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June, 2009
Good Job: Growth of Service Learning for the Jews – PresenTense.org/magazine
Tartak Learning Center Offers Resources to Educators
Dr. Reuven Firestone to Participate in International Conference on Mohammed
Eugene Borowitz Leading Session During the Leadership Institute's Summer Seminar
HUC-JIR Schools of Education Sponsor College Fellows at National Association of Temple Educators Conference
Statement by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Women of Reform Judaism Newsletter Reports on Support of HUC-JIR Rabbinical Student – WRJ News
Toronto Shul Votes in Favour of Same-sex Marriage – The Canadian Jewish News
Rabbi Couple Blaze a Trail – Courier-Journal.com
Denker Receives Honorary Doctorate from HUC-JIR – Cleveland Jewish News
Dr. Gary P. Zola Promoted to Professor of the American Jewish Experience
Dr. Wendy Zierler Granted Tenure as Associate Professor of Feminist Studies and Modern Jewish Literature at HUC-JIR
Dr. Nili S. Fox Granted Tenure as Professor of Bible at HUC-JIR
Alyssa Gray, JD., PH.D. Granted Tenure at HUC-JIR
Dr. Andrea Weiss Promoted to Associate Professor of Bible at HUC-JIR
Inviting College and Post-College Students to Outreach Programs in Jerusalem
SJCS Encounter Seminar: “Trends in (Jewish) Philanthropy”
How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors? – Moment Magazine
Alysa Stanton: First Black Female Rabbi on Following Her Calling – Essence.com
Studying Religious Texts Fosters New Connections between Muslim and Jewish Peers
Another First for a Black American: The Female Rabbi Breaking Down Barriers – Guardian, UK
First Black Female Rabbi Shatters von Brunn's Goals – Toledo Blade
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly – PBS
Beth Haverim Has New School Director – The Acorn
New Rabbi Represents ‘New Face of Judaism’ – JWeekly.com
Jewish Group Organizes L.A. March Against Darfur Violence – LA Times
“Modalities in Medieval Jewish Law for Public Order and Safety” by Stephen M. Passamaneck Published by HUC Annual
Alumni Gathering in Jerusalem in July
HUC-JIR Launches Tzeh Ulimad Continuing Alumni Education Blog
HUC-JIR Class of 2009 Commencement Graduation Address by Dov Seidman April 30, 2009 – New York
Dr. Arno Motulsky Awarded 2009 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies in Cincinnati
Fourteen New Rabbis Ordained at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Alysa Stanton - First African-American Woman Ordained a Rabbi in Jewish History at HUC-JIR’s Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati
African-American Woman Ordained as Rabbi in Cincinnati – Haaretz
U.S. Has First Black Female Jewish Rabbi – UPI
Summer Schedule for Services at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Dr. Reuven Firestone to Lecture at National University of Singapore
HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Graduation Honors Jewish Leaders, Alumni, and Graduating Class of 2009
Learning To Count – The Jewish Press
Spiritual Journey Leads to a Historic First – The New York Times
Colorado Woman to be First Black Female Rabbi – Denver Post
HUC-JIR Graduation Honors Jewish Leaders, Alumni and Graduating Class of 2009 on the Los Angeles campus
1st Black Female Rabbi Spent Years Searching – Washington Post, AP
HUC-JIR/LA Holds Ordination Services at Temple Israel of Hollywood, May 17, 2009
How Rachel Adler Uses Feminist Ideas to Challenge Jewish Law. – My Jewish Learning
Reports of 'Death' Exaggerated – Jerusalem Post
‘Midrash and Medicine’: Conference Offers ‘Spiritual Nourishment’ for Healers – JWeekly.com
May, 2009
Dr. Reuven Firestone Lecturing on "Muslims between Tradition and Modernity"
Interfaith Dialogue Put To The Test – NY Jewish Week
The New Study Guide for The Torah: A Women's Commentary, Parashat Pinchas, is Now Available Online – WRJ
The New Study Guide for The Torah: A Women's Commentary, Parashat Naso, is Now Available Online – WRJ
US: First African-American Woman to be Ordained as Rabbi – YNet News
Ready to be First Black Female Rabbi – Lexington Herald Leader
Remembering the Chaplains – Glendale News Press
Alysa Stanton Becomes First Female Black Rabbi – ABC News
Rabbi Stacy Offner To Speak At WRT – Westchester.com
Resetting - An Unprecedented Meeting of Philanthropists – The Huffington Post
Common Ground Between Shakers and Jews – iBerkshires
Action: Cyber Innovations – Reform Judaism Magazine
Debbie Friedman's New CD: As You Go On Your Way: Shacharit - the Morning Prayers – URJ
Rabbi David Ellenson to Teach at OSRUI-Lehrhaus – URJ
Conference Explores Healing Potential of Biblical Texts (scroll down to 5th brief) – Jewish Journal
(En)Gendering Legal Analysis: Feminist Approaches to Jewish and Islamic Legal Sources – University of Toronto
"On Your Own?" – The Relationship between the Sexes, Transparent Borders, Dilemmas and Challenges in 21st-Century Feminism
SSM Choir in Concert at Temple Beth Emeth, Albany, NY
Hebrew Union College Press Announces Publication of “A Great Voice that Did Not Cease” The Growth of the Rabbinic Canon and its Interpretation by Michael Chernick
10 minutes with … Alysa Stanton – Religion News Service
Crossing Cultures – News-Leader, Springfield, MO
Black and Female: Another First for the Rabbinate – LA Jewish Journal
Pulpit of Color – NY Jewish Week
Jewish Day Schools Facing an Economic Crisis – Los Angeles Times
Court: Stop Discrimination of Non-Orthodox – Jerusalem Post
First Black Female Rabbi to Take N.C. Pulpit – JTA
Right of Reply: Collective Action Can Make Every Philanthropic Dollar Effective – Jerusalem Post
Message From Our Rabbis – Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
Black Woman to be Rabbi – Cincinnati Enquirer
Honorary Degrees and Awards Presented at Graduation in New York
How Do You Recognize That a Place Is Sacred? – Jewish Exponent
Oneness at 30,000 Feet – Jewish Journal
Dr. Eugene Borowitz to Receive Honorary Doctor of Letters at JTS Commencement
Alysa Stanton - First African-American Woman in the World to Be Ordained a Rabbi – at HUC-JIR’s Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati
First African-American Female Rabbi to Take N.C. Pulpit – JTA
Melvin Merians, z"l
Jewish Education Students Present Capstone Curriculum Guides
Julie A. Vanek, RJE, Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Michael M. Lorge Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Ellen W. Dreyfus Inducted onto Board of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Martin Cohen Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Leslie Bider Inducted onto the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Helen Lieberman, Founder and Honorary President of Ikamva Labantu – Future of Our Nation – South Africa’s Largest Community-based NGO Facilitating Positive Social Change Awarded Joseph Prize by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Graduating Communal Service Student Receives SAJES Honor
Activist heads Board of Rabbis of Southern California – Los Angeles Times
Same-sex Marriage: Faiths' Views are Wide-Ranging – Stamford Advocate
U.S. Jews of All Denominations Unite to Support Pope on Israel Trip – Haaretz
18,000 Same-Sex Couples Await Ruling In California – NPR
New Cohort of Schusterman Rabbinical Fellows Announced
Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Grace Church to Celebrate Interfaith Weekend May 15-17 – Brooklyn Heights Blog
URJ's Schindler Fellows Program for Conversion Certification at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
Palestinian Doctor Calls for Coexistence, Despite Loss at Program Moderated by Professor Rivka Dori
Midrash and Medicine Conference in Monterey – Respite in the Chaos
HUC-JIR Sets Deadline to Determine L.A. Campus Future – Jewish Journal
L.A. Jewish Seminary Likely to Stay Open – Los Angeles Times
LA, Cincinnati Reform Movement's Seminaries to Stay Open – JTA/Jerusalem Post
All Campuses of Hebrew Union College May Survive – Inside Higher Ed
HUC-JIR Students Participate in Protestant-Jewish Seminarian Program on Israel and Israeli-Palestinian Relations
HUC-JIR Cincinnati Ordination Services to be Held at Plum Street Temple, Saturday, June 6, 2009
College Will Keep All Campuses – ABC6-Cincinnati
Hebrew Union To Keep Cincinnati Campus Open – WLWT- Cincinnati
HUC Determined To Maintain Programs – The Jewish Week
Plan Would Keep HUC Campus Open – Cincinnati Enquirer
What Happens After You Die? – Channel 12 - Cincinnati
LA Communal Service Students Present Masters Theses and Projects
NY Ordination/Investiture Address -- Rabbi Norman J. Cohen, Provost
HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Graduation to Honor Jewish Leaders, Alumni, and Graduating Class of 2009 at Isaac M. Wise Temple, Sunday, June 7, 2009
HUC-JIR School of Sacred Music Alumni Association to Present Webinar
Does God Want You to Be Bankrupt? – The New York Times
Middle Israel: US Jewry's unlikely savior – The Jerusalem Post
New Rabbis Face Tough Job Market – The Jewish Journal
Rabbi Blesses Statue of Sojourner Truth – JTA
April, 2009
In Jewish Education, Deep Cuts Shape New Landscapes – The Jewish Daily Forward
Reform Seminary Among Schools Facing Crippling Cuts – The Jewish Daily Forward
Swine Flu Alert
HUC-JIR Alum Spearheads Jewish Involvement in Tri-Faith Initiative
USC to Sve Hebrew Union College? – The Jewish Journal
HUC Faculty Mounts Push To Save N.Y. Campus – The Jewish Week
Saperstein, Lawmakers Arrested in Darfur Protest – JTA
Cincinnati Human Relations Commission to Honor Dr. Gary P. Zola
50% of Americans Change Religion at Least Once – Jerusalem Post
The Future of Hebrew Union College – (Newsmakers April 26th Edition - Channel 12 Cincinnati)
Hebrew Union Likely to Close Campus – Cincinnati Enquirer
Windmueller to speak in Albany on May 1st
Pioneer Rabbi is Honored by New York College – New Jersey Jewish News
Barbara Friedman Elected to Board of Teagle Foundation – AScribe
HUC-JIR Ordination Service to be Held at Temple Israel of Hollywood, Sunday, May 17, 2009
HUC-JIR Graduation to Honor Jewish Leaders, Alumni, and Graduating Class of 2009 at Los Angeles Campus Monday, May 18, 2009
The Coming of the Intermarried Rabbi – New Voices
RECRUITMENT OPEN HOUSES AT HUC-JIR
HUC-JIR AND WUPJ HOLD SIXTH ANNUAL PESACH PROJECT IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Remnant Stones: The Jewish Cemeteries of Suriname Epitaphs by Aviva Ben-Ur and Rachel Frankel from HUC Press
Downturn Threatens L.A.'s Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion – Los Angeles Times
Jewish Educational Institution Struggles – Washington Post
HUC Could Close Two of its Three U.S. Campuses – JTA
Reform Seminary May Cut Two of Three U.S. Campuses – Beliefnet News
Jewish Seminary Considers Closing Two U.S. Campuses – Los Angeles Times
Hebrew Union Backers Plan Appeal – Cincinnati Enquirer
Hebrew Union Could Face Closure – Cincinnati Enquirer
HUC May Close Two of its US Campuses – Jerusalem Post
Fate Of Historic HUC Cincinnati Campus Unclear – The Jewish Week
Zooming In On Righteous Muslims – The Jewish Week
The Torah: A Women's Commentary Study Guide Program – WRJ
A Taste Of The World To Come – The Jewish Week
Alabama Community Tries To Draw Jewish Families – NPR
Gerson: The Art of Empathy in Hard Times – Athens Banner-Herald
Amy Morrison in Elle Magazine
HUC-JIR Graduation to Honor Jewish Leaders, Alumni, and Graduating Class of 2009 at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York on April 30
HUC-JIR Ordination and Investiture Services to be Held at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York, Sunday, May 3, 2009
Debbie and Friends: A Concert to Benefit the HUC-JIR School of Sacred Music
Blackwell Award to First Woman Rabbi – Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Sundance’s Social Action Man – Jewish Journal
Leading Combatant in Gay Marriage Fight To Head Southern California Rabbis – The Jewish Daily Forward
Reform Seminary Bracing For ‘Radical’ Reductions – Jewish Week
Counting the Omer – Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
CMJE Event April 22, 2009
Study: Young Jews More Spiritual, Yet More Divided? – The Jewish Daily Forward
Dr. Reuven Firestone, Expert on Muslim-Jewish Relations, to speak on “The Quran as Literature” at Notre Dame Conference
Area Families Celebrate Passover – Springfield News-Sun
From Their Lips: Thanks, God, for Overdoing It – The New York Times
Life’s Daily Blessings by Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, C ’81; DHL ‘85
HUC-JIR Alumni to be Awarded Honorary Doctorates
Dr. Beatrice Lawrence Addresses Issues of Prophecy at Annual Shabbaton in Southern California
Cardinal William Henry Keeler to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Rabbi Lennard R. Thal to Receive American Jewish Distinguished Service Award at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Betty Benjamin to Receive Presidents' Medal at HUC-JIR Graduation Ceremony in Cincinnati
50 Influential Rabbis – Newsweek
What the Four Corners of the Earth Truly Mean – Jewish Exponent
Congregational Outreach Conference Connects SoCal Rabbis and Lay Leaders with HUC-JIR Faculty and Students
Dr. Scott Cowen to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Madelyn Mishkin Katz, RJE, to Receive Citation in Recognition at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Dr. Roland J. “Chip” Chapdelaine to Receive Presidents' Medal, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Dr. Michael A. Signer, z”l, to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Dr. Mohamed Fathi Osman to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Lowell Milken to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Dov L. Seidman to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Dr. Walter Homolka to Receive Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies
Online Publication of American Jewish Archives Journal - Volume LX Number 1 & 2 – The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
HUC-JIR Students to Lead Passover Seders in Former Soviet Union
Faculty Lectures
Helen Lieberman, Founder/Honorary President of Ikamva Labantu – Future of Our Nation – South Africa’s Largest Community-based NGO Facilitating Positive Social Change To be Awarded Joseph Prize by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Dr. Arno Motulsky to Receive 2009 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies in Cincinnati
Study: Ethnic identification on the wane, spirituality rising among Jews – JTA
Can Jewish Tradition Shed Light On The Financial Crisis? – The Jewish Week
Dr. Susan Einbinder Named NYPL Cullman Fellow
New Economic Challenges, New Opportunities: The Unfolding of the Third American Jewish Revolution – eJewish Philanthropy
Wise Writings Can Be Viewed on New Site – Cincinnati Enquirer
March, 2009
Noted Religious Scholar Firestone Discusses Religious Similarities – The Colgate Maroon-News
Rabbi Debra Pine, C'92, Appointed First Female Hillel Director at Johns Hopkins University – The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Concert is Homecoming for Cantor – St. Louis Jewish Light
Lions to Roar Into NYC – Jewish Community Voice
Ritual Beer for Jewish Kids in Bill Not a Sacramental Drink, Scholars Say – Arkansas Democrat Gazette
World War III, Coming To A Theater Near You – The Jewish Week
Faculty Lectures
DeLeT Program Celebrates Alumni Achievements at First-Ever Conference
Launch of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™, One of a Kind Publication for Religious and Non-Profit Leaders
Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson Speaks On
Are We Home Alone? – The New York Times
American Jewish Archives Set to Launch Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise Digital Archive on the 190th Birthday of the Architect of Reform Judaism in America
Graduation Ceremonies 2009
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Announces 2009 Ordination, Investiture, Graduate, and Honorary Degree Recipients
Rabbi's Lives Life to Say 'Hineini,' Meaning 'Here I Am' – Orange County Register
Synagogues Working to Be More Open to Gays – The Jewish Journal
Joan Pines Inducted onto Board of Governors
Sue Neuman Hochberg Inducted onto Board of Governors
Marjorie L. Miller Inducted onto Board of Governors
Andrew R. Berger Inducted onto Board of Governors
Jewish Scroll That Survived Holocaust Read at Rancho School – Orange County Register
Jacob Rader Marcus Center Announces the Launch of the Isaac Mayer Wise Digital Archive
Dr. Steven F. Windmueller Presented with the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service
The Pebbles Of Holiness – The Jewish Week
An Appreciation of Islam: Q&A with Rabbi Reuven Firestone – The Jewish Journal
Holocaust Torah Visits Ridgecrest – The Daily Independent
Rethinking... When Misheberach Isn’t Enough – Reform Judaism Magazine
A Call to Action to Ensure That Gays Are Welcome in the Community – Jewish Exponent
Study Finds Jewish Leaders Open to LGBT Community – Philadelphia Gay News
Judith Margolis: Countdown to Perfection-Meditations on the Sefirot at HUC-JIR/NY Museum
Professor Emeritus Gerald Bubis Upcoming Lectures and Publications
New WRJ Study Guide for Parashat Tzav Now Available
URJ Offers Resources for Creating Synagogues Welcoming Diversity – URJ
Rabbi Naamah Kelman Participates in Christian-Jewish Dialogue – Journal Chretien
AJA Fellowship Program: 2009-2010 Call for Applications
Bridging Jewish Divides Through Study of Torah – New Jersey Jewish News
God's Hidden Name Revealed – Reform Judaism
The Intellectuals/Sergio Bergman – La Nacion
Fresh Rift Seen Over New Israeli Conversion Rules – The Jewish Week
Fostering Jewish Pluralism in Israel – The Jerusalem Post
For These Two, Stereotypes Are a Real Joke – The Miami Herald
Signs of a System 'In Chaos' – Haaretz
February, 2009
Study Kicks Off Gay Outreach Effort – The Forward
Orthodox Irate Over Women Rabbis' Prayer at Western Wall – Haaretz
Upcoming Faculty Lectures
IJSO-Sponsored Survey of Jewish Synagogues Presents Deep Support for Inclusion of LGBT Jews in Jewish Communities
When Jacob Has Two Mommies – The Jewish Week
At 85, Borowitz Still Sparring With Students – The Jewish Week
News Briefs From Jerusalem
Survey: Few Synagogues Actively Welcome Gays – JTA
Saperstein to Serve on Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Issues – Religious Action Center
Survey: Jewish Communities Show 'Deep Support' for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Jews – The Miami Herald
North American Rabbis to Meet in Jerusalem This Week – The Jerusalem Post
Jews Can Find Similarities in Current Crisis, Depression – The Jewish Journal
Reform Jewish Rabbinate Elects New Leader
New Brunswick Rabbi Leads U.S. Senate Prayer – New Jersey Jewish News
Modern Jewish Theology Scholars Honor Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz on 85th Birthday at HUC-JIR/NY
Praying for the Country – JTA
Data from the First National Synagogue Survey on Diversity & LGBT Inclusion in the Jewish World to be Released in NY; Co-Sponsored by IJSO
New Artists Share their Work at HUC-JIR/LA: Doni Silver Simons and Marcia Falk
HUC-JIR/LA Observes Founders Day; SJCS Celebrates 40 Years
The Remaking of L.A.'s Jewish Federation – The Forward
School of Sacred Music to Present Composers' Showcase on March 26th
Rabbi Nancy Wiener Leads Workshops in Florida and New Jersey
Remembering Rabbi Michael Signer – National Catholic Reporter
Nationally Syndicated Radio Program Featured Dr. Gary P. Zola Discussing Lincoln and the Jews
Archive Honors Rabbi – Cincinnati Enquirer
Sermons by Inland Clergy to Accent Housing Crisis – The Press-Enterprise
‘Soul Memories’: Powerful Art – The Forward
American Pastor Honored for Bringing 300,000 Tourists Here – The Jerusalem Post
Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement Text Study Program Launched, Led by Reuven Firestone
Testosterone-Drenched Slogans of Tribal Loyalty Won't Do It – The Jerusalem Post
Israeli Campaign Enters Final Day – JTA
Expert’s Novel Twist on Jewish History – Jewish in St. Louis
Academy for Adult Interfaith Studies Brochure (PDF)
Dr. Phil Miller Speaks at Dedication of the Office of the Gottesman Library in memory of Jacob I. Dienstag, at Yeshiva University
Rabbi Andrea Weiss Named Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Israel of New Rochelle
HUC-JIR Students and Alumni to Lead First Annual World-Wide-‘Storah Weekend’
School of Sacred Music Alumni Webinars with Cantor Bruce Ruben
Rabbi David Posner on 'Mad About Music' – WNYC
The Bible and The Torah can Provide Financial Advice, Some Say – The Register-Herald
Leon Klenicki, Rabbi Who Bridged Gaps Between Faiths, Dies at 78 – The New York Times
Despite Distance, Jews Do Feel a Connection – The Jerusalem Post
Rabbi Shirley Idelson to Speak on 'From Kugel to Kellogg's: The Creation of an American Jewish Appetite' at Congregation Emanu-El
January, 2009
Modern Jewish Theology Scholars to Honor Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz on 85th Birthday
HUC-JIR Education Alumni Win National Jewish Book Award
HUC-JIR Leadership Institute Heads to Israel
Rabbi Coming to Austin to Explore Common Ground that Jews, Palestinians Share – The Austin American-Statesman
Catholics, Jews Mourn Passing of Rabbi Signer – The Catholic Star Herald
Public Prayers at Obama’s Inauguration Raise Important Issues – The Kansas City Star
Temple B'nai Israel will Host Southern States Jewish Literary Series – The Hattiesburg American
Police Chaplain Program: Reverend and Rabbi Offer Support to Community – The Redding Pilot
Interfaith Pioneer Rabbi Leon Klenicki Dies – JTA
Longtime Beth Am Rabbi Zweiback Heading to Jerusalem This Summer – Los Altos Town Crier
The Holocaust-Era Yanov Torah Will Make a Stop in Temecula – The Press-Enterprise
Rosalyn Engelmann - Dry Tears at National Arts Club – Art Daily
The Power of Prayer – The Wall Street Journal
Could Abraham Lincoln Have Been Jewish? – The Australian Jewish News
Jews and the 2008 Election – Commentary
What’s New at the Seminaries? – The Jewish Week
Arthur Waskow: God Enjoyed Inauguration Rhetoric – Newsweek
Symposium Honors 40 Years of SJCS at HUC-JIR
HUC-JIR Kalsman Institute’s Midrash and Medicine Conference – Registration Open
Cold Temps, Warm Spirits At Limmud NY – The Jewish Week
ISRAELI CONGREGATION RECEIVES TORAH HONORING FALLEN SOLDIER – WUPJ
Eulogy for Michael Signer by Rabbi David Ellenson
Passings: Herbert R. Bloch Jr. – The Los Angeles Times
State Weighs Approval of School Dedicated to Hebrew – The New York Times
Kalsman Institute Announces Midrash and Medicine Conference - Registration Now Open
Villaraigosa Defends his Support of Israel – Los Angeles Times
New WRJ Study Guide for Parashat B'Shalach Now Available
Rabbi Josh Zweiback Appointed Director of the Year-In-Israel Program at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem
The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, Co-edited by Dr. Tamara Eskenazi and Dr. Andrea Weiss, Chosen as Winner of Jewish Book Council’s 2008 Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award
Notre Dame Professor Instrumental in Catholic-Jewish Relations Dies – Catholic News Service
Interfaith Expert Michael Signer Dies – JTA
Seeking Recognition in the Jewish Community
The Other Invocation – The Jewish Journal
HUC-JIR/NY Hosts Storahtelling’s Maven Training Course
Professor Michael A. Signer, z"l
Singing Their Praises – The Jewish Week
Louis Firestein, Longtime Austin Rabbi, Dies – Austin American-Statesman
Tec Makes it to the Big Screen with 'Defiance' – Westport News
'Jews Rock!' Rabbi Helps Chronicle Rich Musical History – The Advocate
In Search Of Israeliness – The Jewish Week
To Save Cash, Yoffie Raises Possibility of Merging Reform, Conservative Shuls – JTA
Lessons on Love, From a Rabbi Who Knows Hate and Forgiveness – The New York Times
A Note From HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Invocation Pick Transcends Ideology – San Antonio Express News
Newark Synagogue Keeps Hanukkah Flexible – The Newark Advocate
Rabbi Arnold Wolf, 84, Was Progressive Leader – The Forward
‘Jewish Studies, Jewish Money’ – Inside Higher Ed
Jewish Congregation Welcomes New Rabbi – The Columbian
SCM Holds Women's Event in Boston – The Jewish Advocate
Obama: Wolf Not Just Neighbor, but Friend – JTA
Fabulously Observant: Top Jewish Stories of 2008 – The Jerusalem Post
Rabbinic Alumni Invited to 'Rabbinic Leadership in a Time of Fiscal Crisis at HUC-JIR/NY
Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, 1924-2008: Led 2 Prominent Reform Jewish Congregations – The Chicago Tribune
Arnold Jacob Wolf, a Leading Reform Rabbi, Is Dead at 84 – The New York Times
Rabbi Sharon Brous: Warren's Presence Taints Inauguration – The Washington Post
Rabbi Nathan Kaber, Led Altoona Synagogue – Jewish Community Voice
Transgender Jews Now Out of Closet, Seeking Communal Recognition – The Forward
On Gaza, Sense and Centrism – The Forward
Snapshot: Synagogue an ‘Extended Family’ – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Map Quest – New York Press
Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue Call for Submissions (PDF)
Lessons of a Lifetime – The Jewish Week
NYSOE and RHSOE Alumni – Save the Date for the Annual Alumni Brunch
‘Rabbi For Every Woman Rabbi Out There’ – The Jewish Week
Rabbi Taught by Example – Altoona Mirror
Edmonton’s New Rabbi Follows in Parents’ Footsteps – The Canadian Jewish News
“For the Sake of Heaven” — Modern Orthodox Writings in Conversion