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Roy Nathanson’s Sotto Voce Jazz and Hip Hop Concert
,
with rapper
Napoleon Maddox
HUC-UC Ethics Center: “The New Asylums: Mental Health and Ohio
Prisons”
with David Singleton, Executive Director of Ohio Justice and
Policy Center
Concerts on Clifton: “The Bible on Broadway,”
performed by HUC-JIR
rabbinical students
AJA Open History Seminar: “In the Thou Business,”
with Dr. Walter
Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theologi-
cal Seminary.
Books of Note: “The Wilderness Itineraries; Genre, Geography, and
the Growth of Torah,”
with Dr. Angela Roskop, Visiting Assistant Profes-
sor of Theology, Xavier University
“
The Search for the Spiritual Through Jewish, Christian, Islamic,
and Hindu Art:”
–
lectures and tours in partnership with The Cincinnati
Art Museum, Taft Museum of Art, Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati,
Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati, and The Skirball Museum.
College Student Retreat: “The Book of Jon….Stewart: Judaism’s
Influence on American Culture and American Culture’s Influence
on Judaism”
High School Retreat: “Going Green…burg: What Judaism Has to
Say about Living an Eco-friendly Life.”
AJA Lecture Series: “The 1936 Olympics: Sam Stoller and Marty
Glickman, Kept from the Starting Line.”
“
HUC-JIR’s rabbinical students are playing a vital role in
regional outreach through their student pulpits and intern-
ships in forty-seven congregations in seventeen states
in the Midwest, South, and Southwest – stretching from
Florida to North Dakota,” adds Rabbi Kenneth Kanter, Direc-
tor of the School of Rabbinical Studies. Students also serve
as Hillel rabbinical interns for six universities in the region,
including the University of Cincinnati, Earlham College,
University of Miami/ Ohio, and Dennison University. Rab-
binical interns are placed with Jewish Family Service of
Cincinnati and provide regular visits to shut-ins and non-af-
filiated elders. Local pre-schools welcome rabbinical interns
for Shabbat activities, as do interfaith programs at churches
and schools.
In fact, the campus’s outreach is global. The AJA Fellow-
ships Program has hosted nearly four hundred Fellows from
over twenty countries since 1977. This past year’s Fellows,
hailing from the United States, England and Israel, con-
ducted in-depth research on topics ranging from the role of
the Reform Movement in U.S. military chaplaincy, to inter-
faith dialogue, particularly in the areas of Christian Zionism.
International scholarship is further disseminated by the
campus’s scholarly publication arms, including the
Ameri-
can Jewish Archives Journal
,
Hebrew Union College Annual,
and Hebrew Union College Press.
“
This outreach initiative will continue to be a priority, as
we launch the next century in our institution’s mission of
leadership, learning, and service to the Jewish people and
humankind,”
states Dr. Cohen.
Community Outreach Program Highlights
The Cincinnati campus welcomes learners of all generations
for programs organized by the American Jewish Archives
(
AJA) and the Dean’s Office, including (from left)
Shabbat
during a high school retreat, a lecture on Jews and baseball,
and exhibits of historical documents from the AJA collections.
