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• David Ellenson's op-ed article, "Abortion Ban Degrades and Devalues Women," from The Forward, November 21, 2003
• HUC-JIR Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health sponsors conferences on bioethics and Jewish healing professionals

November 2003

• December 10: To Everything There is a Season
• HUC-JIR Ordains Four New Rabbis and Awards Honorary Doctoral Degrees at Academic Convocation November 21, 2003
• The Farmer Family Foundation and Cintas Sponsor WW II Liberators Testimonies in Mapping Our Tears
• December 1 - Is There a Real Chance for Peace in the Middle East? Israeli Consul General Giora Becher at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
• Wiesenthal Center in L.A. Partners with HUC-JIR's Holocaust Center in Cincinnati for Extraordinary New Launch of Children's Book
• Concurrent Resolution Recognizing the 350th Anniversary of American Jewish History
• The Rabbi Michael Matuson Professorship for Emerging Scholars
• Dr. Yossi Leshem Appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bible at HUC-JIR
• Broadcast of Dr. Avi Rivkind's Lecture
• Rabbi Dan Bridge Named Alumnus of the Year of HUC-JIR’s School of Jewish Communal Service
• Cantor Karen Weber Gilat is the Visiting Cantor at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
• Lunch and Learn Programs - Los Angeles
• Gregory N. Brown Appointed Vice President - Chief Administrative Officer

October 2003

• November 18: LILITH Magazine Sings Out About the Ages of Woman
• October 29: Food for Thought Luncheon Lecture “...let slip the dogs of war…”: The Use (and Abuse) of Rhetoric
  November 12: A Celebration of New Works by HUC-JIR / NY Faculty
• New Books Published by HUC Press
• November 2: Climbing Your Family Tree
• Dr. Wendy Zierler to Speak at NCJW Conference, "Transforming the Jewish World, A Feminist View"
• October 22: The Crisis of Zionism: The Inaugural Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture
• October 23: An Evening With Anita Diamant in celebration of the publication of her new book Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith

September 2003

• October 1: Rabbi Ellenson to Speak at Center for Jewish History
• HUC-JIR to Provide Key Leadership for Nation's 2004 Celebration of 350 Years of American Jewish History
• November 21: Los Angeles Reform Community Shabbat
• Course Offerings for the Academy for Adult Interfaith Studies
• HUC-JIR and Florida Atlantic University present series on the Middle East
• Museum Exhibition in NY: Art of Aging
• Museum Exhibition in NY: Lynne Avadenka: Aftermath
• Andrea Fleekop appointed New Director of the Tartak Learning Center
• September 19: Dr. Avi Rivkind: Ethical Dilemmas That Arise When Offering Emergency Care in Time of War
• AJA & UAHC announce Historic Study Mission to Curacao: May 4-10, 2004
• Jerusalem Mayor Meets with Reform Leaders and Students
• Mapping Our Tears at HUC-JIR Skirball Museum, Cincinnati
• HUC-JIR Professor Receives Award from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Rabbi Sharon Gladstone Appointed Director of the Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center
• Susan Milamed Appointed Assistant Vice President for Development

August 2003

• New Coordinator of Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregation and Community Inititiative and Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center Announced
• New York School of Education Gateways for Learning Offers Classes
  in Cherry Hill, NJ
• Ethics Center's Program to be Broadcast on Cincinnati Cable TV

July 2003

• Board of Governors of HUC-JIR
  • John A. Golden Inducted onto the Board of Governors
  • Lawrence J. Ramer Inducted onto the Board of Governors
  • Sara Crown Star Inducted onto the Board of Governors
• New York Kollel Launches Fall 2003 Community Programs
• Share in the learning of the Kalsman Institute's "Mining the Jewish Tradition for its Healing Wisdom"
• HUC-JIR Awards First Certificates in Day School Teaching
• Robin E. Harvey of Cincinnati was inducted as member of the Board of Governors of HUC-JIR and Chair of Cincinnati Board of Overseers
• Dr. Helene Dallaire Appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Hebrew Language Instruction at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
• Dr. Eitan Fishbane Appointed Assistant Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles

June 2003

• August 24-25: Going Beyond Memory III: A Conference on Synagogue Archiving
• Experiment in Congregational Education Selects Five New York Area Synagogues To Redesign Their Religious Schools
• School of Jewish Communal Service News
  • An Invitation to Summer Study flyer (PDF format only)
• Fredi Rembaum appointed Director of Development, Western Region
• Rabbi Ellenson delivers Feinberg lecture at University of Cincinnati
• Construction Brings Life to Mapping Our Tears Project
• HUC-JIR Skirball Museum Docents Were Honored
• Diane Tickton Schuster Honored as Keynote Speaker
• HUC-JIR/New York Graduation, Ordination, and Investiture Advisory
• Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Ph.D., "Probing the Jewish Tradition for Moral Guidance," 2003 Los Angeles Graduation Address
• David A. Harris, 2003 New York Graduation Address
• Excerpts from the Roger E. Joseph Prize Acceptance Speech
• John Braunstein Appointed Associate Provost for Enrollment and Planning
• Los Angeles Ordination
• Los Angeles Rabbinical Students Preparing for New Role as Community and Congregation Leaders
• Mazel Tov to the Graduation and Rabbinic Ordination Class of 2003 at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles

May 2003

• May 28 - HUC-JIR Ohio Historical Marker Dedication
• Sheloshim Memorial for Arthur Grant
• June 11 - Read All About It: LILITH Celebrates the Magazine’s Emerging Literary Stars
• Daniel Pearl, posthumously, and The Daniel Pearl Foundation
  awarded the 2003 Roger E. Joseph Prize
• June 5 - NY Kollel presents Tikkun Leil Shavuot
• May 22 - Film Premiere: Moving Heaven and Earth
• May 28 - Final Food for Thought Lecture of 2002-2003 Features President David Ellenson
• Nineteen New Rabbis to Be Ordained at 120th Ordination Ceremony
• HUC-JIR/Cincinnati, announces graduate degree and honorary degree recipients of the Class of 2003, Mr. Edgar M. Bronfman Sr. to receive The Dr. Bernard Heller Prize

April 2003

• Holocaust Awareness Weeks 2003 Events
• May 4 - Yaffa Eliach Lecture
• Art Exhibit - The Holocaust Paintings by Judith Liberman
• May 8 - Cara de Silva Lecture
• April 28 - Akhenaten and the Birth of Monotheism
• CAO Position Available (PDF format only)
• May 7 - Bringing in the Beat: An Evening of Jewish Women’s Music
• HUC-JIR Graduation/Ordination/Investiture Advisory
  • Daniel Pearl, posthumously, and The Daniel Pearl Foundation to receive the 2003 Roger E. Joseph Prize
  • Edgar M. Bronfman to receive the Dr. Bernard Heller Prize
  • Cincinnati Graduation/Ordination Advisory
  • Los Angeles Graduation/Ordination Advisory
  • New York Graduation/Ordination/Investiture Advisory
• Holocaust Awareness Weeks 2003
  • Lift Her Voice from the Darkness
  • Dr. Karen Mock
• Founder's Day Addresses are now available online
  • Nili Fox, Cincinnati Address, "Unity in Diversity: A Quest for Fairness and Tolerance"
  • Rabbi Sanford Ragins, Los Angeles Address
  • Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman, New York Address, "Searching for a Second Course"
• New York School of Education Gateways for Learning Launches its Intensive Summer Institute
• The new edition of Kesher is available online

March 2003

• Two New Israeli Reform Rabbis Ordained
• Barbara and Stephen Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual Inaugurated
• Dr. Michael Zeldin Appointed Director of Day School Programs and Projects
• April 9 - Food for Thought: Common Ground for the Common Life: the Psalms and Life’s Dimensions
• March 31 - Thesis and Dissertation Writing Workshop
• March 30 - Award Winning Journalist, German Correspondent Discuss Terrorism
• April 3 - Too Smart, Too Loud, Too JAPpy: Moving Beyond Stereotypes
  An Evening With Jewish Women Authors
• April 9 - Judaism and the Death Penalty: The Dr. Jules Backman Memorial Symposium
• Professor Sara S. Lee Travels to China to Teach and Advise at Hong Kong International School

February 2003

• HUC-JIR announces the establishment of the Institute for Teaching Jewish Adults
• March 13 - The Schulhoff Quartet to Perform at Benefit Concert for HUC-JIR's Scholarship Fund
• March 25 - Changing Space: Contemporary Women Sculptors
• March 23 - Max and Florence Minsky Concert at HUC-JIR
• March 3 - Food for Thought: Samson in Vienna: The Theatrics of Jewish Masculinity
• Academy for Adult Interfaith Studies announces Spring Classes
• March 12 - Rabbi Susan Schnur: The Womantasch! Reclaiming Purim
• Founders’ Day Ceremonies Honor Alumni for 25 Years of Service
  as Rabbis, Cantors, Educators, and Communal Service Professionals
• March 6 - Lecture by Eugene Borowitz: “Reform Judaism: The More It Changes . . . .”
• February 20 - June 26 - Thirty Pieces/Thirty Years: Sculpture by Ann Sperry
  A retrospective exhibition at NY Museum
• February 10 - June 27 - LILITH Magazine Exhibition and Programs at NY Museum
• February 5 - Food for Thought: Transforming the Status Quo in Scarsdale: What Should the Synagogue of the 21st Century Be Like?

January 2003

• Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at HUC-JIR/CN Awarded $500,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
• February 28 - A Shabbat Evening for 20s/30s (PDF only)
• January 19 - Special Screening and Discussion of the Award-winning film "The Pianist"
• January 15 - Food for Thought: American Jewish Tercentenary: Making the Past Come Alive
• Ellenson to present lecture "To Keep Evil to a Minimum"