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Thanksgiving at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem


Rabbinical, cantorial, and education students in the HUC-JIR Year-in-Israel program celebrated Thanksgiving together as a community on the Jerusalem campus.  Their contributions to the Thanksgiving dinner proved their considerable culinary talents with an impressive Thanksgiving spread.  Students shared their thoughts about things they are thankful for, donated money to support the HUC-JIR Soup Kitchen in New York, collected dried goods for a soup kitchen in Jerusalem, and debated the meaning of a section of the Birkat Hamazon

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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 nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding.