Internationally renowned Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza and Boston cultural & religious icon Rev. Liz Walker will be awarded honorary doctorates from Hebrew College on Sunday, June 4, 2023, as we celebrate graduates of our master’s degree and ordination programs. 

“It is an honor for all of us at Hebrew College to honor these two inspiring individuals whose voices have come to represent hope to so many. Through the power of story and song, through courageous and loving leadership that refuses to give in to despair, they embody the values that we seek to lift up and bring to life through the work of the graduates we are proudly sending into the world this weekend."

— Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld

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The innovative new campus where Hebrew College and our organizational partners are based is more than a shared physical space. The bold partnerships we facilitate also mark a shared vision for the Jewish future. And that future, according to Rabbi Or Rose, founding director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College and conference co-chair, “must include deepening interreligious and cross-cultural cooperation.”

Together with our partners, Hebrew College is doing precisely that by co-hosting and contributing to the ICCJ 2023 Conference.

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“Teachers are increasingly being asked to meet their students, including those with mental health needs, where they are at. To serve these students more effectively, it’s more vital than ever that teachers pay attention to not just the academic growth of the student but to each child’s social-emotional health and spiritual development. This means that educators need to be learners themselves and develop an ever larger and more diverse toolkit. Our new programs will help Jewish educators enhance their intellectual and spiritual toolkits—and have fun in the process.” — Dr. Susie Tanchel, Hebrew College Vice President

Educators, choose your path: (1) Non-credit professional development programs, (2) Graduate-level certificates (for credit), and/or (3) Master of Jewish Education (graduate certificates may count toward this degree).

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[The creature in Parashat Naso] is so much more than a dolphin! Hidden in this passing verse lies the story of a magical, mystical creature whose existence made the building of the mishkan possible. Perhaps there weren’t dolphins in the desert, but there were mystical beings specifically placed there by God. In Parashat Naso, the תחש gets easily overshadowed by theatrical rituals and ceremonies. But it is the existence of the תחש that makes the dedication of the altar—which happens at the end of our parashah—possible.

And herein, I think, is what the תחש and Parashat Naso can teach us: Don’t overlook those who are hidden in the details.

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