October 5, 2023 | 20 Tishrei 5784
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Shmini Atzeret | Candlelighting 5:59 PM EST
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Landmark Jewish Women’s Archive Oral History Collection Features Several Hebrew College Women
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November 1 | 7-8:30 pm | Hebrew College's Mascott Beit Midrash
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To celebrate the launch of JWA’s new Nicki Newman Tanner Oral History Collection, Hebrew College and campus partner JWA will co-sponsor “Woman, Rabbi, History Maker: Tracing Religious Leadership Through Life Stories,” a panel discussion about women rabbis, leadership, and what it means to make history. The new collection helps to restore Jewish women to their rightful place in our communal narratives and includes a wide range of voices—those of leaders and activists, but also of “ordinary” community members often doing extraordinary things. Event panelists include Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin `11, Rabbi Shayna Rhodes `08, and Rav Claudia Kreiman, with moderator Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum `11.
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Welcoming Our Four New Trustees
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Great leadership strengthens institutions. And when that leadership brings a combination of spiritual, educational, financial and investment expertise, philanthropy, and deep knowledge of Jewish community, extraordinary things can happen. Hebrew College is grateful to be in this position with the addition of Rabbi Avi Killip`14, Rabbi Steven Lewis `11, Suzanne Priebatsch, and Laure Garnick to our Board of Trustees—where their collective expertise, new ideas, and insights will propel the College into our second century educating Jewish leaders and invigorate the College’s mission to reimagine Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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From Enemy Aliens to a Free People
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By Rabbi Minna Bromberg `10, Founder and President of Fat Torah
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While Simchat Torah celebrations are often boisterous, my favorite part is that moment of sweet intimacy when I get to take a Torah in my arms. I have often experienced this moment as akin to snuggling a small loved one. Even if I am in a crowd, hugging a Torah scroll always feels like now it’s just me and my baby. In fact, in the many, many years that I wanted children and did not have them, Simchat Torah evoked this particularly longing in me. Holding Torah and feeling held by it, feeling like everything was right with the world right now, and at the same time wishing I had this kind of sweetest of sweet moments with actual children of my own.
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Path to the Rabbinate: Aaron Berc
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"I have always been enamored with stories. How they captivate our attention, help us understand the world around us, and how they help us find meaning in the abyss of monotony. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and other great modern myths have long enthralled me with their mystical religions and songs of heroes of long past ages. Stories of freedom from persecution, of the trials and journeys of a human life, the beautiful harmony of feeling connected. I came to rabbinical school at Hebrew College in my mid-thirties, after spending most of the decade plus after finishing my undergraduate degree in a state of spiritual wandering. It took me most of my twenties and early thirties to understand that my inherited tradition was just as mythic, that Torah is the song of my ancestors, and when it's sung with my voice, its stories and melodies can be a guide out of the ordinary."
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In Memoriam: Alice Shalvi
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Hebrew College mourns the loss of Alice Shalvi, educator, feminist activist, social advocate, and professor emerita of English literature. Shalvi was one of the founders of Israeli feminism and a matriarch of the Orthodox feminist movement, a revered educator, founder of the Israel Women's network, and recipient of numerous awards including the Israel Prize and an honorary degree from Hebrew College in 2019. "Alice was an eloquent advocate for feminism, equality, human rights, peace, and justice in Israel and around the world. She was a personal mentor, role model, and inspiration to so many, including many of us in the Hebrew College community, and she will be deeply missed. We will do our very best to honor her legacy,” said Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld.
May her memory be a blessing.
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IN THE NEWS
Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld was among the interfaith leaders who spoke at World Culture Festival 2023 in Washington, D.C. last weekend. More than a million people from 180 countries filled the National Mall to send out a single message of belongingness and brotherhood and to celebrate human diversity through dance, music, meditation, and culture. Read President Anisfeld remarks...
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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MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 15
Religious Leadership & Public Repair
A conversation with Rev. Rob Schenck, Supreme Court whistleblower and former right-wing evangelical activist, and Abigail E. Disney, filmmaker/philanthropist/activist. Moderated by Miller Center Founding Director Rabbi Or Rose.
October 15 | 7:30-9 p.m. | Hebrew College
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“In the Beginning”: Art Exhibit Featuring Works by Mel Brown
Hebrew College's first art exhibit of the new academic year.
Through December 14 | Hebrew College Atkins Atrium
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Before the Beginning: Rabbi Nehemia Polen and Artist Mel Brown in Conversation
Drawing upon early mystical sources, including Sefer Yetzira and Zohar, enter into an exploration of visual, verbal, and musical efforts to depict that which cannot be depicted.
October 23 | 7:30-8:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
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Taste of Hebrew College Me'ah Classic
Discover our amazing Hebrew College Me’ah Classic program that provides adults of all backgrounds with a foundation in Jewish culture and civilization.
October 30 | 7-9 p.m. | Zoom
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Woman, Rabbi, History Maker: Tracing Religious Leadership Through Life Stories
Celebrating Jewish Women’s Archive's new Oral History Collection with a panel discussion with Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld; Rabbi Claudia Kreiman; Rabbi Shayna Rhodes `08; and Rabbi Margie Klein Ronkin `11. Moderated by Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum`11.
Co-sponsors: Hebrew College & Jewish Women's Archive
November 1 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
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Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) Fall Ordination Programs Open Houses
Experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s pioneering ordination programs. In-person and virtual options.
November 13 | Hebrew College
November 19 | Online
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DECEMBER IN-PERSON INFORMATION SESSION
Hebrew College Me’ah Jewish Discovery Tour to Spain
Learn more about Hebrew College’s inaugural tour exploring Jewish Sepharad in Spain. Offered in conjunction with Keshet Educational Journeys.
December 11 | 7-8 p.m. | Hebrew College
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Hebrew College Me’ah Jewish Discovery Tour to Spain
Travel with Hebrew College’s community of learners on our inaugural Me'ah tour.
This tour is being offered in conjunction with Keshet Educational Journeys staff in Spain.
May 5-14, 2024 (9 days)
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BECOME A MEMBER OF THE HEBREW COLLEGE LIVING LEGACY SOCIETY
Join a dedicated community committed to reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world. Now it’s even easier to support our students, faculty, with planned gift. Join us in endowing the future by becoming a member of Hebrew College's Living Legacy Society.
Please contact advancement@hebrewcollege.edu to learn more.
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