HUC-JIR News Digest Masthead
February 25, 2020

HUC-JIR students at the Solidarity March

President Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D. on Tablet Magazine’s “Unorthodox” and “Take One” Podcasts

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Jerusalem Ordination

The American Jewish Archives Receives Coveted $500,000 Matching Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Rabbi David Ellenson ’77, Ph.D.: Immigration Policy and the Cry of the Stranger

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Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe ’93: How We Can Create Equal Opportunities for Deaf, Hard of Hearing People

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Education students in Israel

Thank You for Supporting Our Day of Giving: 2020 Vision for the Jewish Future

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Rabbi Joachim Prinz addressing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Vote Reform in the World Zionist Congress Election

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From Our Faculty

Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger with rabbinical and education student Mira Weller

“American Jewish Thought Since 1934: Writings on Identity, Engagement & Belief” Edited by Rabbi Michael Marmur ’92, Ph.D., and Rabbi David Ellenson ’77, Ph.D.

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Rabbis Levi and Naamah Kelman

Dr. Lesley Litman and Jo-Ellen Unger ’16 Named Distinguished Educators by the Association of Reform Jewish Educators

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Dr. Gary P. Zola

Dr. Alyssa Gray and Rabbi Benjamin David ’04 Lead Daf Yomi Siyyum at HUC-JIR/New York

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Rabbi Dr. Alona Lisitsa teaching in Buenos Aires

Rabbi Michael Marmur ’92, Ph.D., Participates in Meeting of the Abrahamic Faiths Initiative in Rome

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Continue Learning with the College Commons Podcast

Daniel Boyarin, Ph.D., Presenting Feld Memorial Lecture

“Israel Learned, Israel Experienced” with Dr. Lesley Litman and Jeremy Leigh

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Hanukkah Conference at HUC-JIR

“Political Diversity in American Judaism” with Rabbi Peter Berg ’98

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“The Jewish New Wave” with Author and Writer Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

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“Music Is the Muse” with Singer-Songwriter and Composer Rory Michelle Sullivan

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Upcoming Events

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The Chazzan's Tale: A Cantorial Concert – March 1 in Cincinnati

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Yael Kanarek: The Regendered Bible – On View through March 8 in New York

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Dorene Beller’s “Family Dinner” from 2012

Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem – March 8 in Cincinnati

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When Comics Meet the Bible: An Evening with Curator Samantha Baskind, Ph.D. – March 10 in Cincinnati

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Tsevat Memorial Lecture: “Gender and Politics in Late Bronze Age Syria” with Dr. Christine Thomas – March 12 in Cincinnati

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Passover Around the World: A Multimedia Concert – March 15 in Los Angeles

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A sheet of music from the Birnbaum Collection

Founders’ Day: Celebrating the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music – March 19 in New York

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Founders’ Day: Celebrating Our Alumni and Honoring Our Founders – March 26 in Cincinnati

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The opening of the first American School for Cantors in 1948

Frederic S. Lane Composers’ Showcase – April 2 in New York

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Archie Rand: Lunch and Learn – April 2 in Cincinnati

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The opening of the first American School for Cantors in 1948

Dapper, Tapper, Flapper – April 26 in Cincinnati

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Shabbat Morning Services in Jerusalem

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