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Leading Islamic Scholar to Join HUC-JIR/LA and USC Faculty
for Spring 2008 Term
Dr. Steven Windmueller, Dean,
HUC-JIR/LA, announced that Dr. Ismail Bardhi, a leading Islamic scholar, will join the HUC-JIR/LA faculty for
the spring 2008 term. Through the planning efforts of Dr. Reuven Firestone, Professor of Medieval Jewish and
Islamic Studies, Dr. Bardhi will hold a joint position at HUC-JIR/LA and the University of Southern California
as a Senior Fellow of USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture. |
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The
Jewish Americans, Featuring Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., Airs on PBS
The miniseries, which features
Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., HUC-JIR President, aired its first chapter this past Wednesday evening and will
continue Wednesday, January 16th and Wednesday, January 23rd. |
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My Day with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Rabbi Bernie King Tells His
Story Marching Into Montgomery
The month was March.
The year was 1965. Bernie King, a rabbinic student at HUC-JIR/LA was sitting at his desk studying. He
decided to take a break. He turned on the radio and listened to the news. The feature story was the civil
rights march taking place between Selma and Montgomery. |
Spotlight on HUC-JIR's Programs and
Research Resources
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Life, Faith, and Cancer by HUC-JIR Alums
Douglas J. Kohn, C '87, edited
this work subtitled Jewish Journeys Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery. The book features essays
by HUC-JIR rabbinic, cantorial, education, and communal service alumni, with personal stories interwoven with
Jewish texts and teachings. |
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A Torah of One's Own: At Long Last, Women's Voices Heard –
Jewish News Weekly
As a Bible professor at HUC-JIR/LA,
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi was an obvious choice to oversee the project, "The Torah: A Women's Commentary," newly
published by the Women of Reform Judaism and the URJ Press. The book is a 1,350-page compendium of the five
books of Moses (in English and the Masoretic Hebrew text) along with extensive commentary, footnotes, parshah
introductions and poetry, all of it written by women. |
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HUC-JIR Communal Service Alumni "Imagine the Unimaginable"
The latest issue of the quarterly
Journal of Jewish Communal Service focused on "Imagine the Unimaginable: Disaster Planning, Preparedness and
Response" and featured articles by two HUC-JIR School of Jewish Communal Service alumni: Andi Milens, SJCS '95 and
Lee Wunsch, SJCS '76. |
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Two Chupahs
for Two Rabbis – Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton
In the Miami Valley in Ohio,
two HUC-JIR alumnae prepare to marry men of very different professions from theirs. |
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Upcoming Events at HUC-JIR
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HUC-JIR Recruiter at
University of Oregon Hillel
Debbie Shapiro, Regional
Director of Admissions and Recruitment at HUC-JIR/LA, will be at the University of Oregon today, January 11th,
through tomorrow, Shabbat afternoon, where she will meet with Judaic Studies and Music professors, the student
leadership board, and select student leaders, the Hillel staff. Shapiro will offer a Dvar Torah for Shabbat
services and dinner. This is one of the first times HUC-JIR has had a presence at the University of Oregon. |
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Year-in-Israel Students to Attend Mid-Year Colloquium
January 30th to February 2nd
Faculty from HUC-JIR's
Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York campuses will lead the Year-in-Israel students in the
colloquium "Challenges and Opportunities: Jewish Leaders and the Jewish Community." |
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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 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 degree programs for scholars of all faiths.
With campuses in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, New York, and Jerusalem, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise
renowned library, archive, and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology
excavations, research centers and institutes, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array
of cultural and educational programs that illuminate Jewish history, culture, and contemporary creativity, and
foster interfaith and multi-ethnic understanding.
Visit us at
www.huc.edu.
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