There will be no Koleinu next week. Chag Pesach Sameach!
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April 18, 2024 | 10 Nisan 5784
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Metzora | Candlelighting 7:13 PM EST
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2024 Gala Honorees Showcase Breadth and Depth of Hebrew College Community
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At our Thursday, May 9 Gala “Branching Out, Blossoming Together,” Hebrew College will celebrate three honorees — Jehuda Reinharz, president of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation; Rabbi Adina Allen`14, co-founder of Jewish Studio Project; and David Hoffman, Hebrew College Trustee — whose varied professional intersections with Hebrew College have strengthened our community and enriched Jewish life in Greater Boston and beyond. Each of them, in their own way, has helped build Hebrew College into the vibrant community it is today in 5784, and helped ensure our work will stay creative, meaningful, and accessible well into the future. Rachel Fish, PhD will also receive the College's Esther Award at the event.
Jehuda, Adina, David, and Rachel have each made essential contributions to Hebrew College, and to building the world of wholeness we strive for together as a community. They are models for what we can achieve when we bring the best of ourselves to Jewish work, supporting and supported by a community rooted in gratitude, authenticity, and other pluralistic Jewish values.
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PODCAST
Enacting Redemption: Identity/Crisis
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Featuring Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President of Hebrew College
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Celebrating Jewish redemption on Passover this year feels nearly impossible, while the Israel-Hamas war rages on and so many hostages remain in captivity. Can the Exodus story and the raw pain of the current moment exist together at the seder table? In this podcast episode, host Yehuda Kurtzer of the Hartman Institute turns to Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, to share her thinking on intergenerational disagreements, communal boundaries, prayer, and freedom as we approach the holiday.
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“A Newer Lens”: Dignity Project Fellows Q+A
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“I have a better understanding of how I fit into the world around me. The world is changing so rapidly, it was great to have this space to sort of re-learn, or consider for the first time, how people approach the world. And how I can be more aware. The Dignity Project helped me realize that what I have to say is important, but what others have to say is really important as well, and that listening can sometimes be a greater power than using your voice. It was a totally unique experience, a space for asking hard questions, taking risks, being vulnerable. It feels impossible, but it actually exists!” — Grace, 2023-2024 Dignity Project Fellow
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Healing the Affliction of Isolation
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In a college creative writing class I had a professor tell me during a workshop that I am “obsessed with space.” Everything I handed in for his class was disproportionately focused on describing the home and other private spaces in great detail. I had not realized I’d been doing it, but once I saw it I couldn’t stop seeing it. In every facet of my life, I realized, I am primarily oriented towards the safety of private space. Tzara'at, a mysterious affliction described in this week’s parashah, Metzora, shares my spatial orientation.
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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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Spring Art Exhibit
Hebrew College Arts Committee Chair Deb Feinstein (right) spoke at the April 8 spring art exhibit opening. The exhibit, “Legacy: A Woman of Two Worlds,” featuring works by artist Frances Miller z”l, runs through June 18. Also pictured is Susan Miller (left), Frances Miller’s daughter.
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Linda Friedman Memorial Award
On April 16, Jayce Koester (Class of 2026) received the Rabbinical School's Linda Friedman Memorial Award, given annually to a Shanah Gimmel or Dalet-year rabbinical student. Linda Friedman z”l is the late sister of Rabbi Lev Friedman `18 and aunt of Rabbi Shoshana Friedman `14. Their family generously started the Linda Friedman Memorial Fund to honor Linda’s memory by lifting up and supporting social justice work in the Jewish community. (Pictured: Rabbi Friedman and Jayce)
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Hebrew College Legacy Society
On April 4, members of Hebrew College's Living Legacy Society met for their annual zoom with President Anisfeld. With a planned gift, you can become part of our Living Legacy Society, investing in the education of future Jewish leaders, helping create innovative and inspiring programming, and building interdenominational and interreligious understanding, while gaining financial and tax benefits for your family.
If you are interested in discussing a planned gift to Hebrew College, please contact Rosa Franck, Director of Development, for information about joining the Living Legacy Society.
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Rabbi Ellen Bernstein z”l & The Song of Songs: Toward a Holy Ecology
Sunday, April 28 | 11:30 a.m-1 p.m. | Zoom
Honor Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s, of blessed memory, legacy, and reflect on the insightful teachings in her final published work, Toward a Holy Ecology: Reading the Songs of Songs in the Age of Climate Crisis.
Sponsored by Hebrew College, Aleph, and B’nai Or of Boston
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Celebration of Adult Learning
Wednesday, May 1 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Hebrew College Musicant Cohen Center for Performing Arts
Celebrate adult learners who have reached the milestone of attending at least 18 courses by inducting them into our Chai Society, those who have completed 100 hours of learning through Me’ah Classic, and new students. Learn with Dr. Susie Tanchel, Hebrew College Vice President.
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MAY SOULS SOUNDS CONCERT
Catalan Mahzor Suite
Sunday, May 5 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Hebrew College Musicant Cohen Center for Performing Arts
Jerusalem-born guitarist and composer Ira Klein combines his love of traditional Jewish music and contemporary music to create a cutting-edge performance combining music, dance, and visuals, all inspired by the mysterious 13th-century Catalan Mahzor manuscript.
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Hebrew College Spring Gala 2024
Thursday, May 9 | 6:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
Honoring Jehuda Reinharz, Rabbi Adina Allen, David Hoffman and Esther Award recipient Dr. Rachel Fish.
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JTFGB Grant Ceremony 2024
Sunday, May 19 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
Celebrate JTFGB’s achievement, honor JTFGB students, learn about the process and the organizations that JTFGB selected for grants this year.
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ADULT LEARNING TRAVEL PROGRAM
Information Session: The Etgar 36 Civil Rights Journey to the American South
Sunday, May 20 | 8-8:45 p.m. | Zoom
During the information session, we will share a trip itinerary and cover trip logistics, including travel, costs, meals, and more. This Civil Rights journey uses the history, sites, and current issues as a springboard to highlight the relationship, and at times, the tension, of Jewish and American identity. Trip dates: November 10-12, 2024.
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Hebrew College Commencement & Ordination 2024
Sunday, June 2 | Commencement: 12-1 p.m. | Ordination: 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
Celebrate our graduates. Honorary degree recipients: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, and Parker J. Palmer.
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SUPPORT JEWISH LEARNING & LEADERSHIP
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.
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