Thursday, May 4, 2023

“I truly can’t think of two more generous and deserving honorees. Hebrew College Board Chair Andy Offit and Miller Center Founding Supporter Dan Miller are both so humble that it feels like a particular honor for us that they are letting us honor them. These are two highly accomplished individuals who take pride, above all, in the achievements of others, in the learning, growth, and creativity of our students, in the gates we are opening to a new generation of leaders, who want to help create a more vibrant Jewish community and a better world.”
— Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College President  

Reservations & Tributes...

Throughout our centennial year, we returned to a three-part theme, captured in three words: Remember, Renew, Reimagine. Our 2022 Annual Impact Report is a tribute to the accomplishments of our Centennial Year, a celebration of one hundred years of memory and hope, and an expression of our faith in and commitment to a vibrant Jewish future. 

Thank you for your partnership and shared vision.

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Parashat Kedoshim is beautiful and very full. There is much to see on the surface. In just two chapters of Leviticus, we are told to care for the poor, to be honest, to never take revenge nor bear a grudge. We are told when and how to give sacrifices, keep Shabbat, and what we are permitted to eat. We are told how to guard relationships, how to treat our animals and how to harvest our fields. This portion contains what Rabbi Akiva tells us is the core message of the Torah: “Love your fellow as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). Generations of Jews have sought to understand and live by these commandments.

Yet if we read this portion purely as a code of conduct, we might miss the holiness. Because in the midst of these busy verses, we encounter a direct introduction from God.

Read 70 Faces...

“I thought repeatedly about the intersection of what I enjoyed, what I think I'm good at, what I thought we needed in the world, and what I thought was valuable. An answer came to resolution kind of slowly...Judaism—Jewish tribal, earth-based thought and practice was the most authentic path through which I could imagine working to better understand, investigate, and materialize my desire for measured, purposeful, cyclical, stillness and belonging.”

Read David's story...