August 29, 2024 | 25 Av 5784
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Re'eh | Candlelighting 7:03 PM EST
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Jewish Studio Project & Hebrew College Open New Creativity Studio on Our Shared Newton Campus
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During this sacred time in the Jewish calendar, amidst the intensity and heartbreak of this year, Jewish Studio Project (JSP)and Hebrew College are partnering to bring new possibilities to the Greater Boston community. This September, JSP will open a new Studio in collaboration with and on the shared campus of Hebrew College. This unique partnership, which has been in formation for years, is the first-of-its-kind, integrating a multi-modal creative process studio on a shared community campus and rabbinical school, just steps off the belt midrash.
JSP was founded on the core belief that each of us is created creative. JSP supports individuals, organizations and communities in cultivating creativity as a Jewish practice for spiritual connection and social transformation. JSP truly began in the Hebrew College beit midrash when then-rabbinical student Adina Allen experimented with bringing the art-making practices she grew up with in her mother’s studio to text study as tools to process and interpret Torah.
Hebrew College offered a generative environment for exploration and innovation, one that was crucial to JSP’s founding. Rabbi Adina 14 writes in her new book The Place of All Possibility about the ways rabbinical school served as a living laboratory to experiment with new ways of approaching text and tradition.
“We are honored and inspired to partner with JSP and to launch a new Boston studio here on the Hebrew College shared campus. Faithful creativity is at the heart of our shared work," said Hebrew College President, Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld. "In a time of narrowing imagination, JSP invites us to explore the untapped possibilities that live within us, to experience the sheer joy of creativity, and to listen deeply for the layered resonance of ancient words. We are excited to see the ways in which this JSP-Hebrew College partnership opens new doors of possibility for our community.”
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A Season of Sephardic Culture on Campus
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Hebrew College invites you to spend the Fall of 2024 steeped in Sephardic culture with a season of exhibits, courses, and events exploring the legacy of Spain’s Medieval Jewish community. As our Me’ah travelers learned last spring on a trip to Spain, the historical tension between Spanish Jewry’s vibrant culture and abruptly forceful conclusion continues to shape Jewish life today. This is evident in the array of Hebrew College cultural and learning experiences this fall, each offering its own way to connect with the legacy of Sepharad (medieval Spain).
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mixed media.
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“Introduction to Conversion” or “Introduction to Judaism?”
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By Rabbi Dan Judson, PhD, Hebrew College Provost
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I served as a congregational Rabbi for many years and every year my synagogue held an annual event: a panel of members who converted to Judaism would talk about their journeys to becoming Jewish. One year, a congregant who I had asked to join the panel told me they were honored to be asked but said they wanted to beg off because we had already honored them so much for their conversion, they did not need another honor in being to be on the panel. I should ask another person who might like the honor. I responded by saying they misunderstood. Speaking on the panel was not to honor those who converted, although it was great if they felt honored. The panel was not for the converts, it was for congregants who were born into Judaism.
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Register for our in-person or online "Introduction to Judaism" course. Classes begin mid-September.
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WHAT KIND OF RABBI WILL YOU BE?
Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear): Hebrew College Fall Rabbinical School Open Houses
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Educator, first responder, activist, organizer, poet, melody weaver, caretaker, spiritual guide, prayer leader...YOU!
When we asked our rabbinical alumni to describe their rabbinates, their responses were a reminder of the breadth and depth of rabbinic work. Across the board, their descriptions reflect deep creativity, commitment, love of Torah, social action, and innovative spiritual and prayer leadership. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a rabbi and joining our vibrant learning community, join us at one of our fall Open Houses, Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) — and help us spread the word!
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Rabbinical School Open Houses: Nov. 18 in person; Dec. 8 online.
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It makes sense that when we feel less safe and secure, we might, as a way to survive, focus only on what is right for us. I am comforted by this parashah’s nonjudgmental acknowledgment of this. At the same time, I am bolstered by its pull for us to imagine a different reality: a reality in which we can take a deep breath, where we feel safe and protected, where we can rest easily, and be able to see beyond our own immediate needs and relate to the divine and those around us with a sense of obligation towards them.
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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 here.
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WORKSHOPS
The Heart of Selihot with Hazan/Paytan Roni Ish-Ran
September 4 & 11 | 3-5 p.m. | Hebrew College
Begin your High Holy Day preparation with Hebrew College. Study the music and text of the Sephardi-Yerushalmi Selihot service with Jerusalem-based master musician and teacher, Roni Ish-Ran, and faculty of Hebrew College Rabbinical School. Join us for one session or all three.
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SOUL SOUNDS | NEW DATE
Sounds of Awe: A Concert for Elul with Hazan/Paytan Roni Ish-Ran and Friends
Sunday, September 8 | Pre-concert: Light refreshments 6:30 p.m. | Concert: 7 p.m.
Hebrew College Musicant Cohen Center for Performing Arts
Concert Series Organizational Partners: Base Boston, Jewish Arts Collaborative, Temple Beth Zion, Temple Reyim
One of the greatest living interpreters of Syrian, Turkish, and Sephardi-Yerushalmi piyyutim, musician Roni Ish-Ran will lead us into the High Holy Days with prayer song from Jerusalem.
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BOOK TALK & SIGNING
Rabbi Adina Allen in Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Tuesday, September 11 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Hummingbird Books, Newton
Jewish Studio Project Co-Founder Rabbi Adina Allen `14 will discuss her new book, The Place of All Possibility, with Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld.
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ART EXHIBIT OPENING
Silvina Mizrahi: A Sephardic Spirit
Sunday September 15 | 5-7 p.m. EST | Hebrew College
Indulge your senses with visual art, a tango performance, and Sephardic food. Light refreshments, talk by the artist and more.
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TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE: GROW SERIES | FREE
The Religious Origins of Secular Judaism with Rabbi Leonard Gordon, D. Min.
Wednesday, September 18 | 12-1 p.m./9-10 a.m. PST | Zoom
With Kafka (1883-1924) and Spinoza (1632-1677) as our guides, we will explore the origins of modern secular Judaism. If God is ultimately unknowable or identifiable with the natural order what does that say about the state of Jewish belief?
Learn more about this program and the full fall series | Register now
TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE
Civil Rights Journey through the American South
Sunday-Wednesday, November 10-12
Tamid of Hebrew College's next adult learning travel-learning experience: A Civil Rights Journey through the American South led by Hebrew College and Etgar 36.
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OPEN HOUSES
Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) Fall Ordination Programs
Monday November 18 at Hebrew College | Sunday, December 8 online
Experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s rabbinical program. In-person and virtual options.
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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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