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 Learn With and From HUC-JIR Alumni Recent posts on the Tzeh U’limad: the Continuing Alumni Education blog include a teaching by Talmud scholar Judith Abrams on the negative effects of gossip, a piece Jewish Educator Ira Wise on how technology can aid us as we imagine new frontiers in Jewish education, and a piece by HUC-JIR's own Ruth Abusch-Magder answering the questions what is Jewish food? Come and learn, add your voice and continue the conversation at http://elearning.huc.edu/wordpress/continuinged/
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. |
