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  • Hebrew College’s COVID-19 Faith in the Vaccine Ambassador Program, coordinated by The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College, is featured in a July 21, 2021 The Boston Globe story, “Hebrew College partners with local groups to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.”
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Michaela Brown is quoted in a July 20, 2021 Religion and Politics story, “The Changing Faces of American Rabbis.”
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Josh Schreiber is featured in the July 15, 2021 Jewish Journal, “Temple Tifereth Israel of Winthrop welcomes rabbinical intern.”
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Elisheva “Elli” Pripas is featured in a July 15, 2021 WHAV News story, “Pripas Joins Temple Emanu-El of Haverhill as Rabbinic Intern”
  •  Tova Messer, MJEd, MSW, an alumna of the joint Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and Hebrew College Graduate Jewish Education program, wrote “Order and Chaos in Teaching” on TalentEducators.
  • Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Alison Adler `08, spiritual leader at Temple B’nai Abraham in Beverly, MA, is featured as the “Honorable Menschion” in the May 20, 2021 Jewish Journal. 
  • Hebrew College alumnus Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez`09 is featured in a May 20, 2021 article in the Pensacola News Journal, “Feels like ‘family’: B’nai Israel Pensacola welcomes new rabbi.” 
  • Hebrew College alumnus Rabbi Stephen Slater `18 is featured in a May 13, 2021 Jewish Telegraphic Agency story, “Rabbi Stephen Slater talks a lot about God. He credits his Baptist missionary parents.”
  • Keren McGinity, Ph.D., who directed the former Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement (IFJE) program at Hebrew College, is mentioned in a May 13, 2021 Jewish Telegraphic Agency article, “Most children of intermarriage are being raised Jewish. Their parents hope Jewish institutions notice.”
  • Hebrew College Director of Professional Development Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman’s essay, “The Ground Beneath Our Feet,” is mentioned in a book review of Rooted & Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis in the Anglican Theological Review.
  • Hebrew College’s new photography exhibit, “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” is featured in a May 5, 2021 Boston Globe article,  “Hebrew College’s photography exhibit explores faith amid isolation.”
  • Hebrew College’s COVID-19 Youth Commission is featured in a May 4, 2021 Jewish Boston article, “Young Activists Tackle Pandemic-Driven Inequality: The COVID-19 Youth Commission empowers teenagers to make a lasting difference.”
  • Hebrew College’s new photography exhibit, “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” is featured in an April 27, 2021 Jewish Boston article,  “A Year of ‘Faith in Isolation’ in Photographs”
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Jessica Spencer is quoted in an April 22, 2021 The JC.com article, “UK’s first cross-communal yeshivah launched: Azara will offer Talmud study in an open and inclusive setting.”
  • Master of Jewish Education alumnus Rabbi Daniel S. Horwitz is featured in an April 19, 2021 Detroit Jewish News article, “Adat Shalom Welcomes New Rabbi Daniel Horwitz.”
  • An image from Hebrew College’s new photography exhibit, “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” appeared as the “Pic of the Day” in the April 19, 2021 eJewishPhilanthropy “Your Daily Phil” newsletter.
  • Hebrew College’s new photography exhibit, “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” was featured in an April 19 Wellesley Townsman article, “Newton photography exhibit examines faith during the pandemic.”
  • Rabbi Or Rose, founding director of the founding director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College, published “Thank you, Howard Thurman: Remembering an American spiritual master,” in Religion News Service on April 9, 2021.
  • Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum `13, of Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, MA, blessed Boston’s new mayor, the Honorable Kim Janey, at an interfaith service on March 26, 2021.
  • Hebrew College is featured in the March 23, 2021 The Times of Israel article “Hebrew College announces relocation plan to growing suburban Boston campus.”
  • Hebrew College is featured in the March 23, 2021 Sun Sentinel article “Jewish campus grows in suburban Boston as Hebrew College announces relocation plan.”
  • Hebrew College is featured in the March 22, 2021 the JTA article “A Jewish campus grows in suburban Boston, as Hebrew College announces relocation plan,” which also ran in The Jerusalem Post.
  • Hebrew College is featured in a March 18, 2021 article in The Boston Globe entitled “In Newton, Hebrew College to relocate to Temple Reyim as part of ‘shared campus.’”
  • Hebrew College and Temple Reyim’s announcement of a shared campus was posted on WickedLocal on March 18, 2021.
  • Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal `19 of Temple Beth Shalom in Melrose is featured in the March 11, 2021 Jewish Journal article, “Melrose rabbi named an 18Doors Rukin Rabbinic Fellow.”
  • Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum `13 of Temple Beth Zion in Brookline is featured in the March 11, 2021 Jewish Journal article, “Hadassah Boston’s virtual ‘Not Your Bubbe’s Seder’ Attracts Over 100 Members.”
  • Hebrew College’s Passover Companion is featured in “Seek Freedom Through Strength,” in the March/ Nissan Days of Gratitude newsletter.
  • Hebrew College plan to move to Temple Reyim’s campus in Newton, Mass., and, with Temple Reyim, to create a hub of Jewish life and learning, was featured in the March 17, 2021 eJewish Philanthropy “Your Daily Phil.”
  • Hebrew College alumna Cantor Becky Khitrik `14 has recorded a new album, Rooted Lullaby,  of original songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
  • Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green has been awarded the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award for Judaism for the World: Reflec­tions on God, Life, and Love (Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Press) in the cat­e­go­ry of “Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Life and Prac­tice in Mem­o­ry of Myra H. Kraft.”
  • Hebrew College alumnus Rabbi Josh Weisman`19 co-wrote the article “New beginnings – Tu BiShvat and the Climate Crises,” which appeared in the January 13, 2021 issue of eJewish Philanthropy. His article “Five Reasons Why Climate Change is an Essential Issue for Jewish Families” appeared in the January 27, 2021 issue of Kveller.
  • Hebrew College alumnus Rabbi Adam Lavitt`12 was featured in a January 13, 2021 The New York Times article entitled, “Can Spiritual Directors Help?”
  • Hebrew College alumnus and Board of Trustees Member Carl Chudnofsky and Director of Development Rosa Kramer Franck published an article in the January 8, 2021 eJewishPhilanthropy, “Now More Than Ever: Why Support Institutions of Jewish Learning and Leadership During a Pandemic?”
  • Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum`13 published a Torah commentary on MyJewishLearning.com, “Parashat Shemot: The Essential Name of God,” on January 7, 2021.
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Aron Wander published “Reconceptualizing Resistance” on JewSchool.com on January 4, 2021.
  • Rabbinical School alumni Rabbi Avi Killip `14 and Rabbi Avi Strausberg `15, both of Hadar, were interviewed on the January 4, 2020 Jewish Boston “Vibe of the Tribe Podcast: It Is Talmud, and We Must Learn.”
  • Rabba Claudia Marbach, Director of Teen Beit Midrash of Hebrew College, was quoted in the January 4, 2021 Table Magazine article “Women’s Talmud Study Picks Up During the Pandemic.”
  • The article “Teaching My Child to Love a Dying World” by Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman`14, Rabbinical School director of Professional Development, was published in the January 1, 2021 issue of The New York Times.
  • Hebrew College rabbinical student Willemina Davidson was featured in the December 31 Jewish Journal, “Rosner’s Torah Talk: Parshat Vayechi with Willemina Davidson.”
  • Rabbinical School alumna Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum`13 was a featured guest on the last 2020 episode of Tablet Magazine’s Unorthodox podcast entitled “Shalom 2020.”
  • Rabbinical School alumna Rabbi Sarah Mulhern co-wrote the article “Gender and Titles,” which appeared in the December 14, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Seth Jason Goldweig, PhD, vice principal at The Leo Baeck Day School in Toronto and 2019 graduate of the joint Hebrew College-Lesley University PhD program, had his dissertation “Leadership Perspectives on the Financial Sustainability of Non-Orthodox Jewish Day Schools in Toronto” published in the Journal of Jewish Education on December 5, 2020.
  • Rabbinical School alumna Rabbi Julia Appel `11 has been appointed Director of Innovation Training and Curriculum, at Clal – The National Jewish Center For Learning And Leadership.
  • Rabbinical School alumna Rabbi Salem Pearce`18 published an opinion piece on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) website on October 28, 2020, “Straight rabbis need to offer LGBTQ Jews so much more than just wedding ceremonies.”
  • Rabbinical School alumna Rabbi Sarah Mulhern `17 is mentioned in an October 28, 2020 Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) story, “A small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating same-sex weddings.”
  • Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green is featured in an October 16, 2020 Jewish Telegraphic Agency interview, “Rabbi Art Green (still) believes Hasidic ideas are key to a vibrant modern Judaism.”
  • Rabbi Becky Silverstein `14, co-wrote “The Kranjec Test: A Response,” in the October 7, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbi Josh Breindel `09 was quoted in an October 7, 2020 Tablet article, “The Great Streaming Experiment.”
  • Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose spoke about his new book, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings (Modern Spiritual Masters) for Bronfman Fellows in September 2020. Rabbi Rose is also a Bronfman faculty member. Watch here.
  • Hebrew College alumni Rabbi Alison Adler `08, Rabbi David Cohen-Henriquez `09, Rabbi Steven Lewis `11, and Cantor Vera Broekhuysen `16 were featured in the September 17 Jewish Journal.
  • A Rosh Hashanah prayer walk led by Temple Beth El Birmingham Rabbi Stephen Slater `18 was featured in the September 24 Bham Now newsletter, “How this Birmingham synagogue reinvented its New Year celebration + takeaways for other religious holidays anywhere.”
  • A drive-in Rosh Hashanah shofar service led by Congregation Beth El Sudbury Rabbi Josh Breindel `09 was featured in a photo essay in the September 20 MetroWest Daily News.
  • Open Circle Jewish Learning Director Linna Ettinger `12 published an article in the September 22 issue of eJewishPhilanthopy, “Nourishing Hope and Connection by Exploring the Bounty of our Past.”
  • Dean of Students Rabbi Daniel Klein`10 was quoted in the September 18 The New York Times article “A Holiday Season of Renewal in a Year of Uncertainty and Loss.”
  • Cantor Jennifer Boyle`20 was featured in the September 15, 2020 Connecticut Voices Town Times and September 17, 2020 Shoreline Times articles “I realized that Judaism was really calling to me: Temple Beth Tikva Cantor, former Catholic.”
  • Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld was featured in the September 5, 2020 The Forward article “Are we Gods Partners?” The piece is part of  Still Small Voice: 18 Questions about God,  a 2020 Forward series about faith.
  • Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green is quoted in the September 1, 2020 Jerusalem Post article, “‘Rabenu’ Looks at Rabbi Nahman and his followers.”
  • Hebrew College Vice President of Community Education Susie Tanchel is featured in a August 31 Wicked Local Newton article, “Tanchel joins Hebrew College.”
  • The Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College is mentioned in an August 19 article in The Jewish Advocate,  “Hebrew College launches interfaith program for high school students.”
  • The PsalmSeason blog “PsalmSeason: A Soundtrack for a Time of Upheaval” by Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose and Interfaith Youth Core Director Rev. Paul Raushenbush was published on the Wabash Center’s website on August 5, 2020.
  • Rabbinical student Giulia Fleishman was featured in the August 5, 2020 MVNews article “Have Faith: One Woman’s Judaism. Giulia Fleishman talks about what being Jewish means to her.”
  • Rabbi Dan Judson, dean of graduate leadership programs at Hebrew College, was featured in a July 30, 2020 JTA News article “The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?”
  • Hebrew College President, Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, was quoted in the July 28, 2020 Newton Tab article “Newton’s Hebrew College reviews budget, sees increased enrollment.”
  • Rabbi Suzanne Offit `09 and Hebrew College’s “Time to Mourn: Grieving Together In the Time of COVID” online event were featured in a July 14, 2020 The Times of Israel article entitled “Boston Jews inaugurate COVID-19 memorial to help cope with ‘insurmountable loss’” and a July 17, 2020 Jewish Telegraphic Agency article entitled “As the  COVID-19  pandemic unfolds, Boston’s Jewish community unveils  a memorial to its victims.”
  • Rabbi Bryan Mann `18 appeared in a July 14 Mid-Hudson News article. Rabbi Mann was named Director of Jewish Student Life at Vassar College.
  • Rabbi Dan Judson, dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, is mentioned in a July 14 Forward article, “Will Rosh Hashanah 5781 come with a paywall?”
  • Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose discussed the PsalmSeason project on the July 12, 2020 episode of Chagigah radio.
  • Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose and the PsalmSeason project were featured in the July 5, 2020 Religious News Service article ” An outsider’s encounter with the psalms.”
  • Hebrew College alumna Cantor Jennifer Boyle `20 was featured in an article in the July 2020 issue of Shalom New Haven, “Cantor Jennifer Boyle Joins Temple Beth Tikvah.”
  • Incoming rabbinical student Lawrence Dreyfuss shares his decision to become a rabbi in a June 22, 2020 article in The Forward, “Changing course in the middle of a pandemic.”
  • Rabbinical school alumnus Rabbi James Kahn `09 was featured in a June 2020 episode of the podcast “Judaism Unbound” entitled “The Cannabis Rabbi.“
  • Tom Reid, Associate Director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership, was recognized in an June 25, 2020, article in The Presbyterian Outlook, “Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Recognition Award recipients recognized.” Reid received the Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Recognition Award from the Presbyterian Church.
  • The article “Experiential Education is a Pedagogy, Not a Place,” co-written by rabbinical student Amalia Mark, was published in the June 25, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • On June 18, 2020, Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld spoke at the JCDS Virtual event honoring outgoing Head of School Dr. Susie Tanchel. Dr. Tanchel will be joining Hebrew College in August 2020.
  • “Starting a School in the Time if Coronavirus: Lessons Learned,” an article co-written by Hebrew College 2017 EdD alumna Dr. Sara Levy, was published in the June 18, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green‘s latest book, a collaboration with Dr. Ariel Mayse, was featured in the June 17, 2020 Jewish Journal article “Chasidism Taught Through A Modern Lens in Two-Volumes.” Hebrew College faculty member Rabbi Ebn Leader’s essay in the book was also featured in the article.
  • Hebrew College’s online graduation ceremony was featured in a June 17, 2020 article in The Jewish Advocate, “Hebrew College ordains 10 rabbis, 3 cantors,” and a June 15, 2020 article in the Newton TAB, “Hebrew College ordains new rabbis and cantors in online ceremonies.
  • The Hebrew College clergy team of Samuel Blumberg, rabbinical student,  and Cantor David Wolff `20 were featured in a Temple Beth Am June article entitled ” Temple Beth Am Welcomes New Clergy Team.”
  • Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum `13 spoke at a special memorial service from Bethel AME Chruch in Jamaica Plain on June 7, 2020. An article and a recording on the service appeared on the Boston WCVB-TV website.
  • Shoolman Associate Dean Dr. Deborah Skolnick Einhorn‘s article “Business as Unusual” was published on The Wabash Center’s blog on May 29, 2020.
  • Hebrew College President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld discusses faith in the time of COVID-19 in a video on the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge YouTube channel’s Jewish Stories: Jewish Strength Series.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of Hebrew College’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was quoted in the April 29, 2020 JTA article “‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20  years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.”
  • Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire‘s article “Responding to the Questions of Uncertainty Online” was featured in the May 12, 2020 issue of the Wabash Center website. He will also be featured on the Wabash Center’s  “Dialogue on Teaching” podcast on May 19, 2020.
  • An article on Jewish childhood by Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer, was published in the The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies Four-Volume Set (Editor: Daniel Thomas Cook, Rutgers University—Camden, NJ).
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Director of the Hebrew College Innovation Lab, participated in a conversation on  “Faith And Purpose During The Coronavirus Pandemic,” that aired on WGBH’s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley on Sunday, April 26, 2020.
  • Lex Rofeberg, MJEd`18, is featured in an April 24, 2020 JTA article, “From prayers to puppets: A one-stop shop for Jewish livestreams aims to outlast the pandemic.”
  • An interview with Dr. Celene Ibrahim, a member of the Advisory Council for the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College, appeared on the State of Formation website on April 22, 2020.
  • Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger, Rab`17, Can`17, of Temple Emanuel of Newton, was quoted in an April 16, 2020 story on WBUR 90.9 FM, “Religious Leaders Seeing More Participation And Generosity Despite Social Distancing.”
  • Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld is quoted in a April 8, 2020 Boston Herald article, “Easter services, Passover seders go virtual amid pandemic.”
  • Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose‘s article “Building Bridges of Compassion: Preparing for Passover & Easter Virtually” was published in the April 7, 2020 issue of  Patheos.com.
  • Hebrew College rabbinical alumna Rabbi Hannah Orden was featured in the March 18, 2020 The New Jersey News article “Synagogues get creative with worship.”
  • An article entitled “Are We Being Naïve About Live-Streaming Services?” by cantorial student Marc Stober appeared in the March 17, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Miller Center Director Rabbi Or Rose‘s article “Life in the ‘World House’: Cultivating Leaders for a Pluralistic Age” appeared in the March 2, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Miller Center Associate Director Tom Reid will be awarded The Ecumenical Service Recognition Award at General Assembly for his work with the Miller Center for Interreligious Leadership & Learning at Hebrew College. He will be honored at the 224th meeting of the General Assembly in Baltimore on June 23, 2020.
  • Rabbi Or Rose’s article “Life in the ‘World House””: Cultivating Leaders for a Pluralistic Age” appeared in the Feburary 19, 2020 issues of Patheos.com.
  • Rabbi Josh Weisman, Rab`18, co-authored the article “The Urgency of Now:  Building Community  by Connecting  Values in Action” which appeared in the February 19, 2020 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • The article “Cantor Seeks Justice in Guatemala” by Hebrew College alumna Cantor Vera Broekhuysen appeared in the February 19, 2020 issue of The Jewish Advocate (subscription only).
  • Rabbi Sarah Tasman, Rab`12 co-authored an article in the February 12, 2020 issue of eJewishPhilanthropy, “A Deeper Kind of Professional Development.”
  • Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green was interviewed on February 13, 2020 on Israeli Radio’s “Esh Zara” with host Nadav Halperin.
  • Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld was featured in a January 30, 2020 Jewish Journal article entitled “After campus sale, Hebrew College awaits big changes.”
  • Former Cantorial program Dean Cantor Dr. Brian Mayer‘s “This I Believe” essay reflecting on the friendship between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 55 years after they marched together from Selma appeared on NPR Jan. 15, 2020.
  • The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College is mentioned in a December 11, 2019 Jewish Advocate article entitled “Regional groups join sustainability initiative.”
  • The Hebrew College website won a merit honor in the 2019 Educational Digital Marketing Awards competition.
  • Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Can`16, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill, Massachusetts, has been named a Global Justice Fellow by the American Jewish World Service, according to an article in the Dec. 12, 2019 Haverhill Gazette.
  • Rabbi Sarah Tasman, Rab`12 was featured in the Nov. 25, 2019 Louisville Jewish Community Newspaper Online article “Sarah Tasman  returns home, talks creativity  at AJ,  Spirit of Sophia.”
  • Cantor Becky Khitrik, Can`14, is featured in a Nov. 20, 2019 Wicked Local Sharon article, “Temple Sinai of Sharon installs new cantor.”
  • “A New Hasidism: Study, Reflection, and Celebration,” Hebrew College’s day of learning and music in honor of Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green and Dr. Ariel Mayse’s new work on Neo-Hasidism, was featured in the Nov. 20, 2019 Jewish Advocate. 
  • Rachel Raz, MJEd`06, Director of the Hebrew College Early Childhood Institute, is mentioned in a November 20, 2019 CollectSpace.com article entitled “Postage stamps feature first Torah in space, support documentary.” She is also mentioned in a  Dec. 13, 2019 Picayune Current article with the same headline.
  • Rabbinical School Dean Rabbi Dan Judson is mentioned in an October 21, 2019 URI Today article,”Dean of Hebrew College Rabbinical School to discuss Judaism in America at URI’s Honors Colloquium, Oct. 29.” Rabbi Dan Judson’s lecture part of the University of Rhode Island’s Honors Colloquium, “Religion in America.”
  • Hebrew College’s cantorial program, students, and alumni were featured in the October 11, 2019 the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent article “The Cantorate’s Future is Bright at Hebrew College.”
  • Hebrew College alumnus Rabbi Joseph Berman, Rab`10, was quoted in a Sept. 28, 2019 Washington Post article, “During the Jewish High Holidays, there’s a growing awareness that not all U.S. Jews are white.”
  • Hebrew College President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld was quoted in a Sept. 11, 2019 The Jewish Advocate article entitled “Hebrew College raises $2 million.”
  • Rabbinical student Alex Matthews was featured in an August 28, 2019 The Jewish Advocate article entitled “A new leader for Newburyport’s Ahavas Achim.”
  • An article by Early Childhood Institute Assistant Director Linna Ettinger entitled “In Which Society will our Children Flourish and Thrive” was published in the August 25, 2019 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • An article by Jarad Matas, JLDC`14, entitled “Are Your Students Partners in Creation?” appeared in the August 25, 2019 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbi Misha Clebanar, Rab`19, was featured in the August 22, 2019 article  “J-Wire: Digital Jewish News Daily for Australia and New Zealand” article entitled NSTE Welcomes Rabbi Clebaner.
  • Rabbi Art Green‘s article “Trump Doesn’t Understand  American Jews. We Will Always  See Him as a Greater Threat than the Left” was published in the Aug. 21, 2019 issue of The Forward.”
  • Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal, Rab`19, was featured in an August 20, 2019 Wicked Local article entitled “Melrose, Temple Beth Shalom  welcomes Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal.”
  • Hebrew College Board of Trustees member, Tara Mohr, was mentioned in the August 13, 2019 eJewish Philanthropy article “The Look on his Face was the  Data We Needed” for her research on job application gender equity.
  • Incoming Rabbinical School of Hebrew College student Beni Summers was profiled in an August 9, 2019 Jewish Journal article entitled “The Millennials: Beni Summers.”
  • President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld and her poem “Prayer for Immigrant Children and Families” was featured in an Aug. 7 Jewish Journal article entitled “Bend the Arc’s Jeremiah Fellows Fight for Immigration, Criminal and Housing Justice.”
  • The article “Function, Form, and the Future of Jewish Life” by Rabbi Ayalon Eliach, Rab`18, was published the July 31, 2019 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of the Hebrew College Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, published two pieces in summer 2019:  “Why It Was So Hard to Say #MeToo And What I Learned When I Finally Did,” AJS Perspectives, the Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies (Spring/Summer 2019) and Review of Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination, Journal of Jewish Identities, July 2019, Vol. 12:2.
  • Rabbi Jim Morgan, Rab`08, of Hebrew SeniorLife was featured in the July 15 Newton Tab article “A blessing of the f(l)eet: Brookline seniors celebrate mobility.”
  • An article written by Rabbi Michael Shire and Dr. Deborah Skolnick Einhorn entitled “The Master’s Degree as a Way to Deepen the Talent and Motivation of Teachers” appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of HaYidion.
  • The Judaism Unbound bonus podcast episode “Communal Singing” with Rabbis David Fainsilber and Jessica Kate Meyer” (that was recorded live at Hebrew College during the Rabbinical School’s Winter Seminar in January 2019)  was released on June 5, 2019.
  • Hebrew College’s new leadership hires — Dr. Susie Tanchel and Dr. Jeffrey Summit — were featured in the June 3, 2019 “Comings & Goings” section of eJewish Philanthropy and the June 6, 2019 issue of The Jewish Advocate.
  • Rabbi Ayalon Eliach, Rab`18, was featured in the May 31 podcast episode of “Judaism Unbound” entitled “Judaism with Purpose(s).
  • Rabbinical student Giulia Fleishman and her work with on a collaborative b’nai mitzvah program with 2Life Communities & Hebrew College for seniors was featured in Tablet Magazine on May 29, 2019, on WGBH TV and Radio Boston on May 22, 2019, WBUR Boston Radio on May 10, 2019 and in a May 7, 2019 Newton Tab article entitled, “Newton senior excited for bat mitzvah ceremony.”
  • Rabbinical School alum Rabbi Becky Silverstein was featured in a May 14, 2019 JewishBoston.com article entitled “Three Area Leaders Are Awarded Schusterman Fellowships.”
  • Rabbinical Student Lisa Feld was featured in the May 8, 2019 Florida Jewish Journal article “Is the Jewish world ready for a new holiday?” about initiative to create a new holiday called  Yom HaTzedek –  Day of Justice.
  • Celene Ibrahim, member of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership Advisory Council, was featured in a May 6, 2019  New Haven Register article entitled, “Muslim chaplain bring message of unity, hospitality.”
  • Jeff Finkelstein, Prz`86, CEO and President of the Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, was featured in an April 22  Israelnationalnews.com article “Pittsbugh community representative will light torch” about his being chosen to carry the Diaspora Beacon at Israel’s 71st Independence Day.
  • Early Childhood Institute Assistant Director Linna Ettinger’s article “Setting the Table for Life” appeared in the April 15 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbinical School alums Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Rab`1,4 & Rabbi Avi Killip, Rab`14, were featured in the April 8 eJewish Philanthropy article “Schusterman Family Foundation Annouces 27 Outstanding Fellows For Global Leadership Program” on their selection in the next cohort of Schusterman Fellows!
  • Hebrew College’s Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership was featured in an April 3 The Boston Globe article entitled, “Hebrew College receives $250,000 grant for interfaith fellowship.”
  • A story about the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation’s $250,000 grant to the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College appeared in the March 15, 2019 Religious News Service.
  • Rabbi Dan Judson, Rabbinical School Dean, is featured in the March 5, 2019 eJewish Philanthropy article “You Got Rid of What? – Synagogues and Money.”
  • The article “The Big Jewish Question On My Mind: Where am I Complicit in Perpetuating Bias?” by Shoolman School MJEd graduate Andrea Kasper, Head of School at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford, was published in the Feb. 19, 2019 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Eser‘s “The Nosh: Jewish Stories Told Live” event was featured in a February 7, 2019 The Jewish Journal article “At Mamaleh’s in Cambridge, millennial Jewish nosh and schmooze.”
  • Rabbinical School Rector Rabbi Arthur Green was quoted in a January 24, 2019 The Jewish Journal article entitled “Learning from friends: The spirit of havurah is alive and well.”
  • The article “Is the Autumn Ingathering Festival the Beginning, Middle, or End of the Year?” by Harvey Bock, Hebrew Language Coordinator, in the Rabbinical School was published on February 4, 2019 in TheTorah.com.
  • President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld is quoted in a February 1, 2019 The Boston Globe article entitled “Hebrew College launches new dual degree program.” In the article, which describes Hebrew College’s partnership with the Pardes Institute in Israel and the College’s current strategic planning work, she says the College is “a really vibrant center of intellectual, spiritual, and communal engagement” and “the core mission of educating and inspiring Jewish learners and Jewish leaders to create a spiritually vibrant, pluralistic, purposeful Jewish community … is not going anywhere.”
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, director of Hebrew College’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was featured in the January 21, 2019 JewishBoston.con article “Keren McGinity’s #MeToo Moment.”
  • An excerpt from President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld‘s Installation speech “A Sacred Mission Now” was published in the Winter/Spring 2019 issue of Lilith Magazine.
  • Chief Academic Officer, Rabbi Michael Shire, was mentioned in the December 19, 2018 eJewish Philanthropy article “Striving for Shlemut: An Emerging Approach to Jewish Education” for his work on the Fellowship in Educating for Applied Jewish Wisdom, made possible by the support of the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah and the William Davidson Foundation.
  • Rabbinical School Dean Rabbi Dan Judson was the featured guest on two episodes of the podcast Judaism Unbound. The first, entitled “From Selling Dues to Temple Pews” aired on December 7, 2018. The second, entitled “Pennies from Heaven…and Building Upkeep,” aired on December 14, 2018.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of Hebrew College’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was featured in the December 7, 2018 issue of The Forward in the article “Giving A Jewish Response To #MeToo.”
  • Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rab`10, Rabbinical School Associate Dean of Admissions & Student Life, was the guest on WBUR’s Radio Boston on December 6, 2018. He spoke about celebrating the season of miracles in the aftermath of the November 2018 tragic happening at Etz Chaim in Pittsburg.
  • Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger, Rab`17, Can`17 received a CJP Chai in the Hub 2019 Award. She is among  10 young adults being honored by CJP on Feb. 9, 2019 for the amazing things personally and professionally to better Greater Boston’s Jewish community.
  • On November 23, 2018, Cantor Dara Rosenblatt, Can`18, was featured in the Richmond, VA’s WVTR-TV nightly news piece  “Day aims to show ‘love conquers all’ in Virginia.” The event brought together faith leaders from different backgrounds for a first-of-its-kind event focused on love and acceptance following Virginia state lawmakers passage of a bill declaring the day after Thanksgiving as “I am My brother’s and sister’s keeper Day.”
  • A November 29, 2018 Weston Wicked Local article featured Emily Rubin, a participant in Hebrew College’s Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB), who earned a Rotary Award for her community work.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was quoted in the November 21, 2018 The New York Jewish Week article “Interfaith Families Increasingly Jewish.”
  • On November 14, 2018, Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab`14, Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Jewish Studio Project (JSP) in Berkeley, CA, received the Covenant Foundation’s 2018 Pomegranate Prize, a prestigious award recognizing five rising leaders in the field of Jewish education. The cohort includes educators working in diverse settings across the country from Berkeley to Boston, each bringing fresh promise and deep commitment to continually elevating Jewish learning.
  • Rabbinical School Rector Rabbi Arthur Green’s piece “American Jews After Pittsburg: Where do we stand?” appeared in the November 7, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Hebrew College Chief Academic Officer Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire’s article “What Studying Text can Teach Us About Our Place in the World” appeared in the November 2, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbi Ayalon Eliach, Rab`18 co-authored the articles “Should You Get Election Day Off? This Jewish Organization Says Yes” and “Can Jewish Wisdom Help Save Democracy” in the October 23, 2018 issue of The Forward and the October 22, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy respectively.
  • Rabbinical student Sarah Noyo was featured in an October 19, 2018 story in the Worcester Telegram entitled “Reb Noyo shring love of Judaism.”
  • Rabbinical student Rachel Putterman and Gita Karasov and the All Genders Wrap project were featured in the October 19, 2018 The Forward article “Laying Tefillin Isn’t Just For Straight Men Anymore.“
  • The Hebrew College Presidential Installation Ceremony was featured in an October 16 Boston Globe article entitled Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld Installed as first female president of Hebrew College, an October 16, 2018 JTA News Brief article entitled Hebrew College installs its first female president, an October 16, 2018 article in The Newton Tab entitled Hebrew College in Newton Installs First Female President, and an October 18, 2018 The Jewish Journal article entitled Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld installed as president of Hebrew College.
  • Rabbinical School Dean Rabbi Dan Judson was quoted in the Oct. 4, 2018 Jewish Journal article “Shirat Hayam announces move to voluntary dues.”
  • President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld is mentioned in an Oct. 8, 2018 Jewish Journal article about Harvard University’s new President Larry Bacow. The article, entitled, “Bacow bring Jewish spirit of inclusion to Harvard community,” mentions Bacow’s Hebrew College connections, including his service on the Board of Trustees, his 2004 honorary degree from the College, and his attendance at President Anisfeld’s inauguration on Oct. 15, 2018.
  • Rabbinical School alum Rabbi David Cohen Henriquez was featured in the Oct. 4, 2018 Jewish Journal article “Being God’s hands: three faiths unite to end hunger on the North Shore.
  • The article “The Legacy of My Jewish Education: Lessons for Today” by Paula Jacobs, graduate of Hebrew Teachers College (now Hebrew College) appeared in the Oct. 8, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • The 5779 Kol Nidre sermon delivered by Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab`14 to the Berkeley Community appeared in the October 5, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy. The sermon was entitled, “Turn it and Turn it: Text Study as a Practice for Life.”
  • Rabbinical student Misha Clebaner‘s piece “How my (Prayer) Life Changed When I Stopped Trying to Change” appeared in the October 8, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of Hebrew College’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program (IFJE) was featured in an October 4, 2018 article in The Times of Israel Jewish Week entitled, “For Young Jews, Kavanaugh hearings are a ‘Wake-up Call.'”
  • Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab`14, co-founder of The Jewish Studio Project, was featured in The Jerusalem Post article “Wrestling with faith” on Sept. 6, 2018.
  • Rabbi Phil Bressler, Rab`18 was featured in a Sept. 24, 2018 article in the Corvallis Gazette & Times entitled, “A different kind of rabbi.” Bressler is the rabbi at Temple Beit Am in Corvallis, OR.
  • Rabbi Bryan Mann, Rab`18, was featured in a Sept. 26, 2018 Tampa Bay Times article entitled “Rainbow yarmulke signals arrival of new rabbi at Brandon’s Beth Shalom.” Mann serves Congregation Beth Shalom in Brandon, FL.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of Hebrew College’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program (IFJE) was featured in a a September 17, 2018 article in Moment Magazine entitled, “What’s the best way to say #MeToo?”
  • Rabbinical School alum Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz, Rab`10 and her eco-friendly tashlich practice were featured in a September 4, 2018 JTA article entitled “A Jewish atonement ritual (not the chicken one) gets an eco-friendly  makeover.”
  • Eser’s Sara Gardner was featured in the September 3, 2018 issue of The Forward in an article entitled “For Centuries, Spanish Jews Have Held Rosh Hashanah Seders” for her research on Sepharidic Jewish food and and her recently published cookbook, “The Rosh Hashanah Seder Cookbook: Stories & Recipes From the Reform Jewish Community of Madrid.”
  • Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Can`16, was featured on the front page of the July 20, 2018 The Jewish Advocate (paid subscription only) in a story entitled “Area clergy protest separation at US-Mexico border.”
  • Rabbi Josh Breindel, Rabbinical School grad, was featured in an August 2018 Metrowest Daily News article entitled “New Sudbury rabbi aims to show Judaism as ‘vibrant’.”
  • Rabbinical School 2009 alumna Rabbi Alyson Solomon was interviewed in a August 3, 2018  JTA article entitled “Living with the Volume Turned Up.”
  • Rabbinical School alumnus and Parenting Through a Jewish Lens instructor Rabbi Philip Sherman‘s article “Gratitude in the Morning” was featured in the July 12, 2018 issue of JewishBoston.com.
  • Rabbinical student and Director of Learning and Strategic Communications at the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah Ayalon Eliach’s article “Learning Together and from Jewish Wisdom to Elevate American Democracy” was published in the April 25, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity’s piece “American Jewry’s #MeToo Problem: A First-Person Encounter” appeared in the July 5, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program was featured in an April 13, 2018 article in the Omaha Jewish Press entitled, “Interfaith Marriage Historian Keren McGinity Scholar-in-Residence at Beth El.”
  • President-Elect Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld was featured in a February 13, 2018 article in The Forward entitled “An Interview with Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, the First Woman to Head Hebrew College.”
  • Rabbi Dan Judson’s appointment as the new Dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College was featured in the January 26, 2018 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education and the January 5, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Early Childhood Institute Director Rachel Raz‘s article “Another Kind of Birthright” appeared in the January 24, 2018 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab`14 and The Jewish Studio Project, which she, co-founded with her husband Jeff Kasowitz, were featured in a January 11, 2018 JTA article entitled, “This art studio in Berkeley is combining painting and prayer.”
  • Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, Rab’13 was featured in a November 13, 2017 eJewish Philanthropy article entitled “Five Rising Jewish Educators Receive 2017 Pomegranate Prize.” Rabbi Nelson received the award from the Covenant Foundation for his work as Director of Education at T’ruah.
  • Rabbi Dan Judson’s was featured in the November 9, 2017 Jewish Standard article “No dues is good news.“
  • Rabbinical School Dean Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld’s appointment as the next President of Hebrew College was featured in several publications including The Chronicle of Higher Education, eJewish Philanthropy, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Advocate (paid subscription only), JewishBoston.com.
  • Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum, Rab`13 was featured in a November 8, 2017 Philly.com story, “She’s an African American rabbi with Southern Baptist roots.”
  • David Cohen-Henriquez, Rab`09 was featured in The Jewish Journal’s, Manna rains on Marblehead interfaith project. The article chronicles the development of an interfaith initiative between Marblehead ‘s Temple Sinai, led by Cohen-Henriquez, and Clifton Lutheran Church, led by Pastor Jim Bixby. The result of the collaboration is The Manna Project which is characterized by a pulpit exchange, a Harvest Festival, and a food-packing event to benefit the needy in Lynn.
  • Dr Keren McGinity, Director of the Shoolman School’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program was a contributor to the November 6, 2017 Moment Magazine article “Is Intermarriage Good for the Jews?”
  • Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger, Rab`17, was featured in a September 7, 2017 article in her undergraduate alumni magazine, Vanderbilt Magazine, entitled “Aliza Berger, BMus’11: Sermons in Song.”
  • Parenting Through a Jewish Lens Program Coordinator Erica Streit-Kaplan’s piece “13 Lessons Learned from Parenting Through a Jewish Lens in its B’nai Mitzvah Year” appeared in the August 10, 2017 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rachel Raz, Director of the Early Childhood Institute at the Shoolman School, wrote “Jewish Early Engagement Forum One year Later: Dayenu? Is it Enough?” which was published in the August 7, 2017 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger, Rab`17, Can`17 was featured in the July 30, 2017 Boston Globe Metro section “Up Close”article entitled “Newton’s Temple Emanuel boasts rare rabbi-cantor.”
  • Director of the Shoolman School’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program Dr. Keren McGinity and the program were featured in a July 17, 2017 front page article in The Jewish Voice entitled “CJE Brings Interfaith Family Education to the Forefront.”
  • News coverage of President Daniel Lehmann stepping down from Hebrew College’s presidency included July 12, 2017 articles in The Boston Globe and eJewish Philanthropy; July 11, 2017 articles in The Forward and The Jewish Advocate (paid subscription only); and mentions on the July 12, 2017 episode of PBS’s television show Greater Boston and the July 13, 2017 episode of WBUR Boston Radio’s Morning Edition (segment begins as 23:06.)
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of the Shoolman School’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, wrote the article “If Jews are People of the Book, Why Aren’t We Studying Intermarriage?” which was published in the June 30, 2017 issue of Lilith Magazine and the July 5, 2017 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • An article about Hebrew College’s 92nd Commencement entitled “Hebrew College Holds Commencement Exercises” was featured in the June 26, 2017 edition of The Newton Tab.
  • Dean of the Rabbinical School Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld‘s article “Messy over Messianic” was published in the June 15, 2017 issue of Sh’ma Now: A Journal of Jewish Sensibilities hosted by The Forward.
  • 2015 School of Jewish Music alumna Cantor Risa Wallach’s article “What’s it Like to Be a Queer Female Cantor” appeared in the June 10, 2017 issue of The Forward.
  • Shoolman School faculty member Allison Kent’s article “Ideas in Jewish Education and Engagement” was published in the June 8, 2017 issue of The Jewish Federation of North America blog.
  • The Jewish Advocate (paid subscription only) featured The Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston in a June 2, 2017 article entitled “To learn giving, teens grant $47K.” The Jewish Teen Foundation is a year-long program for Jewish high school students from across the metro Boston area.
  • Rabbi Dr. Dan Judson, Director of Professional Development & Placement for the Rabbinical School and an expert on synagogue dues, was featured in a June 2, 2017 New York Jewish Week article entitled “Synagogues Upending Old Model for Dues.”
  • Rabbinical School student Jevin Eagle was featured in the Boston Globe May 27, 2017 Metro section cover story, “Boardroom to bimah” about his new position as executive director of BU Hillel. Eagle and soon-to-be-alumnus Elie Lehmann were also featured in the May 27, 2017 Jewish Advocate and in a June 5, 2017 BU Today story entitled, “BU Hillel’s New Executive Director Follows his Dream.” about their new roles at BU Hillel. Additional coverage on Eagle can be read in the Needham Times, and on both Eagle and Lehmann in MA Jewish Ledger, JewishBoston.com and on Newton Patch.
  • Rabbi Dan Judson, Rabbinical School Director of Professional Development and Placement, co-authored Connections, Cultivation and Commitment: New Insights on Voluntary Dues, published May 17, 2017 on eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Rabbi Steven Abraham, a student in our inaugural Interfaith Jewish Families Engagement (IFJE) cohort, wrote about keeping an eye toward history while acknowledging the realities of our modern world in It’s Time to Say ‘Yes,’ published in eJewish Philanthropy on May 11, 2017.
  • Hebrew College Rabbinical School student Ayalon Eliach was featured recently in eJewish Philanthropy. In his essay, “Bridging Generations, Building Jewish Lives” (previously published in Contact), Ayalon discusses his experience as Rabbinic Educator for DOROT’s Jewish Summer Teen Internship Program and the impact it had on its students.
  • Barbara Merson, PhD candidate in joint Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education-Lesley University program was featured in eJewish Philanthropy. Barbara is the Executive Director of the Maine Jewish Film Festival and, in “Maine Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years of Community Engagement,” she shares her insights on the festival’s 20 years of success in what many would consider to be a seemingly challenging region.
  • Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Can’16 is quoted in a May 5, 2017 The Jewish Advocate article (paid subscription only) about sanctuary entitled, “Merrimack Jews aiding undocumented immigrants.”
  • Dr. Keren McGinity’s blog post “Let’s Stop Romanticizing the Jewish Womb” appeared in the Spring 2017 print issue of Lilith magazine as “Interfaith Parenting: Jewish Fatherhood Needs a Makeover” (pp. 8-9). McGinity is director of the Shoolman School’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Program.
  • Rabbinical School student and former CEO of DAVIDsTEA Jevin Eagle was featured in an April 24, 2017 article entitled “Bu Hillel announces new executive director.”
  • Rachel Raz, Director of the Early Childhood Institute at Hebrew College, had an article published on March 27, 2017 in Jeducation World entitled “Ayeka, Where are you” (Genesis 3:9).
  • Rabbi Or Rose, Director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership, and Celene Ibrahim, Islamic Studies Scholar-in-Residence, were quoted in a March 27, 2017 Boston Globe article entitled “Muslim and Jewish communities bond amid fear.” The article highlighted their work to promote greater understanding between Jews and Muslims.
  • Jewish Studio Project Co-Founder & Creative Director Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab’14 was featured in the March 15, 2017 eJewish Philanthropy article “Open Dor Project Announces its First Cohort of Spiritual Startup Leaders/Communities.” Rabbi Allen is among the first recipients of this award.
  • “Jewish fatherhood needs a makeover,” writes Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Director Dr. Keren R. McGinity in a February 17, 2017 Lilith Magazine article entitled “Let’s Stop Romancing the Jewish Womb.“
  • Jewish Studio Project co-founder & creative director Rabbi Adina Allen, Rab’14 article “Is, Was, Will Be” appeared in the February 12, 2017 issue of The Forward’s Sh’ma Now: A Journal of Jewish Sensibilities.
  • Hebrew College Chief Academic Officer Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire’s article “Those Who Can…Will Teach! The Jewish Day School Teacher Re-Design 2017” appeared in the February 3, 2017 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Early Childhood Institute Director Rachel Raz’s article “Who will Guide and Nourish and Love the Next Generation?” appeared in the Feb. 3 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.”
  • Celene Ibrahim, Miller Center of Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College Islamic Scholar-in-Residence. Ibrahim was part of a recent dialogue between a handful of Boston Muslim leaders, the Cardinal, the Governor and the Mayor. The dialogue was featured in a February 2, 2017 Boston Globe story entitled, “Cardinal O’Malley stands in solidarity with Muslims over travel ban.”
  • Cantor Louise Treitman, Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Music at the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College, published “Off the Deep End! The Mikvah Has Left the Building'” on February 1, 2017 in the Mayyim Hayyim blog.
  • The Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education’s Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement (IFJE) program and its director, Dr. Keren McGinity, were featured in a January 31, 2017 The Forward article entitled, “Study of Jewish Intermarriage Get Much-Needed Update.”
  • Rabbinical School student Jessica Goldberg was featured in a January 30, 2017 The Forward article entitled “A Radically Egalitarian Wedding.” In the article, Goldberg said, “Given our shared values, there was never a question whether [the wedding] was going to be radically egalitarian,…The question was just how traditional we wanted it to be at the same time.”
  • Dr. Rabbi Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer at Hebrew College, and Dr. Keren McGinity, Director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Program, published “Why would a Graduate School of Jewish Education Teach about Intermarriage?” in the January 30, 2017 issue of eJewish Philanthropy.
  • Hebrew College, as a signatory on the Boston Jewish Communal Joint Statement on Immigration and Refugees, stands with Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston and other Massachusetts Jewish institutions to urge our country’s administration “to open the gates of compassion to those seeking safety, regardless of their faith or country of origin.” The statement was released on January 30, 2017. View the PDF.
  • Rabbinical School alumnus Rabbi Van Lanckton, Rab’09’s article “Fake news and Jewish Truth” was published in the January 6, 2017 edition of The Jewish Advocate. “Speaking only the truth is one of the highest Jewish ethics. The Hebrew word for ‘truth’ is emet. In Yiddish, it’s emess, as in, ‘I’m telling you, it’s the emess,'” says Rabbi Lanckton.
  • Shoolman School Adjunct Instructor Ronit Zvi-Kreger’s article “Implementing Project-Based Learning in Congregational Schools” was published in the NewCAJE journal “The Jewish Educator.” Zvi-Kreger designs and facilitates project-based learning training for the Shoolman School’s Congregational Educational Initiative (CEI) project.
  • Rabbi Alana Alpert, Rab’14 was featured in a January 10, 2017 article in the Detroit Jewish News entitled “36 Under 36: Rabbi Alana Alpert.” An advocate for social change, Rabbi Albert works at Temple T’chiyah in Detroit as a rabbi and community organizer.
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was featured in a January 3, 2017 article in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent entitled “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Chrismukkah —But Don’t Call It That.“
  • Shoolman Early Childhood Institute Director Rachel Raz and Nina Wugmeister co-wrote “Bringing Israel to Manchester Vermont: Pilot Summer Camp Program” in the December 23, 2016 issue of eJewish Philanthropy. In the article, Raz writes, “I told Nina that I would like to bring Israel to Vermont. I wanted to bring them a sense of the vibrancy of Israel, which would help inspire the kids to connect with Israel.”
  • Dr. Keren McGinity, director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement program, was featured in December 21, 2016 Baltimore Jewish News article entitled, “The December Dilemma. How interfaith families make the holidays meaningful.” In the article, Dr. McGinity says, “It is important to try to recast what has sometimes been referred to as ‘December Dilemma’ to ‘December Delights.’”
  • Rabbinical School Rector Rabbi Arthur Green’s article “The Pull of our Inclinations: Steering Away from the Binary View of Good and Evil” was published in the December 13, 2016 issue of The Forward’s online publication Sh’ma Now: A Journal of Jewish Sensibilities.

Hebrew College and Boston College Awarded Grant to Create Interfaith Psalms Curriculum

NEWTON, MA –– Hebrew College and Boston College have been awarded a grant from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Confraternity of Christian Doctrine to develop a free and adaptable multimedia curriculum on the Book of Psalms for use in Jewish-Christian houses educational settings. The curriculum, “Calling Out from the Depths: A Curriculum for Catholic-Jewish Encounter with the Psalms,” is based on a class that Rabbi Or Rose, founding director of The Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College, co-taught with Dr. Andrew Davis, Associate Professor of Old Testament at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry.

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Hebrew College ordains ten new rabbis and three new cantors

NEWTON, MA –– Hebrew College honored more than 30 rabbis, cantors, and Jewish educators during Commencement and Ordination Ceremonies in June, which included the ordination of 10 rabbis and three cantors. The graduates, who completed their final year-and-a-half of coursework online, will go on to work in Reform and Conservative synagogues, hillels, schools, and pastoral care settings across the United States.  

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New photography exhibit examines faith during the pandemic

NEWTON, MA, Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — How does one worship alone? How have people of different religions embraced their faith traditions during the pandemic? How have sacred texts and rituals provided comfort in these times of isolation? Hebrew College is tackling these questions in a pandemic-inspired photography show entitled “Faith in Isolation Expressed,” which can be viewed in-person by appointment from April 12 through June 6, 2021.

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Hebrew College and SVARA to create unique Talmud teaching fellowship

NEWTON, MA, Tuesday, April 6, 2021 — Hebrew College is joining with SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva to transform how, where, and why rabbis teach Talmud. Beginning next fall, Hebrew College will offer a unique fellowship to rabbinical students and alumni to help them teach Talmud in their communities through a lens grounded in ancient tradition that creatively imagines new possibilities. The pilot year of the fellowship, “Pedagogy in Practice: A Talmud Fellowship,” is made possible by the generous support of the Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah.

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Hebrew College and Temple Reyim Announce New Shared Campus in Newton, Mass.

Unique Collaboration to Create Hub of Jewish Life and Learning

NEWTON, MA — Hebrew College, a pluralistic national institute for Jewish learning and leadership dedicated to literacy, creativity, and communal responsibility, and Temple Reyim, a traditional, egalitarian, inclusive, and spiritual congregation affiliated with the Conservative movement, are partnering to create a new shared campus for Jewish life on the grounds of Temple Reyim in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Hebrew College, JArts, and CJP Launch New Learning Community for Jewish Creatives

NEWTON, MA — Hebrew College is partnering with The Jewish Arts Collaborative (JArts) and CJP to create the “Artist Beit Midrash,” a new Jewish learning salon that will bring together Boston artists to study Jewish texts, share their creative processes, and build community and connection.

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Hebrew College to help bring Jewish learning and culture to MetroWest 

NEWTON, MA — Hebrew College is joining with Temple Beth Sholom in Framingham, Temple Beth Am of Framingham, Congregation Or Atid of Wayland, and Shillman House in Framingham to offer a new three-part virtual series, “Jewish CultureFest: Food, Music, and YOU,” supported through a grant from CJP. The virtual series, which kicks off next month, will celebrate the culinary and music traditions of Jewish communities throughout the world, while simultaneously encouraging participants to cook, listen, and connect with Jewish food, music, and culture. 

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Dr. Susie Tanchel joins Hebrew College as Vice President for Community Education

NEWTON, MA – Dr. Susie Tanchel, a dynamic educational Jewish leader with three decades of experience at mission-driven pluralistic institutions, has joined Hebrew College as Vice President of Community Education, overseeing adult and teen learning programs, interfaith programming, and professional development for rabbis and educators. Dr. Tanchel comes to Hebrew College from Boston’s Jewish Community Day School (JCDS), where she served as head of school from 2011 through 2020.

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Hebrew College Launches Interfaith Program for High Schoolers

NEWTON, MA – The Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College is launching the Dignity Project, a 10-month fellowship program to train outstanding high school students from Greater Boston to serve as interreligious and cross-cultural leaders who engage diverse communities, foster understanding across difference, and build bridges of collaboration.

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Hebrew College ordains ten new rabbis and three new cantors in online ceremonies

NEWTON, MA — Hebrew College honored more than 30 rabbis, cantors, and Jewish educators during virtual graduation ceremonies on Sunday, June 7. The ceremony marks the 99th graduation in the College’s history, but the first to be held virtually. Graduating students are going on to serve Jewish institutions throughout Greater Boston and across North America.

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Amid worldwide pandemic and social upheaval, over 50 influential spiritual and cultural leaders launch major international interfaith initiative mining the wisdom of the ancient psalms

In this time of global pandemic and upheaval over racial injustice, religious communities have largely stopped in-person gatherings. But that hasn’t stopped people from seeking hope, inspiration, wisdom, and strength from enduring spiritual sources. To meet this need, more than 50 influential spiritual and cultural leaders are launching a major international interfaith initiative, “​PsalmSeason: An Online Encounter with the Wisdom of the Psalms.”

Beginning​ June 8, 2020, PsalmSeason will publish weekly personal reflections, poetry, music, and words of inspiration on different psalms that address the feelings of sadness, shock, and dislocation from the pandemic and social upheaval. The project will be hosted on IFYC’s ​Interfaith America website​, in partnership with ​Hebrew College​, and will last 18 weeks — the number for “life” in Hebrew.

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Hartford Seminary Joins Journal of Interreligious Studies Team

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, October 28, 2019  – Hartford Seminary is pleased to announce that it will collaborate with Hebrew College and Boston University School of Theology in publishing the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the study of the interactions within and among religious communities past and present. JIRS provides a forum for the exploration of theological, ethical, social, and historical issues related to interreligious engagement.

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With New Strategic Direction, Hebrew College Hires Educational Leaders Dr. Susie Tanchel and Rabbi Jeffrey Summit

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, May 28, 2019 – Hebrew College President, Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, is thrilled to announce that two dynamic and prominent Jewish educators, Dr. Susie Tanchel and Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Summit, will be joining the College’s leadership team. These appointments represent the first of several steps toward implementing a new strategic direction for Hebrew College, bringing its vital, pluralistic vision for Jewish life into the world, amplifying and enhancing its impact in the community, and providing a sustainable operational model for the future.

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Hebrew College selected by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to receive grant for interreligious programming across Boston-area college campuses

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, March 14, 2019 – The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (AVDF) awarded Hebrew College’s Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership a three-year $250,000 grant to develop and expand the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI), an innovative fellowship program for undergraduate students.

The BILI fellowship, currently in its second year, trains students from eight Boston-area colleges to serve as effective interreligious leaders on their campuses and in the broader community. The year-long program brings together undergraduate fellows from Bentley University, Boston University, Brown University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Tufts University, and Wellesley College.

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Hebrew College Announces Partnership with  Institute in Jerusalem

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, January 23, 2019 – Hebrew College (www.hebrewcollege.edu) has announced a new dual degree program with the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (www.pardes.org.il) in Jerusalem that will train outstanding future rabbis and educators who are passionate about day school education and leadership.

Set to launch in fall 2019, the six-year program will include a two-year teacher training program in Jerusalem, where students will study in the Pardes Day School Educators Program, followed by four years in Greater Boston at Hebrew College’s Rabbinical School.

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Hebrew College Announces Sale of Newton Centre Campus

Will Rededicate Resources to Educational Programs and People

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, August 17, 2018 – As Hebrew College nears its 100th year, it continues to create opportunities for innovation, ensuring that the College’s centennial anniversary will mark the beginning of another century of excellence in Jewish learning and leadership. In another transformative transaction in the College’s distinguished history, the Hebrew College Board of Trustees yesterday finalized an agreement to sell the College’s Newton Centre campus. The agreement allows Hebrew College to remain in its current location for several years under favorable terms.

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Rabbi Daniel Judson Named New Dean of Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, January 3, 2018 — Hebrew College today announced that Rabbi Dan Judson, PhD, core faculty member and Associate Dean of Placement and Professional Development of the Rabbinical School, has been chosen to serve as the next Dean of the Rabbinical School. Rabbi Judson has been on the faculty for the past 10 years, and previously served as a congregational rabbi. He will succeed Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, who the Board of Trustees selected late last year to serve as the next President of Hebrew College following a national search.

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Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld Named New President of Hebrew College

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, November 29, 2017 — Successfully concluding a national search, the Hebrew College Board of Trustees yesterday voted to select Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, current Dean of the Rabbinical School, to serve as the next President of Hebrew College.

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Hebrew College and Boston University School of Theology Awarded Henry Luce Foundation Grant for Journal of Interreligious Studies

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, August 16, 2017 — Hebrew College’s Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership and Boston University School of Theology are pleased to announce that the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year grant to support the Journal of Interreligious Studies and related projects jointly published and coordinated by the two schools.

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Following Nearly a Decade of Distinguished Service, Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann to Step Down from Hebrew College Presidency

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, July 11, 2017 — Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann, under whose stewardship Hebrew College has set the standard for Jewish learning and leadership for a pluralistic world, announced to the Hebrew College community today that he would step down from his position as president during the next academic year.

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Boston University Hillel Chooses Two Hebrew College Rabbinical School-Educated Leaders

Hires Rabbinical Student Jevin Eagle as Executive Director and Graduating Student Elie Lehmann as Senior Jewish Educator

NEWTON CENTRE, MASSACHUSETTS, April 21, 2017 — Jevin Eagle, a former business executive and current Hebrew College Rabbinical School student, will leverage his entrepreneurial talent, spiritual depth and passion for Hillel’s mission as he becomes the next executive director of Boston University Hillel, among the largest private university undergraduate Hillels in the country. Also taking a leadership role at BU Hillel will be Elie Lehmann (Rab ’17), a Wexner Graduate Fellow and Hillel International Rabbinical Entrepreneurs Fellow, who will serve as campus rabbi.

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Hebrew College’s Miller Center Hosts Colloquium on Rabbinical Training in Multi-Religious Society

NEWTON CENTRE and BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 13, 2016 — The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning and Leadership at Hebrew College hosted a unique colloquium on the training of rabbis for service in a multi-religious society. This gathering brought together 15 outstanding educators, scholars, and clergy from eight different seminaries and related organizations to share best practices and challenges in interreligious education. The participants explored what knowledge, skills, and experiences rabbis need to possess in order to be effective bridge-builders across faith and cultural lines.

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Hebrew College and Boston University School of Theology Form Partnership

Collaboration Will Provide Interreligious Programming, Educational Opportunities

NEWTON CENTRE and BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, November 2, 2016 — Hebrew College (HC) and the Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) have announced a new partnership that includes joint interreligious publications, academic courses, and public events. This partnership of two major centers for the training of religious leaders—one Jewish and one Christian—represents an important opportunity to advance the field of interreligious education and leadership development.

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Media Relations

Hebrew College’s Marketing team works to raise awareness about Hebrew College by featuring people, events and news within our vibrant community. Our staff members work with the press to communicate news about faculty and student research and achievements and college programs and events, as well as to provide information about and arrange interviews with students, administrators, and faculty expert. The team also works with students, faculty members, and administrators who need assistance pitching a story or preparing for an interview.

Media Inquiries

Hebrew College’s Marketing team is available to assist journalists seeking information about Hebrew College; to connect journalists with academic experts; and to help journalists interested in featuring a Hebrew College student or faculty member. Please reach out to Sydney Gross, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, at 617-559-8785 or SGross@HebrewCollege.edu.

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If you have a suggestion for a story about Hebrew College students, faculty, alumni, projects, or events that would interest external media, please reach out to Sydney Gross, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, at 617-559-8785 or SGross@HebrewCollege.edu.

Press Kit

The Hebrew College press kit is a resource for members of the media looking for information about the College. For more information, please contact Sydney Gross, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, at 617-559-8785 or SGross@HebrewCollege.edu.

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Hebrew College’s faculty experts are available to provide commentary on Jewish history and contemporary events, as well as Jewish texts and traditions. Learn more about our faculty here. Need help finding an expert? Call us at 617-559-8785l.

Cantorial music

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

Contemporary Religious life

Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Halakhah

Rabbi Jane Kanarek, Associate Dean for Academic Development & Advising; Professor of Rabbinics, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Hasidism

Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Rabbi Nehemia Polen, Professor of Jewish Thought, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Holocaust Music

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

Interreligious Learning

Rabbi Or Rose, Director, Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership at Hebrew College

Judaism and Gender

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College

Judaism and Social Justice

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College

Jewish theology and mysticism

Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College 

Jewish Cabaret, Choral, and Art Music

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

Amy Lieberman, Music Director, Kol Arev Chamber Choir

Modern Jewish History and Thought

Rabbi Dan Judson, Dean, Graduate Leadership Programs of Hebrew College

Nusach AND CAntillation

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

Cantor Dr. Brian J. Mayer, Faculty, Cantorial Program

Professor Joshua Jacobson, Faculty, Cantorial Program

Philosophy of Religious Education and Spiritual Development in Jewish Education

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Schoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education at Hebrew College

Psychology of religion/ comparative religious ethics

Solomon Schimmel, Professor Emeritus

Organizational change in American Jewish life
Rabbinic literature

(Rabbinic-Christian interactions, gender, and health and the body; the intersections of law, religious difference, gender, and power in the Babylonian Talmud; post-Talmudic Jewish law)

Rabbi Micha’el Rosenberg, Assistant Professor Rabbinics, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Talmud

Rabbi Jane Kanarek, Associate Dean for Academic Development and Advising; Professor of Rabbinics

Vocal Training, Communication and Presentation Skills

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

Yiddish literature and language

Rabbi Jordan Schuster, Mekorot Program Director, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

Yiddish Theater music

Cantor Lynn Torgove, Director, Cantorial Program

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