November 21, 2024 | 20 Cheshvan 5785
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Chayei Sara | Candlelighting 3:58 PM EST
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MaTaRoT: CENTER FOR JEWISH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & LEADERSHIP
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Welcoming the Bonim Beyachad Inaugural Cohort
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Hebrew College's MaTaRoT Bonim Beyachad Fellowship launched recently with an inaugural cohort of 20 part-time Jewish educators from across the country. Bonim Beyachad is a 10-month cohort-based fellowship to support adults who are new to teaching in part-time and supplemental Jewish educational settings. "As Jewish educators, many of whom do this as an additional job, we are dedicated to ensuring our children have the best and most meaningful experience in religious school possible. However, with so few of us having formal training in education or pedagogy, we are in some ways limited by 'not knowing what we don’t know.' Bonim Beyachad offers a unique opportunity to explore our own relationships to Judaism and Jewish education while learning concrete skills to bring into our classrooms, helping us reach our full potential as educators." — Gabrielle Isaac-Herzog, St. Paul MN
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Fellows meet regularly in a series of Zoom seminars, and convened last month at Hebrew College for in-person learning to deepen their teaching.
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Freedom to Participate: Rabbinical Students Volunteer as Poll Chaplains
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Earlier this month, a cohort of Hebrew College rabbinical students traveled to Pennsylvania on election day to serve as interfaith poll chaplains, functioning as a nonpartisan, pro-democracy, spiritual presence. The students received their poll chaplaincy training through a program operated by Sojourners Action in partnership with Faiths United to Save Democracy. “This is an opportunity to engage in sacred work,” said Shanah Heh student Rafi Ellenson on the eve of the trip. “We will help to ensure that voting is a fair and equitable process by applying the skills we are cultivating in the classroom/beit midrash.”
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| Rabbinical students Julia Spiegel and Rafi Ellenson
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An Appreciation at Our Matriarch’s Burial Place
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Sarah’s life, like most people’s, was complex, and her personality was filled with contradictions: assertive and submissive; young and beautiful; old and withered; compassionate and demanding. Her determination to help Abraham fulfill his divine purpose animated her throughout her 127 years. This very determination played in my mind over and over last week, as I took part in the Hebrew College/Tamid study trip to the American South. This three-day trip served to help participants better understand the Civil Rights movement—its context and history and Jews’ role in it. To say it taught me a lot is an understatement.
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"With the support of faculty, staff, and our new campus partner RUACH, I have been able to bring my dance practice to campus. I move between the Beit Midrash, where the oral tradition comes alive in chevruta study, to the Beit Neshama, the gorgeous studio down the hall. There, I invite my whole body to consider the texts of Talmud, midrash and prayer. It's important to me to note that embodiment is not new to our tradition. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov already said that to truly understand a nigun you need to feel each of its tones in a different part of the body. I bring my contemporary dance practices to that teaching—listen for the body's impulse and wisdom. I'm grateful to be touring this work that I’ve been developing at the beit neshama."
— Hadar Ahuvia, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student
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"Prayer of the Morning" by Hadar Ahuvia and Tatyana Tenenbaum. Photo by Maria Baranova. Learn more at hadarahuvia.com
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Herbert "Herbie" Gann z"l
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Hebrew College deeply mourns the passing of Herbert Gann, beloved brother of Beverly Bavly and Shirley Saunders. The Gann family has been and remains a pillar of the Greater Boston Jewish community, supporting Hebrew College, Gann Academy, and many other area Jewish organizations with their steadfast commitment to Jewish education and a vibrant Jewish future.
זיכרונו לברכה. Zikhrono livrakha. May his memory be a blessing.
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Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) Rabbinical School Open House
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On Monday, November 18, we hosted more than 30 prospective rabbinical students for our in-person Open House, Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear). These students met our faculty and current students for an inspiring afternoon of learning, conversation, music and prayer. (Pictured: Rabbinical students David Mahfouda and Becca Heisler, co-founders of the Hebrew College Shul Lunch Co-op, share some Torah after lunch provided by the co-op.)
Another 30 prospective students are registered for a Virtual Ta Sh'ma on Sunday, December 8 from 2-5 p.m. There is still time to register! If you or someone you know is interested in the rabbinate, we invite you to join us.
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Playing Host: Interreligious Meeting for National Congregational Councils
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On Wednesday, leadership from both the National Council of Synagogues and National Council of Churches convened for a day of learning and conversation across faiths. They were joined by Hebrew College Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose for a text study. “It was an honor to share the work of the Miller Center with our esteemed colleagues from the National Council of Synagogues and National Council of Churches,” said Rabbi Or Rose about his session with the attendees. “Engaging together in honest and heartfelt conversation about the challenges and possibilities of pluralism today is a necessity.”
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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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LECTURE
A Brief History of American Public Protest
with Rabbi Dan Judson, PhD, Hebrew College Provost
Saturday, November 23 | 6 p.m. | Shir Tikvah, Minneapolis, MN
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BOOK LAUNCH
The Triumph of Life Book Launch with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg & Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Sunday, November 24 | 2-3:30 p.m. | Hebrew College
Join Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, author of the new book The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld to explore how the ethic of powerful and triumphant life can be directed towards the challenges of our time. Co-sponsored by Hadar Boston and Hebrew College.
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HEBREW COLLEGE & JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE EVENT
A Place at the Table: Celebrating Jewish Women’s Lives through Art
Sunday, November 24 | 4-5:30 p.m.| Hebrew College
Celebrate and honor Jewish women and gender-expansive people through a community art exhibition.
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TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE FREE EVENT
Author Talk & Book Signing
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 7:30-9 p.m. | Hebrew College
Join us for a special talk with Joan Leegant, author of Displaced Persons.
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VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
Ta Sh'ma (Come & Hear) Fall Rabbinical School Open House
Sunday, December 8 | 2-5 p.m. | Online
Experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s rabbinical program.
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TAMID OF HEBREW COLLEGE FREE EVENT
Adult Learning GROW Series
Wednesday, December 18 | 12-1 p.m. | Zoom
For our December program, we will examine Hanukkah.
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ART EXHIBIT
Silvina Mizrahi: A Sephardic Spirit
Running through Friday, December 20 | Hebrew College
Indulge your senses with artist Silvina Mizrahi's paintings and sculpture.
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