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My People's Prayer Book Series, Edited by Rabbi Lawrence A.
Hoffman and Published by Jewish Lights Publishing, Wins National Jewish Book Award
Dr. Hoffman, Barbara and Stephen
Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual at HUC-JIR/New York, won in the Modern Jewish Thought &
Experience category for his ten-volume series. |
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Hebrew Union College Press's My Dear Daughter:
Rabbi Benjamin Slonik and the Education of Jewish Women in Sixteenth-Century Poland by Edward Fram Named
Finalist in 2007 National Jewish Book Awards
Fram's work was a finalist in the
Eastern European Studies category and investigates rabbinic law, religious and sexual lives of women, and Yiddish
printing and public education. |
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Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, Ph.D., Presents at Raul Hilberg Symposium
Memorial; Delivers Dedicatory Sermon at NAORR
Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, Ph.D.,
Chancellor Emeritus of HUC-JIR, spoke on "Raul Hilberg and the Founding of the Field of Holocaust Studies" in December at
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Earlier this month, he delivered a dedicatory sermon to the National Association
of Retired Reform Rabbis on the NAORR's 25th anniversary. |
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Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., and Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D. Publish Essays in
Napoleon's Influence On Jewish Law: The Sanhedrin of 1807 and Its Modern Consequences
Walter Jacob's new book includes essays
by HUC-JIR's Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of the College-Institute, and Rabbi Mark Washofsky, Ph.D., Solomon
B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati. Rabbi Ellenson writes on "Creative Misreadings"
in Representative Post-Emancipation Halakhic Writings on Conversion and Intermarriage and Rabbi Washofsky writes on
Narratives of Enlightenment On the Use of the "Captive Infant" Story by Recent Halakhic Authorities. |
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Fiddler on the Roof Lyricist Sheldon Harnick and Conductor Judith Clurman
at HUC-JIR School of Sacred Music's Masters Series, February 20, 2008
The Masters Series, made possible by a
generous contribution by Miriam Pollack Rehmar, in memory of her husband Dr. Michael Rehmar, provides the HUC-JIR
community with the opportunity to learn from Jewish musicians and artists who have made a lasting impact on American
culture. |
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Dallas
Native Commissioned as Navy Chaplain in Israel
Chaplain Candidate Ensign Anne Strauss
was commissioned at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel on Dec. 14. Strauss is a rabbinical student at the HUC-JIR
and acceptance into the Chaplain Candidate Program for Officers (CCPO) offered her a chance to serve her faith and her
country. |
Spotlight on HUC-JIR's Programs and
Research Resources
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Gold Officially
the Man at the Federation – The Jewish Journal
New Federation Chair Shares Vision at
HUC-JIR: Stanley P. Gold took over lay leadership of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on Jan. 1 with high
hopes for a new future for the umbrella organization for L.A. Jewry. "Have we made any progress?" he rhetorically asked
about 30 students and faculty at HUC-JIR last week. "A little bit. I've been on the job two weeks." |
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Super Tuesday: Snapshots From
Across the Country – The Forward
Steven Windmueller, Dean of HUC-JIR/LA,
said that the endorsement was unlikely to harm Clinton's good standing with California's Jewish voters. "Voters at
least understand," he said, "that politicians need a whole array of endorsements to win, and are open to the fact that
even people with differing views can support the same candidate." |
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Spreading the Word – The Jerusalem Post
Jews in general are known to read more
than other cultures, explains HUC-JIR Professor Steven M. Cohen, who specializes in Jewish social policy. Cohen attributes
this trend to Jewish communities' emphasis on education and their drive to advance culturally to overcome their sense
of exclusion from the larger society. |
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Solar Panels,
Radio Station Keeps Jewish Camps Current – The Jewish Journal
A study by Steven M. Cohen of HUC-JIR shows
that Jewish kids in Southern California attend secular camps at about double the rate at which they attend Jewish camps.
The study calls the "limitations in facilities and in quality of recreational activities" one of three areas needing
attention, and Los Angeles area Jewish camps seem to be taking note. |
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A Life Well Lived in Writing Jewishly – New Jersey Jewish Standard
Frances W. Schwartz enrolled at HUC-JIR in
1996 where she received a master of Judaic studies degree. There she also met Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz, one of her
professors, with whom she was "instantly simpatico." |
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Upcoming Events at HUC-JIR
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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
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