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December, 2012
Training Experiential Jewish Educators for an Evolving and Advancing Field
HUC-JIR/New York Celebrates “JIR at 90” with the Be Wise Entrepreneurial Grants Competition
Perspective: Principled rabbis, but a flawed statement
Along The ‘Sexuality Spectrum’
HUC-JIR Faculty at the AJS Conference
Reflections of a First Year Rabbinic Student
Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit has complex provenance
Jews and the Tea Party Movement
HUC-JIR Recruitment at NATE
Announcing the First Cohort of the Cantorial Certification Program
The Dedication of the Richard J. Scheuer Israel Seminar
November, 2012
Ordination and Academic Convocation Address Presented by Dorit Beinisch
Rabbi Jessica Gross Thrives in Pubs, Not Pulpits
HUC-JIR Part of Dead Sea Scrolls' Mystery
New Rabbi for Sydney’s NSTE
Seven Weeks Remain to See JPII Exhibit
An Unorthodox Guide To Sexuality
A Communal ‘Tzedek’ Who Studies Power
On war, love and preserving an ethical core
Beyond Kvetch, Kvell: A New Lexicon
B'nai Mitzvah: A Revolution, Not A Graduation
HUC-JIR Honors Women of Leadership
Rebecca Ross Named Inaugural Carol Koransky Intern at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles
Ordination and Academic Convocation at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Creating Community Among Pluralistic Young Social Activists with the Tnufa Program
Prophecy and the Perfect Political Order: The Political Theology of Leo Strauss
Rhea Hirsch School of Education Alumni Day of Learning
Sugyot Chaim -- Life Texts for Pastoral Care, a Talmudic Bibliotherapy Program, Graduates Twelve Students at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Six Graduates of the Advanced M.A. Program in Pluralistic Jewish Education Receive Degrees
Seven Israeli Reform Rabbis Ordained at HUC-JIR’s Jerusalem Campus
Honorary Degrees Presented to Rabbi Moshe Yehudai, Rabbi Dr. Daniel Schiff, Avraham Infeld, and Dorit Beinisch
Recruitment Alert: HUC-JIR is on the Road!
Students Volunteer for Hurricane Sandy Relief
Hannah Goldstein's Sermon Following Hurricane Sandy
Youth Program Sponsored by the American Jewish Archives at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Inspires Emerging Student Leaders
Jews and the 2012 Elections: Striking Realities
Diaspora Jews stand with Women of the Wall
Lingo of the Sarah Silverman Controversy
Democracy, disillusionment, salvation
Reform Movement Youth Engagement
Members of HUC-JIR Community Named NewGround Fellows
Announcing the Winter 2012 Issue of Reform Judaism Magazine
Cantor Sarah J. Sager Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Barry Kogan, Ph.D., Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Marcie Zelikow Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
New Members Inducted onto HUC-JIR Board of Governors:
Jewish English Professor Researches 'New Language's' Evolution
HUC-JIR Mourns the Death of Cantor William Sharlin, z''l
An Important Message from Rabbi David Ellenson on Hurricane Sandy
October, 2012
LA Museum Exhibition - "Deeply Rooted"
LA Museum Exhibition - "Commitments"
LA Museum Exhibition - "Photographic Visions of the Diaspora"
Anger and Awe
Certificate in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging Adults Students Share their Experiences
Culmination Exercises of the HUC-JIR School of Jewish Nonprofit Management
Bridging the Gaps: Spiritual Care for Hospital, Bedside, Synagogue, and Community
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Good to Great: A Jewish Ten-Point Institutional Assessment Evaluating Successful Jewish Organizational Models
What Happened to Bipartisan US Support for Israel?
First US Army cantor spreads faith on deployment
New Joint Graduate Program in Judaic Studies with UC
For Young Jews, a Service Says, ‘Please, Do Text’
Jerusalem in Crisis
Our Members, Our Communities: A ‘Sh’ma’ Roundtable
The Key to Meaningful Jewish Education: Relationship-Building
Moment Magazine Announces Winners of Moment-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest
Political Commentary in Song Comes to "Concerts on Clifton" - November 4 at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Recent HUC-JIR Graduate Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Two Fall Art Exhibitions at the Jack H. Skirball Campus of HUC-JIR in Los Angeles
The Spiritual Journey of Education Certificate Student Barak Malkin
The JPS Torah at Fifty – A Celebration of a Translation and a Translator
September, 2012
Torah Games and the Future of Learning
Snapshot into Jewish LA: Some Insights and Reflections
Today’s Complementary Ed Is Not Your Father’s Hebrew School
Rabbi Richard A. Block Presents Address at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Convocation 2012
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty
Larry S. Moses Presented 2012 Address at the 43rd Culmination Exercises of the HUC-JIR School of Jewish Nonprofit Management
HUC-JIR's Summer 2012 Recruitment Report
Welcoming the New Academic Year
HUC-JIR/New York Kallah 2012
HUC-JIR Mourns the Death of Bonia Shur, z''l
Dr. Judith Plaskow Serving as Rabbi Sally J. Priesand Visiting Professor of Jewish Women’s Studies at HUC-JIR/New York
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
THE SEXUALITY SPECTRUM
An Educational Adventure in Rabat, Morocco
DeLeT Alumni Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters Published in Scientific American
New Members Inducted onto Board of Governors
John M. Stein Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Kenneth Gilman Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Kevin Penn Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Faculty Tenure, Promotions, and Administrative and Faculty Appointments
Lynn Kaye Appointed Assistant Professor of Rabbinics at HUC-JIR/Jack H. Skirball Campus/Los Angeles
Lisa D. Grant Promoted to Professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR/New York
Rabbi Dalia S. Marx, Ph.D. Promoted to Associate Professor of Liturgy and Midrash at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D., Awarded Tenure at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor, Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, Awarded Tenure at HUC-JIR/Jack H. Skirball Campus/Los Angeles
Rabbi Yehoyada Amir, Ph.D., Promoted to Professor of Jewish Thought at HUC-JIR/ Jerusalem
Edna Miron-Wapner's Soul Prints: On View at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Five Bible Images You Probably Misunderstand
A dialogue on Jewish life in America today
U.S. Jewry faces challenge as national movements decline
A Game Plan for Renewal: The Demise of National Movements and their Rebirth
Who is a Jew?
Nurturing Rabbis To Pursue Activism
Who knows who L.A.'s Jews are?
Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit unites manuscripts with Cincinnati history
Back to School: Reform movement takes aim at post-b’nai mitzvah dropouts
More Reform Rabbis Agreeing to Officiate at Intermarriages
The Challenges of Teaching 'Israel'
Laying the Groundwork for Future Generations of Jews
Reform Movement Leaders Meet with Top White House Official
Training for Schlichei Tzibur at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Sheila Adler Appointed Project Director of the Leadership Institute
Alumni Shabbat at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Murstein Synagogue at HUC-JIR Jerusalem: 5773 / 2012-2013 Schedule
HUC-JIR's Second Cohort of the Executive M.A. Program in Jewish Education
Rabbi Jan Katzew, Ph.D., Appointed Director of Service Learning at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati to Advance Newly Created Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Fellows Program
The Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education Announces Two Members of the HUC-JIR Community Amongst This Year’s Winners
June, 2012
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
YOUR Meeting with PM Netanyahu and President Peres
URJ Overhauling The Bar/Bat Mitzvah
HUC-JIR Professor Publishes Translation of ‘The Laws of Evidence’
Rabbi Naamah Kelman's Address at the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism Biennial
Framing the American Jewish Economy: Insights and Reflections
Temple and mosque collaboration seeks to become a national interfaith model
All My Bags Are Packed: Cantors Go To Camp
Sweeping Changes To Jewry Seen In N.Y. Population Survey
Reform Judaism in a constant state of renovation, by design
Jacobs Takes Reins As URJ President
The Society for Classical Reform Judaism at HUC-JIR
HUC's Rescue of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel Lauded in U.S. Congressional Record
Blaustein Center Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Larry Moses Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Russell D. Feingold, United States Senator for Wisconsin (1993-2011), Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Ruth Behar, Ph.D., Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Stephen A. Kaufman, Ph.D., Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Edward A. Goldman, Ph.D., Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Dr. Gary P. Zola Receives BRIDGES' Distinguished Service Citation
HUC-JIR Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati
Rabbi Rick Jacobs' Address at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Ordination 2012/5772
The Unfolding of the Third American Jewish Revolution
An Economic Game Plan for American Jewry
A Rabbinical Sister Act
Becoming Jewish in Jamaica
B'nai B'rith Archive Returns to View
Breaking the 'Stained Glass' Ceiling: Women and Numbers 4:41-7:89
Day Schools and the End of the Melting Pot Read more: http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/156873/day-schools-and-the-end-of-the-melting-pot/#ixzz1wwLizQ13
For first time, Israel to recognize Reform and Conservative rabbis
Judith R. Baskin Receives Honorary Degree at HUC-JIR Graduation
Sara S. Lee Receives Honorary Degree at HUC-JIR Graduation
Rabbi William Cutter Receives Honorary Degree at HUC-JIR Graduation
Rabbi Lewis M. Barth Receives Honorary Degree at HUC-JIR Graduation
Metuka Benjamin Receives Distinguished Service Award at HUC-JIR Graduation
Rivka Dori Receives Sherut La-Am Award at HUC-JIR Graduation
HUC-JIR Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Los Angeles
Women's Strides Spotlighted this Spring at Reform Movement’s Graduations, Ordinations
DeLeT Rav Siach and Tenth Anniversary Celebration – July 19 at HUC-JIR’s Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Jewish Foundation invests in innovative new initiatives at HUC, JFS
Why is this Visit to The Rashi School Different From All Other Visits?
The Magic of Summer Camp
Marlene Louchheim: “Commitment – Gathering Sparks”
The Reform Day School Externship: The Business of Building JDS Advocates
Female Reform rabbi seated on Jerusalem suburb’s religious council
End of an Era at Temple Emanu-El
The New Educator Transition Boot Camp
Gunter Demnig’s Speech at the Dr. Bernard Heller Prize Ceremony at HUC-JIR/NY Graduation, May 3, 2012
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles Graduation Address by Professor Sara S. Lee
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles Ordination Address by Rabbi William Cutter, Ph.D.
HUC-JIR/New York Ordination Address by Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl, Senior Cantor, Central Synagogue, New York
HUC-JIR/New York Graduation Address by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President, Union for Reform Judaism
Professor Stanley Nash Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Professor Jo Kay Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
STUMBLING STONES AND GUNTER DEMNIG AND PETER HESS RECEIVES THE 2012 DR. BERNARD HELLER PRIZE
Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions and Co-Founder Navyn Salem Receives Roger E. Joseph Prize
Peter J. Weidhorn, Immediate Past Chairman of the Union for Reform Judaism, Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
HUC-JIR Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in New York
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Leading feminist theologian to be ordained … at last
Saul Alinsky’s Moment?
"Jewish Wisdom and Wellness: A Week of Learning" with the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health and Cedars-Sinai
A Perfect Firestorm For Anti-Semitism
Dr. Michael Zeldin Appointed Senior National Director of the Schools of Education at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
What’s in a word? For ‘ordained’ rather than ‘invested’ cantors, a lot
Los Angeles Rabbinical Student Creates Jewish Life on Catholic Campus
Gail Twersky Reimer, Ph.D., Receives American Jewish Distinguished Service Award from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Joëlle Dautricourt: The Book of the Happy Writing
California Family will be First to have Three Female Sibling Rabbis: Final Sister to be Ordained May 13
Dr. Evie Levy Rotstein Appointed Director of the New York School of Education at HUC-JIR
Ordination of Cantors for the First Time in Jewish History
Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room Featured in Cincinnati Magazine
Israeli Film Academy Award Nominee, Footnote, Features Hebrew Union College Annual
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Social Justice as a Unifying Issue for Dharmic Communities
Sister Act, Part Three
Painting a New York Everyman
Finding Your Roots: Cantor Angela Buchdahl
After Four Decades, Emanu-El Rabbi To Retire
The Necessity of Hope
For Our Creative Survival: Liberal Zionists Speak Out
HUC-JIR Alumnus Rabbi Ray Zwerin's New Publication, Holy Fire
In Memoriam: Manuel D. Mayerson, z’’l
HUC-JIR Announces 2012 Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York
Rabbi David Ellenson, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, and Rabbinical Colleagues on Newsweek’s “America’s Top 50 Rabbis” List
Embrace the Stranger in our Midst
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Hebrew Ulpan at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
HUC-JIR Rabbi Dvora Weisberg Casts a Spell on HBO's 'True Blood'
Batya and Galia Sadan
Gala Tribute Concert in Honor of Bonia Shur
The Tnufa Program: Training the Next Generation of Pluralistic Social Activists
Sam Spector Wins Center for Jewish Ethics Whizin Prize
Former LA Times Journalist Gives 'Fisher Family Lecture' on Founders' Day at Jack H. Skirball Campus
Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions and Co-Founder Navyn Salem to Receive Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Highest Honor
Op-Ed: Synagogues must reach out to ‘the uninspired’
A Question Of Belonging
Spread the Word about HUC-JIR's New Cantorial Certification Program
A Window into the RHSOE's "Sociology of Jewish Education" with Dr. Tali Zelkowicz
Deanna Gottschalk, z"l
Assembly touts camps’ identity-building success
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
New Exhibition on Bat Mitzvah to Open in NYC: Exhibition and Programs Celebrate Bat Mitzvah’s 90th Anniversary
The Campaign for Youth Engagement: A Call to Action
Jewish population of L.A., Valley districts
Candidly Speaking: Ice cream and conversion
Jewish movements ‘cross-pollinating’ on learning initiatives for its educators Read more: The Jewish Chronicle - Jewish movements ‘cross pollinating’ on learning initiatives for its educators
Distinguished Leaders of Reform Movement and Jewish Community Inducted onto the HUC-JIR Board of Governors
In Memoriam: Rabbi Helga Newmark, z''l
HUC-JIR's Steven Windmueller Addressed Changing American Politics at AIPAC Conference
Announcing The Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute
Kol Hanshama: Every Soul Reaches towards God in Its Own Way
Rabbi Steven A. Fox, Chief Executive of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Addresses the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Warren R. (Chip) Fagadau, M.D., Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Joy Grenadier Greenberg Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Jonathan A. Stein, President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Inducted onto Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Stephen M. Sacks, Chairman of the Union for Reform Judaism, Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Incoming President of the Union for Reform Judaism, Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
In Memoriam: Dr. David Weisberg, z''l
Celebrated New York City Realist Painter Max Ferguson Exhibits "Painting My Father" at the HUC-JIR Museum in New York
Ride 4 Reform 2012
Rhea Hirsch School of Education Alumni Association Kallah
Kalsman Institute Co-sponsors Bioethics Symposium
Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Wins Coveted National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
In Memoriam: Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, z''l
Debbie Friedman Remembered
Esther Herlitz Steps Down from HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Board of Overseers
Changing the Mindscape and Landscape of Jewish Peoplehood: New Paradigms for Educational Leaders
Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Speaks at HUC-JIR's Jack H. Skirball Campus
NYSOE Alumni Association Annual "Brunch and Learn" Highlights the Campaign for Youth Engagement
“Pledges of Jewish Allegiance” by Rabbi David Ellenson and Rabbi Daniel Gordis
Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman to give Rabbi Max and Ruth Nussbaum Scholar Lecture
Pastoral Education Edges Into Mainstream
Debbie Friedman’s Gift
Unprecedented Jewish Pastoral Educator Conference Examines the Future of the Field
Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi Wins Two Major Awards: National Jewish Book Award and National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Jeremy F. Perlin, J.D., Appointed National Director of Human Resources at HUC-JIR
Dr. Gary P. Zola Awarded 2012 King Legacy Award
“The Renaissance Campaign to Destroy Jewish Books” Feld Memorial Lecture with Professor David H. Price: January 25 at Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Library Pavilion
HUC-JIR is proud of our accomplished faculty:
Debbie Friedman Honored in Song on Occasion of First Yahrtzeit
January, 2012
Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Dr. Jonathan Krasner Awarded 2011 National Jewish Book Awards
Unprecedented Jewish Pastoral Educator Conference Examines the Future of the Field