HUC-JIR News Digest Masthead
February 26, 2019

Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg, Ph.D.

Inauguration of Rabbi Dvora E. Weisberg, Ph.D., as the Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Rabbinics at the Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles

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Wendy Zierler, right, moderating a discussion with Asaf Beiser and Natalie Marcus, co-creators of an Israeli satire show that mines the textual and cultural history of the Jewish people for laughs.

CCAR Journal Honors Rabbi Aaron D. Panken’s Memory with Scholarly Articles by His Teachers, Colleagues, Classmates, and Students

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Faculty and Alumni in Action

Author on her scooter carrying a Torah scroll

Rabbi Ruth Adar ’08: Hiding My Disability Kept Me from My Fullest Life

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Riverway Project community

Rabbi Jen Gubitz ’12: Emergent Communities and Legacy Institutions Investing Together

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Rabbi Gilad Kariv ’03

Rabbi Gilad Kariv ’03: Spreading Religious Pluralism

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Child with sign, holding dog

Rabbi Paul Kipnes ’91, MAJE ’92, and Rabbi Julia Weisz ’09, MAJE ’11: Mensch-ify My Kid: Giving Young Families What They Want

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Rikma students in Israel

Michal Muszkat-Barkan, Ph.D.: Rikma Community Day: Formal Education in Israel

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Star of David against brick wall

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D.: Creating Ethical Wills: A Letter to My Nieces and Nephews

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Learning Opportunities

Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser

College Commons Podcast: “Humor Across the Divide” with Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser

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Students at the Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles

College Commons Podcast: “Darwin, Dogma, and the Religious Experience” with Dr. Melvin Konner, MD, Ph.D.

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Seeking Future Jewish Leaders

High school leadership program at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati

Leadership Programs for High School and College Students and Young Professionals

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Students at the Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles

Do You Know Tomorrow’s Jewish Leader?

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Upcoming Events

Flyer for Simon Barrad concert

Simon Barrad in Concert – March 3 in Cincinnati

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Flyer for Jokes and Jests

Jokes and Jests in Religious Rituals – March 5 in Jerusalem

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Flyer for Feld Memorial Lecture

Dr. Edwin Seroussi Delivers Feld Memorial Lecture: Changing the Map of Jewish Music: The Birnbaum Collection Forty Years After Its Retrieval – March 6 in Cincinnati

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Rabbi Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz

Celebrate the Establishment of the Rabbi Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz Chapel Endowment Fund at New York Founders' Day – March 7 in New York

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Year-In-Israel Students at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

Soup Kitchen Celebration – March 7 in New York

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Isaac Mayer Wise medal from the Skirball Museum in Cincinnati

“Striking Medals: 50 Years of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame” Exhibition Opening and Reception – March 21 in Cincinnati

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Flyer for Theater on Clifton

Theater on Clifton: Faith, Gender, and the Law – Learning from The Crucible – March 24 in Cincinnati

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DFSSM students and faculty

Explore Original Compositions at the Frederic S. Lane Composers’ Showcase – March 28 in New York

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Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D. and Dr. Arnold Eisen

Thoughts on the Jewish Future with Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D. and Dr. Arnold Eisen – March 15-16 in Houston

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Year-In-Israel Students at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem

Ivrit B’yachad: HUC-JIR/Jerusalem Ulpan for Alumni – July 1-5 in Jerusalem

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In Case You Missed It

Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem

A Conversation with Dr. Andrew Rehfeld and Fifth-Year Rabbinical Student Hilly Haber

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Learning with Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D.

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professorships Sustain Legacy and Vision of HUC-JIR’s Beloved President

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