The NYC Shabbat Collective Friday Night Experience
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, One West Fourth Street, New York, NY 10012Get ready to celebrate Shabbat like never before!
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Rabbinical Virtual Open House – October 23-26, 2023
OnlineJoin Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Rabbi Rachel Maimin, and Rabbi Adam Allenberg for a week of events with HUC Rabbinical faculty, students, and alumni. Check out the outline of events for the week and join us for just a day or keep your learning going all week. Registration is required to receive the virtual link for […]
World Premiere of they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes
OnlineThe Heller Museum and Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music are honored to partner with The Defiant Requiem Foundation to present composer and HUC-JIR faculty member Gerald Cohen’s world premiere of they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes on October 25th at 7 pm at HUC-JIR’s New York Campus.
Coffee and Conversation with Ellie Beth Scott
Join artist Ellie Beth Scott and curatorial consultant Abby Schwartz for coffee and conversation about the artist’s latest fabric installation and its relationship to the Skirball’s collection.
Supporting Jewish Children and Families in a Time of Crisis
OnlineDuring this moment of trauma and heightened concern, Jewish children are grappling with how to process the terrible things happening in the world and need support from the adults in their lives. Join Dr. Sivan Zakai, Rabbi Rebecca Milder ’07, and Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal as they contemplate what it looks like to support Jewish children and families, review “best practices,” and discuss the ways in which Jewish institutions and organizations are contributing to these efforts.
Become a Cantor
Join Cantor Jill Abramson, Director, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music for a panel discussion with students and alumni. There will be a live stream student practicum prior to the virtual panel and a live stream Tefillah the following day, Nov. 2, for participants who would like to engage in a variety of opportunities. Wednesday, […]
Postponed HUC Connect – Prooftexts and HUC Connect Present “This Is Not the National Theatre, Here We Study Talmud”: Performing the Talmud in the Television Show Shenayim Oḥazin
OnlineThe Israeli Educational Television series Shenayim oḥazin, which aired in 1984–85, was meant to aid the instruction of Talmud in junior high school.
Explore a Master’s in Educational Leadership
Join Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer for a discussion on leading change in Jewish education and learn about the master’s in educational leadership offered at HUC.
Lunch and Learn: An Insider’s View of the Newly Installed Galleries
Join curatorial consultant Abby Schwartz and preparator and collections manager Sheri Besso for a behind-the-scenes look at the reinstallation of the galleries devoted to Torah, Life Cycle, and Holidays and Festivals. A light lunch will be served.
Publication of Building a City and American Hebraist
Please join us to celebrate the publication of two books memorializing our teacher and colleague Dr. Alan Mintz z"l and dedicated to the Hebrew fiction of Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon.
The History of Circumcision in the Biblical World
Circumcision is practiced around the world countless times every day for reasons of religious identity and cultural expectation. As our oldest continuously practiced ritual, Jews have always performed circumcision as a symbol of our covenanted relationship with God. As it often is today, this religious rite must have been experienced as perplexing and fraught with […]