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December, 2005
"When Blaming the Victim No Longer Works: Reading the Book of Job After the Holocaust"
Call for Papers for Ethics Center Conference on Poverty and Displacement
Academic Coalition for Jewish Bioethics Annual Conference 2006
Invitation to dig at Tel Dan in Israel with the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Summer 2006
Jerusalem Post reports on recently ordained students "New Face of Israeli Judaism"
HUC-JIR Website Survey
New Faculty Featured in Food for Thought Lectures at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati On Church-State
November, 2005
Dr. Steven Windmueller responds in Jewish Week article -- ADL Breaks With Pack On Church-State
Rabbi Lewis M. Barth gives Invocation at LA Board of Supervisors Meeting
Dr. Eugene Borowitz to be honored by the Reform Movement with the Bearer of Light Award at the URJ Biennial
Third Annual Bamberger Memorial Lecture with Deborah E. Lipstadt
Richard Levy's new book, "A Vision of Holiness: The Future of American Judaism" featured in Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
The Ritter Art Gallery at FAU Remembers Bergen-Belson Displaces Persons Camp Courtesy of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner Honors Richard K. Davis, President and COO of U.S. Bancorp
HUC-JIR/NY Bone Marrow Registration Drive & Red Cross Blood Drive (PDF format)
Rabbi Ellenson & Els Kooij-Bas on "The 'Metzitzah' Controversy: A Historical Note"
The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education community wide event: Commemorating the 67th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Year-In-Israel Program featured in the Jerusalem Post
HUC-JIR Awards Honorary Doctorates, Honors 25th Anniversary of First Israeli Rabbinical Ordinee, and Ordains Four New Rabbis
October, 2005
36th Anniversary celebration of the School of Jewish Communal Service and honoring Jerry Bubis
The Running Rabbis in Marathon to Promote HUC-JIR's Soup Kitchen
NOAM's 20th Anniversary Conference
The Twenty-fifth Annual Jerome Nemer Lecture - Sponsored by HUC-JIR and USC
Congregation Beth Chayim Chadashim & HUC-JIR's Institute of Religion's Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation present: Aaron Hamburger, Author of "Faith for Beginners"
"Why We Remember: Commemorating Dark Days in Human History"
Dr. Bruce Phillips on Demographics of San Francisco's Jewish Community
HUC-JIR/LA Congratulates USC's 125th Anniversary (PDF format)
LILITH Magazine exhibition at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati (PDF format)
HUC-JIR's SJCS featured in USC Trojan Family Magazine
September, 2005
New Director of HUC-JIR's Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation
Psalm Song: Exhibit by Carol Hamoy at HUC-JIR/NY
Invitation to dedication of the Simha and Sara Lainer Be it Midrash at HUC-JIR/LA - Sept. 27 at noon
HUC Department of Youth Programs Brochure (PDF format)
2005-06 CCAR-HUC-JIR Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education - Continuing Education Programs
Food For Thought Luncheon Lecture Series 2005-2006
The Blanche and Irving Laurie Lecture in Jewish Women's Studies
Rabbis? Clowns
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education presents 2005-2006 Seminar Series for Educators and Community Leaders
Highlights of the 2005 Season of Excavations at Tel Dan (PDF format)
August, 2005
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education presents 2005-2006 Seminar Series for Educators and Community Leaders
Highlights of the 2005 Season of Excavations at Tel Dan (PDF format)
HUC-JIR/Jerusalem High Holiday Schedule
New York Kollel, HUC-JIR's center for Adult Jewish Studies, proudly announces its Fall 2005 programs
Postcards from (Death) Camp Waldsee
Rabbi chose a path to enlightenment
School of Jewish Communal Service Culmination Excercises present certification to Jewish communal service students from North America and Poland
Avoda: exhibit by artist Tobi Kahn at HUC-JIR/LA
Register for Fall Kollel in NY
The Forgotten Photographs: The Work of Paul Goldman from 1943 - 1961
Nancy Lewitt Appointed Coordinator of Student Services at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Judaism, Physics, and God: Searching for Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World, by Rabbi David W. Nelson, Lecturer on Rabbinic Texts, HUC-JIR/New York
UJA-Federation of New York Funds HUC-JIR-based research on the long-term impact of the JLearn Initiative on Long Island Communities
HUMAN RITES: You're in the Army Now
Dr. Abraham Aaroni, z"l - Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
July, 2005
Paul Steinberg, Longtime Dean and Rabbi, Is Dead at 79
DeLeT - Day School Leadership through Teaching Program at Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion Announces 2005 Graduates
Francine Lis Appointed Assistant Director of Development and Public Affairs, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Western Region
Letter from Odessa: Capturing a Free City's Myriad Legacies
In-Depth Coverage: Across the Former Soviet Union
Lack of funding seen as reason Reform Judaism's not bigger in Russia
NY Museum opening - Waldsee in NY 7/19/05
Dr. Paul M. Steinberg (1926-2005) Vice-President and Dean of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 50 Years
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives Announces their Fellows for 2005-2006
June, 2005
HUC joins community for a day of learning: Save Darfur, Sudan
Jan Aronson: A Reverence for Nature - HUC-JIR exhibition featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education - June 10
8th Annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot at HUC-JIR/NY - June 12 from 9 pm to 5 am
Edwin Malloy Education Building dedicated at HUC-JIR/ Cincinnati - June 5, 2005
Ordination at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati in the Cincinnati Enquirer - June 5, 2005
New York Kollel Presents 8th Annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot: Study, Films, Music, Performance All Night Long - Sunday, June 12
May, 2005
Rabbi Ellenson offers greetings to Israeli Prime Minister Sharon
Dr. Gary P. Zola to open May 26th US Senate Session in celebration fo 350 years of Jewish life in America
UN coverage of the 2005 Joseph Prize bestowed upon Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education Honored by Philippine Embassy
HUC-JIR/New York 2005 Graduation, Ordination, and Investiture Advisory
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles 2005 Graduation/Ordination Advisory
Eight New Rabbis to be Ordained at 122nd Ordination Ceremony of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Announces 2005 Graduate & Honorary Degree Recipients
Dig at Tel Dan in Israel with the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology
June 5th Dedication of Edwin A. Malloy Education Bldg.
Summer Institute of the School of Jewish Communal Service at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles June 20 - August 10
2005 Graduation/Ordination/Investiture Advisory
Dr. Norman Cohen seminar, "A Rabbinic Portrait of Miriam: Making the Bible Live for Modern Jews - Wednesday, May 11 at 6:30 pm
April, 2005
2005 New York Summer Institute: May 25 - June 24, 2005
HUC-JIR students conduct seders in Former Soviet Union with support of Schusterman Foundation - JTA - April 27, 2005
Rabbi David Ellenson on "Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic, and the Spirit of Divestment" - NY Jewish Week, April 22, 2005
Professor Rivka Dori Coordinates Seminar Introducing New Concept in Hebrew Language Instruction at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles, June 26-30
Symposium on Religious Perceptions of Poverty and Welfare Policy at HUC-JIR's Ethics Center, Cincinnati May 7-9
From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America exhibition featured in Lexington Herald Leader
HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Hosted Colloquium on Curriculum
Dr. Reuven Firestone will present on Whirling Dervishes of al-Rumi at UCLA, April 4th, and on new film on the Crusades, "Kingdom of Heaven," at USC on April 18th
David Ellenson on "Israel Should Accept All Jews as Jews" - Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - April 8, 2005
March, 2005
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles's 50th Anniversary Noted by USC
Professor Jodi Magness presents archaeology lecture at HUC-JIR/NY - April 13 at 6 pm
Rabbi David Ellenson in panel discussion with Saul Berman and Ismar Schorsch - Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm
Rabbi David Ellenson in Panel Discussion with Saul Berman and Ismar Schorsch - Thursday, April 14 at 7 pm
Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health co-sponsors forum on "The Politics of Health: When Jewish Ideals Meet American Economic Realities" - Sunday, April 10 - Los Angeles
Congregational Leaders Gather to Re-Imagine Synagogue Jewish Education
Marcus Center's fellowship seminar with Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Groundbreaking study of formation of United Jewish Communities
HUC Press Publishes New Book: "Exile in Amsterdam" by Marc Saperstein
Dr. Eitan Fishbane to present at symposium on "Mystical Theology in Judaism, Christianity and Islam" - March 16, 2005, Temple Ema nu-El, NYC
Dr. Norman J. Cohen is Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester:March 11-13
Dr. Eugene Borowitz in Dialogue Marking 40th anniversary of Nostra Aetate at the Pope John Paull II Cultural Center -- March 13, Washington, DC
Shir HaShirim: A Modern Commentary on the Song of Songs by Leonard S. Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky published by URJ Press
HUC-UC Ethics Center April conference "Virtue Ethics vs. Kantian Ethics"
February, 2005
Aliza Olmert: Tikkun
Jan Aronson: A Reverence for Nature
Leslie A. Golomb and Louise Silk: Deez Nites Be All Da Same To Me
New York Kollel - Women of Torah Series, Starting February 23
Conference April 3-4, Medicine, Money, Morals
Rabbi David Ellenson participates in Jewish Week Forum
HUC-JIR will co-sponsor conference, "Babylonia and Jerusalem: The Politics and Thought of Simon Rawidowicz" at the The Taube Institute, Brandeis University, April 10, 2005
Rabbi Dalia Marx of HUC-JIR/Jerusalem and Dr. Samuel K. Joseph of HUC-JIR/Cincinnati appointed as Walter Jacob Jubilee Fellows at Abraham Geiger College, Germany's rabbinical seminary
Professor Sara Lee Receives President's Award for Jewish Education in the Diaspora.
The Problem of 'Chosenness' in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
January, 2005
Colloquium in Jerusalem. Curriculum Studies in Israel: Prospects and Prognosis
Regional Director of Admissions and Recruitment - Los Angeles
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblicl Archaeology at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Announces the Nomination of the Tel Dan Triple-Arched Gate as a Candidate for This Year's Unesco World Heritage Site
Rabbi David Ellenson Chosen by the Forward as one of the 50 Most Influential Members of the American Jewish Community
New Book on Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig by Rabbi Yeho Yada Amir, Director of HUC-JIR/Jerusalem's Israel Rabbinical Program
New CD Recording of Cantorial Concert Celebrating 125th Anniversary of HUC-JIR
Rabbi David Ellenson Teaching at Everett Institute/Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at 92nd Street Y in New York City - Jan. 30 and Feb. 15
$12 Million In Gifts Make History Possible: HUC-JIR To Build Unparalleled Facilities On Cincinnati Campus
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