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April 22, 2021 | 10 Iyar 5781
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NEWS & VIEWS WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY?
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"On May 2, we will honor an extraordinary group of women at our virtual spring event. Together, these five visionary leaders are helping to lay the foundation for our new shared campus and planting the seeds for a vibrant future for Hebrew College and for our entire community."
— Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College President
Watch for more stories about our other honorees in next week's issue.
(Above, spring flowers in honor of Earth Day!)
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Helping Hebrew College's Garden to GrowSpring Event Honoree Nancy Kaplan Belsky
When Nancy Belsky thinks of Hebrew College, she pictures a garden—cultivating rabbis, cantors, and Jewish educators; teen and adult learners; and interfaith and artistic experiences—all in the process of “growing” a more diverse and peaceful world. At its helm is Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, with whom Belsky has studied in the “Torah Babes” group for more than a decade . . . .
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Building TogetherSpring Event Honoree Susan Schechter
For Susan Schechter, Monday mornings are reserved for Jewish study. For over 20 years, she has joined a group of 7-8 women who call themselves “The Torah Babes,” and together, they dig deep into Jewish learning and Torah with Hebrew College teachers, “opening our minds to grow and our hearts to open with rigor,” according to Schechter . . . .
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Enhancing Jewish EducationSpring Event Honoree Diane Troderman
As a teenager in Brookline, MA, Diane Troderman envied the kids who headed to Hebrew College after school to attend Prozdor, the local Jewish high school. So Troderman, a former director and current trustee of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, which she founded with her husband in 1992, has spent the last 30 years bringing Jewish educational and cultural opportunities to others . . . .
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Hebrew College's Virtual Spring Event
"What Makes a Community?"
Please join us on May 2 for Hebrew College's spring event when we celebrate our honorees and hear multiple voices from Hebrew College and the wider Jewish community answer the question "What makes a community?" (Watch more responses above.)
Welcome Reception: 4:50 p.m.; Program: 5-5:30 p.m. Free admission. Gifts, sponsorships, and tributes appreciated. Tribute deadline extended to April 23.
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Summer Course Opportunities
This summer, Hebrew College is offering two online graduate courses: "Encountering Neurodiversity" and "Teaching Tanakh." Both courses are available to graduate students for credit or to the general community for non-credit. Learn more and register.
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Rebuilding Toward Holiness
Parashat Acharei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30)
By Naomi Gurt Lind, Hebrew College rabbinical student
What do we do when calamity has struck? Where do we go next? For us as individuals, and for society as a whole, these are not idle questions. The past year has wrought personal, communal, and national tragedy such as many of us have not seen in our lifetimes, such as none of us hope ever to see again. While the pandemic raged, injustices long simmering just below the surface of American life have boiled over again and again; averting our gaze has become untenable, immoral.
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"Faith in Isolation Expressed" Multifaith Panel
On April 18, in response to Hebrew College's new photographic exhibit “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” curated by Brenda Bancel, religious leaders from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions explored the ways in which they and their communities have expressed their spiritual commitments during the pandemic. Watch the panel discussion now and visit the exhibit.
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Where are you Prozdor alumni?Reconnect with your Prozdor classmates at our virtual Spring Prozdor Alumni Reunion on April 27 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST. Join us for this special evening of learning.
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More Hebrew College Virtual April & May Events
TONIGHT! Hebrew College Me'ah Graduation
April 22 | 6:30-8 p.m. EST
Learn more
"Faith in Isolation Expressed" Photography Exhibit
Sponsored by the Hebrew College Arts Initative and the Miller Center
M-F by appointment through June 6
Learn more
Third Jewish Climate Action Conference
Hebrew College & co-sponsors
April 25 | 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. EST
Learn more & Register
Bathing in Resplendence: A Breath Lab Full Moon Workshop
with Batya Ellinoy, Hebrew College rabbinical student
April 29 | 7-8:30 p.m. EST
Learn more
Hebrew College Virtual Spring Event: What Makes a Community?
May 2 | Welcome Reception 4:50-5 p.m. | Program 5-5:30 p.m. EST
Learn more
18th Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture and Chai Anniversary Celebration featuring Yossi Klein Halevi
Hosted by the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
Co-sponsored by Hebrew College
May 2 | 12:30 p.m. EST
Learn more
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GIVING
Visit our Giving Page to send tributes, recognize yahrzeits, and support Hebrew College.
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