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January 20, 2022 | 18 Shevat 5782
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Koleinu|our voice|
Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Yitro | Candlelighting 4:26 PM EST
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
After Colleyville
Dear friends, near and far,
At 7:10 this past Saturday night, as we watched, waited, and prayed while the terrifying hostage situation unfolded in Colleyville, the following message arrived in my email inbox:
“Colleagues: I am keeping vigil with all of you as we lend our fiercest prayers for a peaceful resolution to the hostage situation in Texas. God help us. The work of the Miller Center matters desperately.”
The message was from Reverend Nancy Taylor of Old South Church in Boston, written to a small group of people—Jewish, Christian, and Muslim—who serve on the Advisory Council of Hebrew College’s Betty Ann Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership.
I was grateful that she wrote so clearly, simply, and succinctly. I am with you. God help us. Our work matters. Above all, I was grateful that she wrote. . . .
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Hebrew College Receives Covenant Grant to Foster Spiritual Formation
Thanks to a 2021 Ignition Grant from The Covenant Foundation, programming to cultivate the spiritual lives of future Hebrew College rabbis will be even stronger. The grant, entitled “Spiritual Formation in Rabbinic Education,” will fund a new series of professional development workshops, enhance student and faculty retreats, and enable the creation of an introductory course to support students’ inner growth to help them make Jewish life not just an intellectual endeavor, but a practice of the heart.
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SEVENTY FACES OF TORAH
This blog also appears weekly in Patheos.
Far and Near Embrace
By Rabbi David Maayan `17
This week’s Torah reading gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the value of distance, as well as closeness in our relationships, even with the Divine. It centers on the climactic moments of the Mount Sinai revelation, a paradigm for Jews of a direct encounter with the Divine. Rabbinic tradition does not speak of the “Ten Commandments,” but rather of the aseret ha-diberot, the “Ten Utterances.”
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Photographs and Parshiyot: Glimpses of Ourselves in the Book of Genesis
By Randi Stein, Open Circle Jewish Learning
"Leann Shamash’s Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning class, "Glimpses of Light and Darkness: The Book of Genesis Through a Photographic Lens," combined two things I love best—studying Torah and taking photographs. You may wonder, “how do these two things connect?” For me, they both connect to the third thing I love best: pondering and asking questions about the meaning of what I hear and see."
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IN THE NEWS
Catch up on recent Hebrew College news and stories, including articles about faculty, students, and alumni who have been recognized for their work and scholarship. Read more...
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Hebrew College Teens Honor MLK
Teens from Hebrew College's Dignity Project Fellowship, Prozdor, Teen Beit Midrash, and JTFGB came together with Kids4Peace Boston on Sunday, Jan. 16 for a service-learning day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In addition to learning about the issue of food insecurity in our local area (exacerbated by COVID), the teens packed over 70 food parcels for the Centre Street Food Pantry. Dignity Project fellows designed and led workshops for their peers using structured dialogue, photography, and music as a means for self-expression. And all the teens (both in person and on Zoom) participated in a letter writing campaign to their state representatives advocating for legislation that would improve food insecurity for the most vulnerable. It was a day of community building, education, and giving back that left everyone inspired.
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Extended through January: “Seeing Torah” Art Exhibit
“Seeing Torah” is a visual diary documenting artist Anita Rabinoff-Goldman’s
study of and artistic response to each of the 54 portions of the Torah over the
cycle of a single Jewish year.
September 12 - January 31 | Hebrew College | Free
Learn more & visit
Vocalpalooza! Music for Solo Voices and Chorus
Kol Arev, Hebrew College’s Chamber Chorus-in-residence, will perform work in
Hebrew, Ladino, Italian, and Yiddish.
February 7, 1-2 p.m. | Hebrew College | Free
Vaccination and masks required
Learn more
Shirah B’Yachad – Singing Together!
A Concert Celebrating Cantor Louise Treitman
Presented in collaboration with Hebrew College choir-in-residence Kol
Arev and Zamir Chorale of Boston.
April 5, 7:30-9 p.m. | Temple Reyim | Vaccination and masks required
Learn more & register
SAVE THE DATE
Hebrew College Commencement & Ordination
May 29 | Watch for more information soon
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SAVE THE DATE
Hebrew College Centennial Celebration:
Remember. Renew. Reimagine.
Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley
June 2 | 6:30-9 p.m. or virtually 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Learn more | Watch for more information soon
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SUPPORT JEWISH LEARNING & LEADERSHIP IN OUR DIVERSE AND INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Please help open the doors of Jewish learning to students of all backgrounds and ages—and join Hebrew College in making our lives more meaningful, our communities more vibrant, and our world more whole. Your gift of any amount will make a real difference. Make a gift
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