November 10, 2023 | 26 Cheshvan 5784
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Chayei Sarah | Candlelighting 4:09 PM EST
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A Prayer for the Journey, for Jewish Communities Around the World
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By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl, and Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
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.יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ (ואמותינו) שתנחם ותרפא את לבנו השבור
May it be your will, our God and God of our ancestors, to heal our broken hearts.
For the babies, children, women and men, for the elderly, for the Holocaust survivors, for all those who were murdered with cold cruelty in their houses and in their fields. For the hospitals filled with wounded. For the hundreds of thousands of frightened refugees. For the kidnapped of every nationality—Jewish, Arab, Bedouin, Thai, Nepali—for all the innocent, taken without warning. For Israel’s soldiers who have courageously gone to fight a war they did not want. For the Arabs and Jews whose shared hope for peace has itself been kidnapped by the forces of hate. For Jews all around the world, children, students, and communities, who are now fearing for their lives. For the bitter hatred of Israel that has burst forth around the world, with the assault of terror on the human conscience.
Please God, give us the strength not to be broken. Help us distinguish between darkness and light, between despair and hope, between terror and defense. Give us strength to uproot what is evil and protect the good. Give us the strength to stand steadfast, as one, from every religion and nation, in our refusal to let terror take over heart and conscience. May we never let terror trample the hope we share as Jews, as Israelis, as human beings, to be lovers of life, peace, and blessing.
Please God, we do not know what awaits our world and we lift our pleas to you. May it be your will to lead us toward peace, to guide our steps toward peace, to show us the path toward peace, to enable us to reach our destination to life, to joy, and to peace. May you return all of the soldiers and kidnapped of Israel safely home to us, to a life of peace.
Save us from every enemy, predator, and evildoer we may encounter on our path, and from every form of chaos, both physical and moral, that might enter our world. Grant us courage and compassion in your eyes and in the eyes of all who see us. For you are the one who hears our prayers and our pleas. Blessed are You, who hears prayer.
May God bless you and keep you.
May the light of God’s face shine on you and be gracious to you.
May God’s face be lifted toward you and grant you peace.
Read the prayer in Hebrew
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Hebrew College Dignity Project: Dialogue for Understanding
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In the midst of a time of heartbreak and division, our 22 Dignity Project Fellows gathered in October for a retreat on Dialogue for Understanding. Fellows practiced several models of dialogue to explore a number of topics, including social media impacts, pro-life/pro-choice, and Israel/Palestine. The goal of these dialogues was not to convince or persuade, but rather to practice listening with curiosity and resilience, to ask open and honest questions, and ultimately to deepen participants' understanding of each others' perspectives. Fellows found that dialogue revealed common ground, raised new questions, and unearthed unexpected nuance in their own beliefs. (Right: Haiku Reflection by Cedric Wysocki, Dignity Project Fellow & senior at Boston College High School.)
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Haiku Reflection
Carpeted cavern
Laughter roars from its dwellers
Guests in God's house
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At Centre Communities of Brookline where I serve as Community Rabbi and Chaplain, I have the privilege of working with a surprising number of very old people. By “very old,” I mean folks in their nineties or older, including one person who recently turned 106...The recent events in Israel and Gaza have added extra bitterness for so many people of this generation, who in their conversations with me, recall all too well the antisemitic sermons of Father Coughlin; recount the tormenting drip of information about the Shoah that appeared in the Yiddish press that was generally unknown to their English-speaking neighbors; and remember their parents’ stories of Eastern European pogroms, inherited trauma reawakened by the atrocities of Hamas in Southern Israel.
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Finding Light: A Video with Artist Joshua Meyer
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"So many of my paintings are about light and about time. Both of these are baked into Judaism. Visual artists can't help but think about light as a way to approach the world. It's not an accident that the first thing that was created was light. There was light and then there was dark. And they're contrasts, right? That's the way God creates in the beginning—by putting two things next to each other. By juxtaposing them and seeing how that builds truth." — Josh Meyer, Visual Artist and Hebrew College Arts Committee Member
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MARCH FOR ISRAEL
During this time of deep grief, fear, and anguish for the Jewish people, Hebrew College joins this national gathering to express solidarity with Israel, to call for the humanitarian release of hostages, and to stand together as a community against rising antisemitism in this country and around the world. Sponsored by Jewish Federations of North America
Tuesday, November 14 | 1-3 p.m.
(Gates open at 10 a.m.) | National Mall, Washington, D.C.
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A NEW FREE MONTHLY SERIES! GROW with Hebrew College Adult Learning
Spend an hour with us to gather, reflect, observe, and wrestle with topics that will deepen your Jewish learning.
December: Illuminating Christmas and Hanukkah from the Inside
Rev. Tom Reid and Rabbi Michael Shire will discuss Christmas and Hanukkah from their respective religious and spiritual experiences.
December 13 | Free | 12-1 p.m. EST/9-10 AM PST | Zoom
Learn more & register
January: Unexpected Encounters
Join Dr. Susie Tanchel to explore select biblical texts in which a person receives an unexpected revelation from God.
January 10 | Free | 12-1 p.m. EST/9-10 a.m. PST | Zoom
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Visit our event page for more 2024 GROW monthly programs and visit the Adult Learning Online catalog for classes beginning this month.
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NEW!
Soul Sounds with Yahala Lachmish
Our new Soul Sounds Music Series—part concert, part participatory singing, and part prayer—brings master Jewish musicians from the Boston area and around the world to Hebrew College for intimate musical conversations. The first event features musician and prayer artist Yahala Lachmish. Co-sponsored by shared campus partner JArts.
November 19 | 7:30-9 p.m. | $5- $36 | Hebrew College
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NEW!
Information Session for the Interreligious Leadership Fellows Program in Oxford, England
Learn about the Hebrew College Miller Center's new Interreligious Leadership Fellowship Program: Residential Delegation at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University.
December 5 | 8-9:15 p.m. | Zoom
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Information Session: Hebrew College Me’ah Jewish Discovery Tour to Spain
Learn more about Hebrew College’s inaugural 9-day tour exploring Jewish Sepharad in Spain (May 5-14, 2024.) Offered in conjunction with Keshet Educational Journeys.
December 11 | 7-8 p.m. | Hebrew College
Learn more & register | View trip details
NEW ADULT LEARNING "MINI-MESTER"
The Glory of Sepharad: The Surprising Story of The First Modern Jews
Explore the complexities of Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Christian relations with Jacob Meskin.
Beginning December 14 | 7-9 p.m. | Zoom
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What Do We Mean When We Say, “Jewish Music”?
Explore topics in Jewish Music with Joshua Jacobson including questions of Jewish musical identity and cultural ownership.
Beginning December 14 | 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Zoom
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SUPPORT HEBREW COLLEGE
During this difficult time, it is more important than ever to connect with Jewish community, educate future Jewish clergy and educators for an interconnected world, and provide educational nourishment for adults and teens. Through our work, and with your support, Hebrew College will continue to provide healing and hope to the Jewish community in the Greater Boston area and across the country. Please give now.
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