February 12, 2026 | 25 Shevat 5786
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Mishpatim | Candlelighting 4:56 PM EST
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ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT 2025
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Walking the Path with Hebrew College
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At Hebrew College our steps are guided by our vision of a Jewish world enriched by diversity, inspired by compassionate leaders, and enlivened by meaningful learning. In our just-released Hebrew College Annual Impact Report for 2024-2025 we present some of the notable moments and sustaining memories that we carry with us into 2026. May we draw inspiration from all that we have accomplished together over the past year and look toward the future with a renewed sense of resolve and shared purpose.
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Learning, Teaching, Becoming:
Current MJEd Students Reflect on Their Experience
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"The program has deepened my identity as a Jewish educator by giving me space to reflect, ask more nuanced questions, and connect my personal values with my professional work. Learning alongside peers in different areas of Jewish education has broadened my perspective and strengthened my sense of belonging within the Jewish educational community... The program’s flexibility and customizability have allowed me to explore how my passion for Jewish education can translate into a meaningful career, helping me envision (and look forward to) a fulfilling future doing the work I love every day."
— Delilah Cohen, MJEd student (right)
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Teen Beit Midrash Partners with Camp Ramah's Day Camp
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Teen Beit Midrash of Hebrew College is teaming up with Camp Ramah Day Camp in Boston! Together we will open campers up to ancient and modern Jewish texts and discover what Judaism has to say about contemporary issues like: What is the right price to pay to redeem hostages? How do we choose one life over another in medical situations? How do we balance our pride with other people’s honor? Campers will spend their morning with their regular age groups (swimming, tefillah, etc.) and their afternoons learning in the Beit Midrash track, taking part in a 3,000-year tradition of Jewish thought. “We want to show them, rather than tell them, that Judaism is not just stories like Noah’s Ark (although that has good moral and ethical questions) but has thought deeply about issues that are not only relevant but current today,” says TBM Director Rabba Claudia Marbach. “Perhaps they will get inspired to join us during the year!”
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| Ramah Boston’s Beit Midrash Track will run July 20-24 for eighth graders.
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Seeing Beneath the Surface
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By Rabbi Max Edwards `21, Associate Rabbi at Temple B’nai Abraham in Livingston, NJ
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When something seems discordant or untenable, the Talmud teaches us to look deeper. To not settle on literalism but instead to consider every vector. Later in Parashat Mishpatim, we meet another text that demands we move past the surface. "Keep far from a false charge; do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right, for I will not acquit the wrongdoer" (Exodus 23:7). Careless judgement has catastrophic consequences. When we are in a position to judge, we’re asked to consider an individual fully. To gain a complete picture. To dan l’chaf z’chut, to judge favorably.
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"HAVRUTA" SOUL SOUNDS CONCERT
Sunday, February 19 | 6:30-9:30 PM | Hebrew College
Musicians and rabbinical students Sam Tygiel and Julia Sabra will weave together original, familiar, and ancestral melodies to crack open the heart of the verse. ""Text study has historically been a musical endeavor, whether studying Talmud in a lernen shteyger ( study chant) or singing a hakhanah nign (preparatory melody) before a sitting down with a text," says Hebrew College Artist-in-Residence Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer. "At Soul Sounds, Julia and Sam will bring the music of study from the beit midrash into a gathering that is part singing circle and part concert.”
With gratitude to our series sponsors Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation; Suzanne Priebatsch; Susan and James Snider; Diane Troderman and an anonymous donor.
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BOOK TALK
American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate
Sunday, February 22 | 10-11:30 AM | Hebrew College
Join us at Hebrew College’s collaborative campus when campus partner Temple Reyim hosts a talk with author Eric Lichtblau about his new book.
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TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE FREE ONE-HOUR LEARNING
GROW March: Kabbalah and the Counting of the Omer
Wednesday, March 11 | 12-1 PM | Zoom
Join Rabbi Matthew Ponak`20, MJEd`20, who will present “From Harvest to Healing: Kabbalah and the Counting of the Omer.”
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SOUL SOUNDS
Kedmah: Lecture & Concert
Sunday, March 15 | 6:30-9:30 PM | Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Hebrew College Soul Sounds is excited to join Hadar Boston and Base Boston to co-sponsor a pre-concert lecture and concert with Kedmah.
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TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE
Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir - A Conversation with Dr. Shulamit Reinharz
Thursday, March 19 | 7-8:30 PM | Hebrew College
Join us for a free talk with Dr. Shulamit Reinharz about her book, Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir, penned with her father Max Rothschild. Co-sponsors: Kehillath Israel, Temple Emanuel, Temple Beth Zion, Vilna Shul.
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ART EXHIBIT
A Journey of Wonder: A Visual Dance with the Hebrew Holiday Calendar
Sunday, March 29 | 5-7 PM | Hebrew College
Join us for the opening of our spring art exhibit with works by artist Deborah Feinstein, founding chair of the Hebrew College Arts Committee and a trustee of the college. Featuring paintings that celebrate the Jewish calendar cycle, inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts.
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Sacred Sparks! Hebrew College Spring Gala 2026
Thursday, May 14 | 6:30 PM Dinner, Program, and Dessert Reception | Hebrew College
Join us to celebrate our award recipients: Helene, Seth, and Benjamin Gelber; Joshua Meyer; and Terry Rosenberg. Watch for your invitation!
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Rabbi Or Rose's Biography of Abraham Joshua Heschel Named One of the "Best Spiritual Books of 2025"
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Hebrew College Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose's book My Legs Were Praying (Monkfish 2025) was named as one of the "Best Spiritual Books of 2025" by Spirituality & Practice in their annual roundup of the best books of the year. Rose's biography of the inspiring life of Jewish interfaith pioneer Abraham Joshua Heschel introduces readers of all backgrounds to this historic Jewish leader. Kol HaKavod, Rabbi Rose!
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Dignity Project Closing Celebration
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The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership's Dignity Project Fellowship for high school students concluded its semester of community building and religious pluralism with a closing celebration. The event included a photography exhibit about identity, pluralism, and religious expression in Greater Boston; music and sharing from fellows; and a small structured-dialogue exercise for friends and family to learn more about how the fellows spent their year. As fellowship mentor David Hannan shared, "I’ve described the Dignity Project as a peculiar oasis of authenticity, relationality, beauty, and humanity." Applications are open now for next year's fellowship — nominate an outstanding teen!
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Hebrew College Alumni at Truth's 2026 National Convening
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A large and dedicated contingent of Hebrew College Rabbinical School alumni came together with Jewish clergy from across the country February 9-11 in Washington, DC. at T'ruah's National Convening. The annual event for clergy in the organization's chaverim network was an opportunity in build individual strengths as rabbis and cantors and collective power as Jewish clergy leading for human rights and democracy.
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Hebrew College Kvells for US Olympic Curling Silver Medalists
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Hebrew College is thrilled to offer a rousing “Mazel Tov” to Korey Dropkin (above, right), son of Hebrew College CFAO Keith Dropkin (above, left), and his mixed doubles curling partner, Cory Thiesse. Together the duo won silver in Cortina, becoming the first American team to win an Olympic medal in mixed doubles. Hebrew College staff and community members gathered on campus and at the Dropkins' Massachusetts practice facility to cheer for their final contest. Korey and Cory, known as “Team CK”, faced Sweden in a grueling Gold Medal match on Tuesday, losing by a single point in the final end. We are proud of Keith, Korey, and Cory, and grateful to all of the people who made their Olympic run possible!
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