January 25, 2024 | 15 Shevat 5784
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Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Beshalach | Candlelighting 4:32 PM EST
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Adult Learning: Meeting the Moment
Jewish learning to provide context about the current conflict between Israel and Hamas
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“Given the long history of antisemitism and its persistence to this day... I think it is important we learn not only our narrative, but also that of the Palestinians. In the end, the only hope for peace is a willingness on each side of the conflict to understand where the other side is coming from.”
— Rabbi David Jacobson, Hebrew College Adult Learning instructor for “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Search for Peace,” one of many winter/spring offerings.
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Winter Intensives Lay Foundation for a New Semester
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“By starting a new semester with a couple weeks of intensive learning sessions, we have a chance to come together and encounter each other outside our usual learning and social routines. And we cross-pollinate the learning that we do all semester—very text-focused, skills-focused—with the insights we’re bringing from the rest of our lives.”
— Chaim Spaulding, Hebrew College Rabbinical Student
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The Unique Learning Experience Offered by MaTaRoT:
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Hebrew College Center for Jewish Professional Leadership & Learning
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“I use what I learned in [my MaTaRoT] coaching and through my cohort every day to add dynamism and warmth to our classrooms, to tend to the well-being of our students, to approach and collaborate with staff and clergy, to support our faculty and to see the big picture of Jewish education from a fresh perspective. If that was all MaTaRoT had to offer, dayeinu/it would be enough! But we, as Jewish educational leaders, were offered the chance to discover new understandings ourselves through guest speakers and a full community of practice of colleagues."
— Cantor Kipen-Hershenson
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By Rabbi Frankie Sandmel `22, BASE Rabbi in Oakland, CA
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The Midrash permits me to imagine that even the most certain fate, the most awful decree, can be overcome by a loving river and a nurturing stone. The child pointing at their God as they cross the sea challenges me to recognize my own despair, while still allowing myself to dream of freedom, healing, and redemption. Each year on Shabbat Shirah, when we read Parashat Beshalach, all those assembled will rise, as if standing alongside the newly redeemed Israelites as they sing and praise. We sing along with them to celebrate having somehow, miraculously, moved through an impassable situation towards an opportunity to begin to heal and to build something.
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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...
Alumni: Stay in Touch
Hebrew College alumni, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us about your professional path, your family, or any other news you'd like to share with your classmates, teachers, and the rest of our learning community. We want to kvell in our Alumni Newsletter and social media channels.
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NEW EVENT ON FEBRUARY 6!
Update on the War in Israel with Educator & Guide Lyana Rotstein
Israeli educator and guide Lyana Rotstein will speak and take questions about Israel’s war against Hamas and how it has impacted her family, community, and Israeli society.
February 6 | 1:30-3 p.m. | Hebrew College
Learn more & register
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“The Hope Diaries: A Collaborative Art Project” Exhibit
January 18-Feburary 29
Guided by the prompt, “What does hope look like for you?”, students from Boston-area schools created collage covers for unlined Hope Diaries, which were distributed to students at the Hand in Hand) School in Haifa, where Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli youth learn together.
Opening Event on January 28 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Hebrew College Mascott Beit Midrash
Learn more, visit & RSVP to the opening
GROW Adult Learning Free Series
February: What can the New Testament teach us about first century Judaism?
Instructor Alan Avery Peck will examine how the New Testament can inform our Judaism.
February 14 | 12-1 p.m. | Zoom
Learn more & register | Dedicate a session to a loved one
Dignity Project Closing Celebration
Dignity Project Fellows will share insights and reflections from their interreligious and cross-cultural journey together.
March 3 | 3-5 p.m. | Hebrew College Musicant Cohen Center for the Performing Arts
Learn more & register
GROW Adult Learning Free Series
March: Building Resilience through Stories
Join other grandparents to explore the Jewish wisdom around the value of storytelling. Instructor Margie Bogdanow.
March 13 | 12-1 p.m. | Zoom
Learn more & register | Dedicate a session to a loved one
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SUPPORT JEWISH LEARNING & LEADERSHIP IN OUR DIVERSE AND
INTERCONNECTED WORLD
Please help open the doors of Jewish learning to students of all backgrounds and ages—and join Hebrew College in making our lives more meaningful, our communities more vibrant, and our world more whole. Your gift of any amount will make a real difference. Make a gift.
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