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October 28, 2021 | 22 Cheshvan 5782
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Koleinu|our voice|
Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world.
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Parashat Chayei Sarah | Candlelighting 5:23 PM EST
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Welcome back to Koleinu ("our voice"), Hebrew College's weekly newsletter. Each week, we send a selection of resources, special features, and reflections in time for Shabbat. We hope you will enjoy the inspiring voices of our community during this centennial year!
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SEVENTY FACES OF TORAH
This blog also appears weekly in Patheos.
I’m a Stranger Here Myself
By Naomi Gurt Lind
“People are strange when you’re a stranger. Faces look ugly, when you’re alone.”
—Jim Morrison, The Doors
Our tradition pays a good deal of attention to the experience of strangeness, and to the feelings of the stranger. We are told, over and over, “Do not oppress the stranger, for you yourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt.” What does it mean to feel like we are not where we belong, and what is it to persist despite this feeling? Where does the Jewish emphasis on the strange and the stranger begin?
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CENTENNIAL STORY Pioneering Jewish Studies Historian Formed Foundation at Hebrew College
Paula Hyman z”l was a trail-blazing historian of modern French Jewry and the history of Jewish women; a feminist activist and pioneer of Jewish feminism; and a mentor to generations of students at Columbia University; the Jewish Theological Seminary; and Yale University. Her scholarship, teaching, and activism, her students say, shaped the academic discipline of Jewish studies, and transformed how we view the Jewish past and present. But her own foundation, she always said, came from her time at Hebrew (Teachers) College.
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Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum `13 Receives Pomegranate Prize
On October 25, Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum was one of five Jewish educators to receive The Covenant Foundation's 2021 Pomegranate Prize, given to passionate, emerging leaders in Jewish education. "We are kvelling! We are so proud of our colleague and alum Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum for receiving this Prize for her inspiring, life-giving, world-changing work as a Jewish educator." —Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld.
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FALL COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Touring with the Great American [Jewish] Songbook
“As a performer, especially in musical theatre, I am constantly reminded of the massive impact that Jewish songwriters have had on the canon we call 'The Great American Songbook'. . . . my Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning class will explore the work and lives of those Jewish artists who shaped the musical landscape of the last century.” — Elliot Lazar, who will play Mendel in the National Tour of the Fiddler on the Roof Broadway revival.
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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...
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SAVE THE DATE
New Shared Campus Groundbreaking & Hanukkah Celebration
December 5 | 3 p.m.
Livestreamed
More information coming soon!
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SPECIAL CENTENNIAL LECTURE SERIES
The Old Made New and the New Made Holy:
Leading Scholars & Thinkers Reflect on a Century of Jewish Experience and Explore the Challenges That Lie Ahead
Dec. 2, Dec. 16, Jan. 20, Feb. 17, March 24, April 7, May 19
7-8:30 p.m., via Zoom
Instructors: Rabbi Art Green (Hebrew College); Rabbi David Ellenson (HUC-JIR); Rabbi Cantor Angela Buchdahl (Central Synagogue, NY); Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld (Hebrew College); Rabbi Benay Lappe (SVARA); Rabbi Jennie Rosenn (Dayenu); and Jonathan Sarna, PhD (Brandeis University)
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Metrowest CultureFest: Sigd
Featuring Rabbi Dr. Sharon Sholom
Co-sponsors: Hebrew College, Temple Beth Sholom, Temple Beth Am, Congregation Or Atid, 2Life Communities
November 7 | 10 a.m.-Noon | Zoom
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"SEEING TORAH" ART EXHIBIT ALUMNI-LED TALKS
Join Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz `10
Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Brith, Somerville, MA
November 9 | 1:15-2 p.m. | Zoom
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Join Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger `17
Rav Hazzan, Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA
November 17 | 11 a.m.–12 p.m. | Hebrew College
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Join Rabbi Jamie Kotler `16
Rabbi, Adult Educator
December 8 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Hebrew College
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The Heidi Urich Annual Lecture on Jewish Genealogy
Time Capsules Under the Rubble:
The Ringelblum Archive in the Warsaw Ghetto
featuring Samuel Kassow
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston (JGSGB) and Hebrew College
November 21 | 1:30- 3:30 p.m. | Zoom
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Prozdor Alumni Reunion
Honoring Mr. Norm Finkelstein
December 2 | 7:45-9:15 p.m. | Zoom
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Masks required for all on-campus events.
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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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