los
Angeles Board of Overseers.
Melvin Merians
,
distinguished Governor Emeritus, recipi-
ent of the Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa
,
from
HUC-JIR, and former Chairman of the Union for Reform
Judaism, who encouraged the advancement of Jewish learning
and took pride in his grandchildren taking on the mantle of
Jewish leadership.
Isadore E. Millstone
,
treasured Governor Emeritus, former
Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, and recipient of the
Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa
,
from HUC-JIR,
who was associated with this institution for over 40 years,
played a major role in Jewish communal life, and was a gen-
erous benefactor to a myriad of worthy causes.
Charles J. Rothschild, Jr.
,
devoted Governor Emeritus and
former Chairman and Honorary Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism, whose wise coun-
sel, loyalty, and commitment to HUC-JIR and the Reform
Movement were exemplary.
Rabbi Michael A. Signer
,
C ’70, cherished Professor of
Medieval History and Commentaries at HUC-JIR/Los
Angeles for nearly two decades and Co-Chair of the Joint
Commission on Inter-religious Affairs of the Reform
Movement since 1998, leader of Jewish-Catholic dialogue
worldwide, and Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and
Culture at the University of Notre Dame.
