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2009
The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archeology Announces Its Annual Lecture Series at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
New Cohort of Schusterman Rabbinical Fellows Announced
HUC President Rabbi David Ellenson Speaks about the FSU Pesach Project
HUC-JIR Rabbinical Students Organize the First "Over the Rhine Jewish Benefit," Raising Awareness and $4500 to Support Neighborhood Organizations
"An Evening with Debbie & Friends" Benefit Concert Raises $450,000 for School of Sacred Music
Dedication of $12.1 Mllion Renovation and Expansion of the Klau Library and the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Library Pavilion at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati
Dr. Jacob Neusner to Present the 2009 Dr. Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York
HUC-JIR Launches Planned Giving Website
Jim Joseph Foundation Gives $12 Million to Seminaries to Improve Jewish Education - JTA
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Receives Historic, Interdenominational Grant of $3.7 Million from Jim Joseph Foundation
The 2009 Dr. Bernard Heller Prize Dr. Arno G. Motulsky, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine and Genome Studies, University of Washington
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
Dr. Steven F. Windmueller Presented with the Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk Chair in Jewish Communal Service


2008
HUC's Tribute Dinner Raises $375,000 - The American Israelite (PDF)
News from Abraham Geiger College: Fellowship Awarded to Dr. Reuven Firestone; Academic Excellence Prize Goes to Abraham Geiger College student; Dr. Dalia Marx in Germany; UJA Grant
DeLeT Receives Major Foundation Grant
Schusterman Family Foundation Visiting Israeli Scholar To Speak On Israel: Between Refuge and Redemption
The Wexner Foundation Introduces New Fellows


2007
HUC-JIR Honors Schwartz at Fundraiser - American Israelite (PDF)
Groundbreaking for $11.5 Million Renovation of Klau Library at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati
From JTA's Breaking News: Joint leadership institute to award $1.9 million
UJA-Federation of New York Awards $1.9 million to the Leadership Institute for Congregational School Principals
HUC-JIR/Los Angeles Received Refurbishment Grant from Real Estate Principals Organization of Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' Real Estate and Construction Division
Schusterman Family Foundation Announces Fellowship Program for JTS, HUC-JIR Rabbinical Students
Jewish Community Foundation Names First Two Buchalter Student Award Recipients


2006
HUC-JIR's 24th Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner honoring H. Jerome Lerner (PDF format)

Rabbi David Levine, Ph.D., Appointed the Inaugural David and Roslyn Sonabend Associate Professor of Talmud and Halakhah

Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem introduces groundbreaking pastoral care training program in Israel

Blanche and Irving Laurie Lecture in Jewish Women's Studies presented by Dr. Yael S. Feldman

Bernadotte Memorial Lecture with Ambassador Dennis Ross

HUC-JIR Announces the Creation of the Bonnie and Daniel Tisch Rabbinical Fellows Program

Rhea Hirsch School of Education Launches New Concentration in Day School Education in Partnership with Avi Chai Foundation

UJA-Federation of NY Awards $1.6 Million to the Experiment in Congregational Education

Dr. Samuel Atlas Memorial Lecture - Dr. Rachel Adler to speak on loss of the art of lament in our time - at HUC-JIR New York


2005
"Inaugural Dr. Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture: Dr. Arthur Hertzberg," in Chronicle Issue 65 - available in PDF format

June 5th Dedication of Edwin A. Malloy Education Bldg.

Dedication of the new Edwin A. Malloy Education Building at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Sunday, June 5 at 10 am

HUC-JIR students conduct seders in Former Soviet Union with support of Schusterman Foundation - JTA

$12 Million In Gifts Make History Possible: HUC-JIR To Build Unparalleled Facilities On Cincinnati Campus


2004
$6.5 Million Gift from The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Supports New Development Planned for HUC-JIR

$1.8 Million Grant Awarded Towards Creation of Groundbreaking Trans-Denominational Leadership Institute for Synagogue School Principals

$5 Million Gift from Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson

New Development Planned for Hebrew Union College

The Dr. Paul M. and Trudy Steinberg Distinguished Professorship in Human Relations and Counseling Inaugurated

Dr. William Cutter, Director of the Lee and Irving Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health, Professor of Education and Modern Hebrew Literature, and Lecturer in Chaplaincy Named the Inaugural Steinberg Distinguished Professor

Press release
Chronicle, Issue 64 - available in PDF format
Video/Audio Presentations from the dedication of the Steinberg Distinguished Professorship by Rabbi David Ellenson, Dr. Paul Steinberg, Dr. William Cutter, Dr. Lewis Barth, and Professor Sara S. Lee.

Chronicle magazine article:
"On View at HUC-JIR's Museums"

Chronicle, Issue 64, available in PDF format

UJA-Federation of New York Awards $1.05 Million to the Experiment in Congregational Education

Grant for The RE-IMAGINE Project Will Improve Quality and Impact of Religious Schools in Greater New York Area

Chronicle magazine article:
"The Rabbi Michael Matuson Professorship for Emerging Scholars Inaugural Lecture, 'Setting Examples: Role Models and Heroes in Medieval Halakhah' by Dr. Jonathan Cohen, Rabbi Michael Matuson Professor and Director, HUC-UC Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems"

Chronicle magazine article:
"On View at HUC-JIR's Museums"

Chronicle, Issue 63, available in PDF format


2003
In a Special Announcement for Veteran's Day, The Farmer Family Foundation and Cintas Sponsor WW II Liberators Testimonies in Mapping Our Tears; "The Men in Uniform"

The Rabbi Michael Matuson Professorship for Emerging Scholars Inaugurated at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

(Dr. Jonathan Cohen, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Halachic Literature, and Director of the HUC-University of Cincinnati Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems Named as the Inaugural Matuson Professor)

Acclaimed Classical Musicians, The Schulhoff Quartet, to Perform at Benefit Concert for Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Scholarship Fund

Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati Awarded $500,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Chronicle magazine article:
"The Miller High School Honors Program"

Chronicle, Issue 62 - available in PDF format

"On View at HUC-JIR's Museums"

Chronicle, Issue 62 - available in PDF format

Chronicle magazine article:
"Barbara and Stephen Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual Inaugurated"

Chronicle, Issue 61 - available in PDF format

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Founders' Day Address, March 16, 2003: "Searching for a Second Course," by Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman, Inaugural Recipient of the Barbara and Stephen Friedman Chair in Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual

Chronicle magazine article:
"New Directions for Jewish Education: The Rhea Hirsch School of Education"

Chronicle, Issue 61 - available in PDF format


2002
Experiment in Congregational Education Receives Grant from UJA-Federation of New York to Help Synagogues Revitalize their Congregational Schools

Five Area College Presidents to Offer "Advice" to New HUC-JIR President David Ellenson at 20th Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner

Rabbi David Ellenson to Be Honored at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's 20th Annual Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's New York School of Education Awarded a Covenant Foundation Grant and a UJA-Federation Grant

Chronicle magazine article:
"New Directions for Jewish Education: The New York School of Education"

Chronicle, Issue 60 - available in PDF format


2001
Ilene and Stanley P. Gold, distinguished benefactors and community leaders, are honored at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's (HUC-JIR) 125th Anniversary Gala

Leaders of Entertainment, Business, Government and Religion come together to raise more than $1.6 Million for HUC-JIR. The Gold Family presents an additional challenge gift of $500,000 for the creation of the Martin Gang Scholarship Fund for HUC-JIR

Cincinnati Associates Tribute Dinner Raises Over $1 Million in Support of Student Scholarships and Holocaust Education

HUC-JIR to Honor the Hales and the Westons

Agnes and Rabbi Erwin Herman Establish Virtual Resource Center for HUC-JIR's Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregations and Community Initiative

Kalsman Family Endows HUC-JIR's Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health
"The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health" in Chronicle Issue 59 - available in PDF format

Chronicle magazine article: "Psychodynamics and Pastoral Counseling

The Blaustein Center for Pastoral Counseling provides HUC-JIR students with new opportunities for professional development and spiritual growth," in Chronicle, Issue 59 - available in PDF format

"Teaching Tolerance
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education and HUC-JIR/Cincinnati memorializes the Holocaust in order to combat injustice and prejudice today," in Chronicle, Issue 59 - available in PDF format

"On View," in Chronicle, Issue 59 - available in PDF format


2000
Blaustein Foundation Establishes Path-Breaking Pastoral Counseling Center at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion's New York School


1999
Acclaimed Pianist Ory Shihor to Perform in Concert to Benefit HUC-JIR

Fellner Foundation Awards Grant to HUC-JIR Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology

Chronicle magazine article:
"For the First Time Ever: The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon"

Chronicle, Issue 58 - available in PDF format

"The Inaugural Rabbi Sally J. Priesand Visiting Professor of Jewish Women's Studies: Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky" in Chronicle Issue 58 - available in PDF format

Chronicle magazine article:
A Living Legacy: The Groundbreaking for the Edwin A. Malloy Education Building"

Chronicle, Issue 58 - available in PDF format

Chronicle magazine article:
"Jewish Day Schools for the 21st Century"

A groundbreaking project designed to strengthen Reform and liberal community day schools across North America. Chronicle, Issue 58 - available in PDF format

"Program Support" in Chronicle Issue 58 - available in PDF format

"Scholarship Support" in Chronicle Issue 58 - available in PDF format

"The Gift of a Torah Scroll" in Chronicle Issue 57


1997
Deborah and Russell Silverman Chair in Cantorial Arts and Composition Established at School of Sacred Music in New York

HUC-JIR Announces Campaign to Endow the Rabbi Sally J. Priesand Visiting Professorship of Jewish Women's Studies in Honor of Twenty-Five Years of Women in the Rabbinate
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