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May, 2013
› Robert L. Bernstein's Response Upon Receiving 2013 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize at HUC-JIR/New York Graduation
› Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen, Ph.D., Presents 2013 HUC-JIR/New York Graduation Address
› Rabbi David M. Posner Presents 2013 HUC-JIR/New York Ordination Address
› Professor David H. Aaron Appointed Director of Scholarly Publications at HUC-JIR
April, 2013
› Rethinking Jewish Life: How do we measure our days?
› Updates from the Jim Joseph Foundation
› Advancing Jewish Early Childhood Education through Coordination and Collaboration
› Year-In-Israel Students Meet with MK Rabbi Dov Lipman
› ‘Running Rabbi’ recounts chaos at Boston Marathon, vows to run in next year’s race
› HUC-JIR/New York Commemorates Founders’ Day with a Celebration of 'JIR at 90'
› Her Jewish Roots Grow in Prison Soil
› The Wises, Einhorn, and Beyond: Reclaiming and Renewing Our Reform Jewish Heritage for the 21st Century
› Crucial Moment in the History of Western Civilization
› My Rabbi Against Gun Violence
› ‘Rockin’ Rabbis’ on the American Bible Challenge
› Rabbi Samuel Gordon Named to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
› Education Initiative and Our Day of Learning
› Yiddish, Ladino, and Jewish English: Do American Jews Speak a Jewish Language?
› Some Reflections on the State of the Jewish Federation System
› Recruitment Update! April/May 2013
› Rabbi Everett Gendler to Receive Presidents’ Medallion from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› The Right Honourable Herb Gray to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A. to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Mark G. Yudof, LL.B. to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Rabbi Renni S. Altman Receives Certificate of Recognition from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D. Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Naomi Levine Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Byron Janis Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Arnold M. Eisen, Ph.D., Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Carolyn Starman Hessel Receives American Jewish Distinguished Service Award from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Robert L. Bernstein Recieves the 2013 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› Volunteers Deliver Passover Meals
› A Maundy Thursday Seder
› HUC-JIR Announces 2013 Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York
› Maestro James Conlon Receives HUC-JIR’s Highest Honor: Roger E. Joseph Prize
March, 2013
› Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Presents "Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Interfaith Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities"
› Evaluation Team from Middle States Commission on Higher Education at HUC-JIR
› Of, By, and About the Women: The Ladies of Broadway – April 7 at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
› Recruitment Update! March/April 2013
› ‘The Sexuality Spectrum’ – is it good for the Jews?
› HUC-JIR Pays Tribute to Rabbi Lelyveld
› Conference on Reform Judaism Heritage: The Wises, Einhorn and Beyond - American Israelite
› So Long, Academic Dead Zones
› The 21st century B’nai Mitzvah
› Celebrate Passover through Study and Innovative Traditions
› Dr. David Mendelsson Appointed Director of the Year-In-Israel Program at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Jerusalem
› ‘Mind the Gap’: Bridging One Dozen Lacunae in Jewish Catholic Dialogue with Dr. Michael J. Cook – March 20 at Boston College
› Rabbi David Ellenson Meets With President Obama in Advance of Presidential Visit to Israel
› HUC-JIR/New York Hosts Spring Yom Iyyun: "Engaging New York"
› The Changing Character of the American Rabbinate: Some Reflections
February, 2013
› My Favorite Enemy Performance at HUC-JIR/New York
March, 2013
› A Window into "Sociology of Education" - Rhea Hirsch School of Education Students Make Contributions to the Field
February, 2013
› And when his Rabbi Dies, the Student Tears his Clothes
› The Sexuality Spectrum at the HUC-JIR Museum in New York Nominated as Best Thematic Museum Show by AICA-USA
› Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D. Appointed National Director of Admissions and Recruitment and President’s Scholar at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› School of Jewish Nonprofit Management Students Encounter the Israeli Third Sector
› Reform Judaism Magazine Spring 2013
› Rabbi Amy Perlin Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
› HUC-JIR Celebrates Vision of Founders Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise at Founders' Day
› Conference on Reform Jewish Heritage: The Wises, Einhorn, and Beyond
› Recruitment Update: HUC-JIR on the Road!
› Presentation of the Rabbi Michael Matuson Professorship for an Emerging Scholar
› Inauguration of the Rabbi David Ellenson Chair in Jewish Religious Thought
› The Leadership Institute Presents "Sustaining a Model of Change and Innovation in a Challenging World"
› L.A.'s First Jewish Mayor?
› Dr. Sarah Benor Teaches Service-Learning Course at USC
› Investment Needed In Jewish Preschool
› VIDEO: Kumsitz in Observance of Debbie Friedman's Second Yahrzeit
› Justice and Faith
› The Arts: Spectrum Analysis
› Defining Jewish Communal Greatness: How Ought we to Measure our Jewish Communities?
› Top contenders share strong ties to Jewish community
› Natural Collection
› The Rabbi Alan A. Kay New York School of Education Alumni Day of Learning
› What’s that you say?
› Alumni Webinars on the Israeli Elections
› Does God Have an Opinion on Gun Control?
› New Birthright Staff Training Program Focuses on Centrality of North American Staff
› Rethinking Jewish Life: Beyond Freedom
January, 2013
› Exciting Programs for Year-in-Israel Students
› Year-in-Israel Students Report on the Elections
› VIDEO: The JPS Torah at Fifty: A Celebration of a Translation and a Translator
› Melaveh Malkah: An Evening of Prayer and Song to Honor the Legacy of Debbie Friedman, z’’l – February 2 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
› Local Politicians With Opposing Views Participate in Lecture Series
› Creating Community Leaders From Teen Leaders
› Year-in-Israel Students Meet Yitzchak Navon and Eli Amir
› Rethinking Jewish Life: ‘For the Sake of Heaven’?
› The Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants
› We Are All Educators
› The New Jew-Speak, via Google
› Sustaining 21st Century American Judaism: Examining New Options
› As Jewish Power Ebbs, A New Form Of Influence?
› Recruitment Update: HUC-JIR on the Road!
› HUC-JIR at the Limmud Conference in London
› A Revolutionary Haggadah for the 21st Century by Renowned Philanthropist and Jewish Leader Edgar M. Bronfman and Acclaimed Artist Jan Aronson
› Youth Program Sponsored by the American Jewish Archives at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Inspires Emerging Student Leaders
› Cantor Bruce Ruben Performs Jason Robert Brown's "Twenty-Six Names"
› HUC-JIR Mourns the Death of Shirley Tartak, z''l
› Launching the First Cohort of the Cantorial Certification Program
› Act Now: IRA Charitable Rollover Provision Extended - A Wonderful Way to Support HUC-JIR
› New York School of Education Hosts Yom Iyun on 'Technology: Implications and Applications for Jewish Education'
› Deborah Niederman, RJE, Installed as President of the National Association of Temple Educators
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