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March 10, 2022 | 7 Adar II 5782
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Koleinu|our voice|
Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Pekudei | Candlelighting 5:28 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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SEVENTY FACES OF TORAH
This blog also appears weekly in Patheos.
“God Does Not Play Dice with
the Universe”
By Rav Rachel Adelman
Albert Einstein once famously pronounced: “God does not play dice with the Universe.” Yet, he was the scientist who discovered the time-space warp, and in critical conversation with quantum mechanics, ruled by the random emissions of quarks, subject only to probabilities. (I don’t really know what a quark is, but I do know that Modern Physics is not deterministic!) So, what did Einstein mean?
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CENTENNIAL STORY
Recollections of a Father’s Time
at Hebrew College
When Lou Simons started researching his father’s journey from Eysheshok, Lithuania to the United States, he rediscovered a photograph from his father’s Hebrew Teachers College graduation. He reached out to Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld for more information.
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The Power of a Treasure Hunt
By Ashira Stevens
Hebrew College Rabbinical Student
I returned to graduate-level studies after more than a decade away from academia, entering Hebrew College’s Rabbinical School in fall 2018. I came into the program with relatively little experience navigating rabbinic texts. I was comfortable with Tanakh, had read some Mishnah, and had learned a very small piece of the gemara section of a daf of Talmud. Although I had heard of other works, I had no idea how to find the books themselves or how to find a citation in them. The beautiful leather-bound volumes in the Beit Midrash were an intimidating and intriguing mystery to me.
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Photo courtesy of aroundtheworld.com
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What an Ancient Sabbatical Practice Can Teach Us Today
On Shabbat afternoons I walk down to Jamaica Pond to gather. The banks of this kettlehole lake, formed by a glacier in what is now the heart of Boston, are a meeting point for banjos and boomboxes, fearless toddlers and shy turtles, and generations of Sunday fishing lessons. The interlocked roots and sloping canopies of the great oaks near her shore attract spring couples with their whispering hammocks, summer potlucks full of cross-pollinated conversation and flirtation, and family lantern walks when the leaves begin to change.
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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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Metrowest CultureFest: Purim
Hebrew College, Temple Beth Torah, 2Life Communities, Temple Beth Am, Temple Beth Sholom, Congregation Or Atid, and Congregation Beth El
A special presentation and celebration of Purim through a Sephardic Lens: A Cook and Sing with Sarah Oroeste.
March 13th, 4-5:30 p.m. | Zoom
Learn more & register
Seeking in the Company of Others Book Launch & Conversation
With Roslyn G. Weiner PhD STM; moderated by Rabbi Or Rose
Co-sponsored by the Miller Center of Hebrew College and
the Center for Practical Theology at Boston University
March 23, 7-8:30 p.m. | Zoom
Learn more & register | Read about Dr. Weiner
A Peek into Our Teen Beit Midrash
"Honi and Moshe: Adaptation and Resilience"
March 31, 7 p.m. | Zoom
Learn more & register
Centennial Art Exhibition Opening
"Remember. Renew. Reimagine."
April 3, 5-7 p.m.
Hebrew College Ted Cutler Atrium
Sponsored by the Hebrew College Arts Initiative
A special exhibit to honors Hebrew College’s 100th anniversary and celebrate artistic voices, images, and expressions inspired by Torah.
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Shirah B’Yachad – Singing Together!
A Concert Celebrating Cantor Louise Treitman
Presented in collaboration with Kol Arev, Hebrew College's chamber choir, and The Zamir Chorale of Boston
April 5, 7:30-9 p.m. | Temple Reyim | Vaccination and masks required
Learn more & rsvp
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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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