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September 24, 2020 | 6 Tishri 5781
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NEWS & VIEWS Listening Issue
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"Listen, O heavens, and I will speak, and the earth shall hear the words of my mouth.”
— Moses, Parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1)
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Hebrew College Launches New Podcast
Welcome to Season One of Hebrew College's Speaking Torah podcast. Listen as Jewish writers and scholars read essays from Hebrew College faculty and rabbinical alumni about how Torah can help us navigate the most pressing issues of our time.
Season One includes:
- Episode #1: "Two Ways to Tell a Story," with professor and writer Joy Ladin and Rabbi Gray Myrseth `18
- Episode #2: "Vertical Ladders of Sky, Horizontal Ladders of Earth," with Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld and Hebrew College faculty member Rabbi Jordan Schuster `18
- Episode #3: "Extending the Horizons of Our Hearts," with feminist poet Alicia Ostriker and Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Listen, rate, and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. We're already planning for Season Two!
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L’Dor VaDor: Listening from Generation to Generation
During this High Holy Day season—a time when many are still unable to be together—we encourage you to remember that physical distance does not remove us from the joy of listening to one another. Whether over FaceTime, Zoom, or the phone, sharing family stories not only brings us together, it also provides opportunities to plant seeds of memory in the next generation. How did you observe the High Holidays as a child? As a young parent? What stories can your children and grandchildren share about their holiday memories and experiences? Hear more from Grandparenting Through a Jewish Lens instructor Leann Shamash (above).
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In case you missed it: Selikhot with Rabbi Art Green
Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Arthur Green offered this online text study, "Vision: An Old/New Look at the Coming Days of Awe" for Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Mass. View the text here.
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Hebrew College Faculty featured on Hineini Podcast
How can we celebrate the High Holidays in a time of social distancing? What does the coronavirus pandemic teach us about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot?
In “HINENI,” the new podcast of Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem, Rabbi Mishael Zion invites innovative spiritual leaders from across America to discover together how to enter this Jewish New Year. Through story and song, text and discussion, we will seek to build a gate to a sweeter new year.
Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Arthur Green, and Hebrew College faculty member Rabbi Ebn Leader were featured in two episodes of HINENI: A High Holidays Podcast, COVID edition:
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Moses and Musical TheaterParashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52)
By Leah Carnow, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student
I am in a field in a small park in Wellesley, Massachusetts on a mild spring day. My partner and I are alone, seemingly the only people there on a weekday afternoon during a pandemic. I hesitate for a moment, and then, channeling Julie Andrews in the opening number of The Sound of Music, I run across the grass. I shout “ahhhhhhhhh,” as if I could fill the whole world with the sound of my voice. I let loose the cry of a person who has lost dreams, plans, and a sense of security, but can still feel the pulsing joy of being heard by the universe.
Five months later, I read Parashat Ha’azinu, and I pause at the opening words: "Give ear, O heavens, let me speak/Let the earth hear the words I utter!"
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A drive-in Rosh Hashanah shofar service (above) led by Congregation Beth El Sudbury Rabbi Josh Breindel `09 was featured in a photo essay in the September 20 MetroWest Daily News. PHOTO: Art Illman/MetroWest Daily News.Hebrew College alumni Rabbi Alison Adler `08, Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez `09, Rabbi Steven Lewis `11, and Cantor Vera Broekhuysen `16 were featured in the September 17 Jewish Journal.
A Rosh Hashanah prayer walk led by Temple Beth El Birmingham Rabbi Stephen Slater `18 was featured in the September 24 Bham Now newsletter, "How this Birmingham synagogue reinvented its New Year celebration + takeaways for other religious holidays anywhere."
Open Circle Jewish Learning Director Linna Ettinger `12 published an article in the September 22 issue of eJewishPhilanthopy, "Nourishing Hope and Connection by Exploring the Bounty of our Past."
Dean of Students Rabbi Daniel Klein`10 was quoted in the September 18 The New York Times article “A Holiday Season of Renewal in a Year of Uncertainty and Loss.”
Cantor Jennifer Boyle`20 was featured in the September 15 Connecticut Voices Town Times and September 17 Shoreline Times articles “I realized that Judaism was really calling to me: Temple Beth Tikva Cantor, former Catholic.”
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FALL ONLINE EVENTS
Jewish Law and Ethics: A Hackathon for the Age of COVID-19
T'ruah Web Series, co-sponsored by Hebrew College
Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27
Learn more & register
The Heidi Urich Annual Lecture on Jewish Genealogy
"Myth and History in the Recent Jewish Past"
Featuring Steven J. Zipperstein
November 15 | 1:30-4 p.m.
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Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) Ordination Programs Open House
November 16
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Film Screening of "Children of the Inquisition"
Discussion with Director and Guests
November 22 | 2-3 p.m.
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