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January 28, 2022 | 26 Shevat 5782
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Koleinu|our voice|
Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Mishpatim | Candlelighting 4:36 PM EST
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Welcome back to Koleinu ("our voice"), Hebrew College's weekly newsletter. Each week, we send a selection of resources, special features, and reflections in time for Shabbat. We hope you enjoy the inspiring voices of our community during this centennial year!
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SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR HYBRID EVENT!
Hebrew College Centennial Celebration:
Remember. Renew. Reimagine.
Please join us in person or virtually on Thursday evening, June 2, 2022 to celebrate our Centennial with learning, honoring community leaders and supporters, enjoying music, and savoring delicious food. Together we will honor Mark Atkins and Miho Sato, Jack Eiferman, Deborah Feinstein, and Myra Musicant and Howard Cohen with the project development team for our new campus: Isabel Acuna, Paul Bouton, Karen Dubrovsky, and Pam Goodman.
Learn more...
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SEVENTY FACES OF TORAH
This blog also appears weekly in Patheos.
Close But Not Quite,
Near Yet Still Far
By Rabbi Avi Strausberg `15
Director of National Learning Initiatives, Hadar
After about eight months of not seeing my 96-year-old grandmother and still deep in the pandemic without a clear end in sight, my wife and I decided we couldn’t afford to let another six months go by without a visit. We loaded our two small kids into the car and drove the five hours from DC to the Bronx in order to see my grandmother....
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CENTENNIAL STORY
The Enduring Impact of
Hebrew College
University of Chicago Professor Michael (Buzzy) Fishbane, PROZ `60, BJE `64 calls himself “one of the old timers,” a Hebrew College student from an earlier era. He studied in Hebrew with “remarkable faculty members,” many of whom had lived and learned in Europe before World War II—rabbis and scholars, religious and secular, experts in fields ranging from Talmud to Hasidism to modern Hebrew literature. These “singular individuals,” as he calls them, all had a lasting impact on Fishbane and his contemporaries.
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Hebrew College MaTaRoT
Winter/Spring Professional Development
for Educators
MaTaRoT (Goals): Hebrew College’s Center for Professional Learning & Leadership is offering several professional development programs in Jewish Education this winter and spring including: communities of practice, monthly workshops, and a short course on "Embracing Social Emotional & Spiritual Learning to Create Inclusive Part-Time Jewish Education Experiences" with Sandy Gold and Susan Morel (pictured).
Read more & register...
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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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CLOSING MONDAY! “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
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 Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB) Grant Ceremony
June 1 | 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Learn more | Watch for more information soon
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SAVE THE DATE
Hebrew College Centennial Celebration:
Remember. Renew. Reimagine
Hybrid event on June 2
In person at Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley, 6:30-8:30 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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