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Ta Sh’ma (Come & Hear) 2024 Virtual Open House for Prospective Rabbinical Students

Join us online!

Have you thought about becoming a rabbi? Join us online for Ta Sh’ma (Come & Hear) to experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s pioneering rabbinical program. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to learn, pray and grow with our students and faculty.

ONLINE
Sunday, December 8, from 2-5 p.m.

Learn with Hebrew College faculty, including Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Dr. Jane Kanarek, Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, and other members of our faculty.
Join with current students for an inspiring day of learning, conversation, music and prayer.
Enjoy plenty of breaks and opportunities for small group conversations.
If you would like to attend but can’t make it on Dec. 8, consider joining us in person on Nov. 18 or please be in touch to find other ways to connect with our community

IN PERSON OPTION
Monday, November 18 (special programming) with an option to stay Tuesday, November 19 for regular classes.

Contact Us

Please contact Rabbi Gita Karasov, Dean of Students & Admissions, if you have questions at gkarasov@hebrewcollege.edu.

Meet Our Students & Alumni

Our students share their perspectives on Hebrew College’s learning community!

What kind of RABBI will you be?

Educator, author, artist, musician, activist, organizer, poet, professor, pastoral caregiver, facilitator, counselor, healer, caretaker, spiritual guide, community builder, prayer leader, farmer, host, Eved Hashem, translator, peacemaker, performer, darshan, midwife, officiant, fundraiser, preacher…YOU!

When we asked our rabbinical alumni to describe their rabbinates, their responses were a reminder of the breadth and depth of rabbinic work—and how they each have taken their Hebrew College education out into the world to create a rabbinate that reflects their unique passions and gifts. Across the board, their descriptions reflect deep creativity, commitment, love of Torah, social action, and innovative spiritual and prayer leadership.

Meet our alumni

Student Kavanah in 60 Teachings

The Hebrew College Kavanah in 60 digital platform is a place for rabbinical and cantorial students to share “short teachings” (~60 seconds) coinciding with Jewish and secular holidays. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for notifications about future videos.

hebrew college Seventy Faces of Torah blog

Read Torah commentary by our rabbinical students.

Risa Dunbar: “(Re)Arranging A World of Chesed” Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38)
Matthew Schultz: “The Lost Torah of Korach” Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Jace Koester: “Listening on the Edge of a New Future”
Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22)
David Mahfouda: “Listen, Drop the Story” (right)
Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)

Hevrutot

Learning in “hevrutot” [pairs] is a hallmark of Hebrew College. Meet three pairs of Hebrew College alumni, who work together as spiritual leaders of their respective synagogues, and have extended that model to their professional lives.

Rabbinical Internships

Giulia Fleishman` 22 deepened her rabbinical training and community connection through rabbinical internship training.

Rabbinical Internships

For Rabbi Ryan Leszner `23, internships were an opportunity to experience real life as a rabbi before he had his own congregation.

Rabbinical School & Parenthood

Hear from rabbinical student Naomi Gurt Lind about balancing rabbinical school and motherhood.

Civil Rights Journey through the American South

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Join us for Hebrew College Adult Learning next travel-learning experience: A Civil Rights Journey through the American South November 10-12, 2024. The trip will be led by Hebrew College and Etgar 36.

Etgar 36 uses the Civil Rights narrative as a way to provide participants with the tools and inspiration to take the next step beyond social action: social activism. Our Civil Rights journey uses the history, sites, and current issues as a springboard to highlight the relationship, and at times, the tension, of the Jewish and American identity. The journeys are a mix of fun, sightseeing, education, and meetings with organizations and people who have been and are still involved in creating America.

Participants will learn about the struggles of African Americans to gain equality in the 1950s & 60s as well as discover how Jews were involved in the Civil Rights struggle. Participants will walk away understanding why Jews, as people who have known oppression, must care and act when others are oppressed. Our journey includes stops in Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham.

Contact us!

Please email Tamid team members Kim Bodemer or Robin Kahn for more information about the trip or course.

Jewish Journey to Central Europe

An Educational Travel Experience with Hebrew College Tamid

Where: Prague, Vienna, Budapest
When: May 5 – 15, 2025
Hebrew College Instructor: Rabbi Leonard Gordon
Keshet Educational Tour Educator: Danny Ehrlich
Learn more: Fill out this interest form
Contact: Email a member of our Tamid team with any questions
Trip Sponsors: Hebrew College Tamid & Keshet Educational Tours

Together, we will explore and trace the story of Ashkenazi Jewry, using the major centers of Prague, Vienna (pictured above) and Budapest to remember and learn about the past and to better understand the complex nature of our own contemporary Jewish identity, belief and practice.

Central Europe was the cradle and center of Ashkenazi Jewish civilization until the 13^th and 14^th centuries. In the wake of the Crusades, the Black Plague and unrelenting Christian persecution, expulsions and massacres, the center of European Jewish life and creativity shifted eastward to Poland. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, as Jews grappled with the new challenges presented by emancipation and freedom, the German speaking Jewish communities evolved new models of Jewish living, laying the groundwork for the development of the Reform, Conservative and Modern Orthodox movements. The Nazis and their allies destroyed the Jewish communities of Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, but their legacies are still alive and relevant in contemporary Jewish life.

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Itinerary
Pricing
FAQs
Pre-trip course with Rabbi Leonard Gordon. Registration for this Spring course will be open in December. All those who have expressed interest in the trip will receive a direct invite to attend this course.’

*As of July 10, 2024. Subject to change

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Ta Sh’ma (Come & Hear) 2024 Open House for Prospective Rabbinical Students (in person)

Join us!

Have you thought about becoming a rabbi? Join us for Ta Sh’ma (Come & Hear) to experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s pioneering rabbinical program. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to learn, pray and grow with our students and faculty.

IN PERSON
Monday, November 18 (special programming) with an option to stay Tuesday, November 19 for regular classes.

ONLINE
Sunday, December 8, from 2-5 p.m.

Learn with Hebrew College faculty, including Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Dr. Jane Kanarek, Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, and other members of our faculty.
Join with current students for an inspiring day of learning, conversation, music and prayer.
Enjoy plenty of breaks and opportunities for small group conversations.
If you would like to attend in person but can’t make it on Nov. 18, please be in touch to find other ways to connect with our community

Contact Us

Please contact Rabbi Gita Karasov, Dean of Students & Admissions, if you have questions at gkarasov@hebrewcollege.edu.

Meet Our Students & Alumni

Our students share their perspectives on Hebrew College’s learning community!

What kind of RABBI will you be?

Meet our alumni

Student Kavanah in 60 Teachings

hebrew college Seventy Faces of Torah blog

Read Torah commentary by our rabbinical students.

Risa Dunbar: “(Re)Arranging A World of Chesed” Parashat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21-40:38)
Matthew Schultz: “The Lost Torah of Korach” Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Jace Koester: “Listening on the Edge of a New Future”
Parashat Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22)
David Mahfouda: “Listen, Drop the Story” (right)
Parashat Shemini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)

Hevrutot

Rabbinical Internships

Giulia Fleishman` 22 deepened her rabbinical training and community connection through rabbinical internship training.

Rabbinical Internships

For Rabbi Ryan Leszner `23, internships were an opportunity to experience real life as a rabbi before he had his own congregation.

Rabbinical School & Parenthood

Hear from rabbinical student Naomi Gurt Lind about balancing rabbinical school and motherhood.

Silvina Mizrahi:
A Sephardic Spirit

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“Silvina Mizrahi: A Sephardic Spirit”

Exhibit Dates: September 15—December 25, 2024

Opening Event: September 15 from 5-7 p.m. at Hebrew College. Indulge your senses with visual art, a tango performance, and Sephardic food. Light refreshments, talk by artist; RSVP required. (Pictured: “Prayer in Blue” 40×30, mixed media.)

Mizrahi’s original artwork will be available for purchase during the fall exhibit. Through a generous arrangement with the artist, a portion of the proceeds will be given to Hebrew College. This exhibit is presented by the Hebrew College Arts Initiative.

Adult Learning Opportunities: To complement the exhibit and enrich your learning, Hebrew College will be offering adult learning courses and experiences about Sephardic Judaism, culture, and history beginning in October including:

“Eating the Proverbs of Sephardic Jewry” (8 monthly sessions on Sunday mornings) with Ariella Amshalem
“The Legacy of Sepharad and Modern Judaism” (4 evening sessions) with Rabbi Lenny Gordon
Check back for more courses coming soon!

Watch for registration later this summer!

About the Artist

Shira Mizrahi Silvina Mizrahi is a painter, sculptor, dancer, teacher, and theater performer from Argentina, Israel, and Boston whose work focuses on building bridges, her love of life, and her ancestral past. She brings joy, talent, and the Sephardic spirit to each of her fields of art.

Mizrahi’s art explodes over the surface with her multi-media collages, strong acrylic colors, and bold brushstrokes. Many of her works show bits of puzzles, shining sequins, gemstones intermixed with dancing figures, bright colored shadows of the human form, and the blazing light of the sun. The viewer is transported to another world — harmonizing light, nature, and movement. As an accomplished dancer and choreographer, her figures literally leap across the surface.

While living in Israel, Mizrahi was selected for two solo exhibitions, in the Jerusalem Municipal Gallery and the Jerusalem Center for performing Arts. In addition, she was awarded with the Israel National Fellowship for New Immigrants.

Mizrahi exhibits widely in Argentina; Boston (Newbury Street, the DeCordova Museum, and the MFA in Boston) and Provincetown, MA; Sausalito, CA; and New York. In 2012, she was awarded “One of the 100 most influential people for the Latino Community in Boston.” Her community work includes a mural created with Boston’s Blackstone Elementary School, Red Sox, and ARCK; a multimedia art piece for Massachusetts General Hospital, and environmental sculpture with Hebrew SeniorLife and the Divas Mentoring Program.

CET: Bishvil Ha-Ivrit Summer Seminar

Bishviley Ha-Ivrit: A Springboard for Hebrew Language Proficiency Development

Join us August 4-8, 2024 for CET’s intensive Hebrew language summer seminar. The 36-hour in-person seminar will take place at Hebrew College, and is open to all Hebrew teachers. Participants must be fluent in Hebrew since the seminar is run in Hebrew, using professional academic terms.

Hebrew College is the North American home for the CET (Center for Educational Technology) program, a dynamic Hebrew language professional development curriculum designed for teachers of students in grades seven through 12.

Seminar Highlights

Implementing cutting-edge pedagogical principles for teaching Hebrew as an additional language.
Deepening meaningful language instruction across the four skills
Integrating AI tools seamlessly with the curriculum.
Systematic and scaffolded lesson planning.
Strategies and tools for continuous linguistic proficiency development.
Assessment for mapping and advancing learning.

Schedule
Aug. 4 — 1:00-7:00 p.m.
Aug. 5-7 — 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Aug. 8 — 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Cost
Bishvil Ha-Ivrit teachers: Free
Non-Bisahvil HaIvrit teachers: $400

Register
Click the purple “Register” button or click here.

Questions
Please contact Ada Reiter at areiter@hebrewcollege.edu with any questions.

About CET: Innovative Learning in a Changing World
CET is committed to promoting diversity and achieving breakthroughs in education that serves to create harmony between pedagogy, learning skills and technological content. Hebrew College and CET have been partners for over 12 years in the pursuit of the advancement of Jewish education primarily in the advancement of Hebrew language proficiency around the world. Learn more on the CET website.