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Distinguished members of the HUC-
JIR/Cincinnati faculty led afternoon Torah
Study Lunch and Learn sessions for the
Board members:
(2) “
Biblical Sanctification of Dress”
with Dr. Nili Fox, Director of the School
of Graduate Studies and Professor of Bible.
(3) “
Return of Angels and Demons to
Contemporary Jewish Practices” with
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D., Dean
and Associate Professor of Talmud
and Halakhic Literature.
(4) “
The Jewish Frankenstein: A Look at the
Golem” with Rabbi Samuel Joseph, Ph.D.,
Eleanor Sinsheimer Distinguished
Service Professor of Jewish Education
and Leadership Development.
(5) “
Reform Books of Awe: A Preview of
the New High Holy Days Prayer Book” with
Rabbi Richard S. Sarason, Ph.D.,
Professor
of Rabbinic Literature and Thought.
(6)
The “Greetings and Graeter’s” reception honoring Lisa Messinger (center), wife of
Rabbi Panken, was co-hosted by Rosalyn Engelman (left), wife of Irwin Engelman, and
Renee Kamrass (right), wife of Rabbi Lewis H. Kamrass of Wise Temple. (7, 8) Cincinnati’s
renowned Graeter’s ice cream was offered for this
special occasion by the Graeter family, in celebration
of the founding of their company four years before
HUC was founded in 1875. The day concluded with
Havdallah
and the Joint Board Meeting, which
continued the next morning.
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