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 HUC-JIR Students and Alumni Participate in Ride for Reform 
This year's Ride for Reform, a fundraising program for the Israeli Movement of Progressive Judaism, included HUC-JIR students from the three stateside and Jerusalem campuses, as well as many HUC-JIR alumni. The ride was successful in both fundraising and helping to bridge the gap between Israeli and American Reform Judaism. Participants interacted with members of Kibbutzim Yahel and Lotan and were hosted by these Reform Kibutzim. Both stand as successful models of an alternative Reform Jewish life in Israel. The five-day ride started outside of Jaffa, progressed to Ber Sheva, to Sde Boker, to and around the rim of the Ramon crater, through the wadis of the Arava along an ancient Nabatean spice route, and down to the resort city of Eilat. The ride offered an opportunity to see some of Israel's most amazing geography.
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 |
