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May, 2013
URJ Lunch and Learn with Dr. Jonathan Krasner: June 18 at 12:30 pm
HUC-JIR Partners with the Mayo Clinic for “The Meeting of Medicine and Spiritual Care” in Jerusalem
Muslims and Jews Inspiring Change Awarded "California’s Faith-Based Organization of the Year"
HUC-JIR’s Involvement with "Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic" at the Autry
Conference for Ph.D. Students of American Jewish History
Modern-Day Rabbi Must Be CEO, Teacher and Spiritual Leader at Once
Irreverent prayer and God’s answer
Shuls must remain relevant, says rabbi
His Father’s Murder Drives a Rabbi’s Pursuit of Gun Control
Updates from the Jim Joseph Foundation - May 2013
HUC-JIR and Women of the Wall
Jewish Men Pray: Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Israel and the Leadership Dilemmas of Jewish Peoplehood
RENEWING THE COVENANT: DAVID ELLENSON & EUGENE BOROWITZ IN CONVERSATION
Interview with Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson on Women of the Wall – The Marginalia Review
Recruitment Update! May/June 2013
Graduation of the Inaugural Cohort of the Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education
HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Celebrates Jerusalem Day in a New Way
HUC-JIR Leads Women of the Wall in Prayer on Rosh Chodesh Sivan
Induction and Retention Initiative Builds Community among the Schools of Education Class of 2013
Volume 81 of Hebrew Union College Annual Features Essays by HUC-JIR Faculty Members
HUC-JIR/New York Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies 2013
HUC-JIR Celebrates 35th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Roger E. Joseph Prize
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
SJNM Alumna Gosia Szymanska Weiss Awarded Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland from President of Poland
New Members Inducted into HUC-JIR Board of Governors on May 6, 2013
Barbara Shear Inducted into Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Richard A. Block Inducted into Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Andrea Milens Inducted into Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Professor David H. Aaron Appointed Director of Scholarly Publications at HUC-JIR
A Night of Prayer at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
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 Receives Presidents’ Medallion from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
The Right Honourable Herb Gray Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso Receives Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A. Receives 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