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 Study session in memory of Simha Lainer at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles, Oct. 4 at 12:15 p.m. Simha Lainer, who generously established an endowment last year to create the Simha and Sara Lainer Beit Midrash on our campus, recently passed away. Please join us and the Lainer family for a study session in his memory on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 12:15 p.m. in the Simha and Sara Lainer Beit Midrash. Dessert and refreshments will be provided. Speakers: Dr. William Cutter, a representative of the Lainer family, and Dr. Dvora Weisberg Simha and Sara Lainer were generous supporters of Jewish education throughout the Los Angeles area, with a particular fondness for creating Batei Midrash in institutions of every denomination. Their sons, Mark, Nahum and Luis, and their families have continued this tradition of commitment to Jewish community. We are honored to pay tribute to a wonderful man, who in his 102 years left a lasting and proud legacy. RSVP to dvoraweisberg@huc.edu 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 communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
