JERUSALEM
The first year of the
Mandel-HUC-JIR Initiative for
Visionary Jewish Leadership
was launched. This program
is designed to strengthen
Israel and Jewish peoplehood
engagement for all students
in the Year-In-Israel Program
and all stateside rabbinical
students.
HUC-JIR was prominently
featured in the
“
Hakhel”
Conference,
which brought
together Israeli organizations
committed to Jewish Renais-
sance. Rabbi Naamah Kelman,
J ’92, Dean, represented the
Reform perspective in the
session on “Marriage
Ceremonies in Israel.”
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he Biblical World and Its
Impact: Precept and Praxis
—
A Symposium in Honor of
Dr. Samuel Greengus
honored
Dr. Greengus for 50 years
of service as Morgenstern
Professor Emeritus of Bible
and Near Eastern Literature
and Professor Emeritus of
Semitic Languages (1963-2010),
Dean and Director of the
Rabbinical School (1979-1984),
Director of the School of
Graduate Studies (1985-1990;
2007-2010),
Dean of Faculty
(1987-1996),
HUC-JIR Vice-
President of Academic Affairs
(1990-1996),
and Faculty Chair
of the Graduate Executive
Committee (1997-2007).
The HUC-UC Ethics Center
hosted "Ashes to Ashes"
by playwright Harold Pinter,
presented by the Cincinnati
Psychoanalytic Institute.
The play, addressing human
relationships and memories
of political violence, was
followed by a discussion
featuring experts in psycho-
analysis and the Holocaust.
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NEW YORK
The Debbie Friedman
School of Sacred Music
launched the Cantorial Certifi-
cation Program, which will offer
qualified cantorial soloists the
opportunity to expand their
knowledge and refine their skills
through distance learning, on-
site intensives, mentoring, and
guided independent study.
The HUC-JIR community
created a message of hope for
LGBT teens in the form of a
video,
“
It Gets Better,”
which
featured faculty and students
telling their stories of coming
out and integrating their gay
or lesbian identities with
their Jewish identities.
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LOS ANGELES
The Kalsman Institute Roundtable
on Judaism and Health Research
,
supported by the John Templeton
Foundation, galvanized an active
leadership network of Jewish scholars
across disciplines, practitioners, and
professionals committed to launching
projects, research, and partnerships in
the field of Judaism, health, healing,
and medicine.
