Join us on Sunday, Sept. 10 for an online information session about the Hebrew College Me’ah Trip to Spain May 5-14, 2024. The session will be led by Me’ah faculty, Rabbi Leonard Gordon, Me’ah Co-Director, Terri Swartz Russell and a representative from Keshet, our tour company.
Meet tour leaders
Learn about the trip itinerary and other details
Ask questions
This travel and study tour, sponsored by the Hebrew College Me’ah in conjunction with Keshet Educational Journeys staff in Spain, is a great opportunity to travel with Hebrew College’s community of learners and explore and learn about Jewish Sepharad.
As the High Holy Day season approaches, we are reminded that remembrance is integral to the Jewish experience. JF&CS is dedicated to offering a Jewish response to suicide loss, remembering those who have died and supporting those who live with this unique loss.
On Tuesday, September 12, from 6:30-7:00 pm EST, we will gather virtually as a community for a special Yizkor moment, a gentle remembrance of those who have died by suicide. The event will be led by Hebrew College alumna Rabbi Suzanne Offit and Marjie Sokoll, M.Ed., director of the JF&CS Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing.
This event was created by JF&CS in collaboration with Hebrew College.
Come and learn more about Hebrew College Teen Beit Midrash. Teen Beit Midrash of Hebrew College is a pluralistic and inclusive after school program for teens in grades 8-12. The program brings together a dedicated and diverse group of Jewish teens who are excited to delve into traditional Talmudic text and find contemporary meaning relevant to our lives. We open the library of our Jewish heritage to help teens understand our multi-voiced, nuanced tradition and gain the skills to reach their own conclusions. Together we learn, build community, and have fun.
The Teen Beit Midrash has two cohorts. One meets at Hebrew College on Tuesdays from 6-830 pm EST. The other meets online on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 pm.
Come and learn more about Hebrew College Teen Beit Midrash. Teen Beit Midrash of Hebrew College is a pluralistic and inclusive after school program for teens in grades 8-12. The program brings together a dedicated and diverse group of Jewish teens who are excited to delve into traditional Talmudic text and find contemporary meaning relevant to our lives. We open the library of our Jewish heritage to help teens understand our multi-voiced, nuanced tradition and gain the skills to reach their own conclusions. Together we learn, build community, and have fun.
The Teen Beit Midrash has two cohorts. One meets at Hebrew College on Tuesdays from 6-830 pm EST. The other meets online on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 pm.
If you can’t make it to this info session, please consider joining us for our sessions on September 6th.
Come and learn more about Hebrew College Teen Beit Midrash. Teen Beit Midrash of Hebrew College is a pluralistic and inclusive after school program for teens in grades 8-12. The program brings together a dedicated and diverse group of Jewish teens who are excited to delve into traditional Talmudic text and find contemporary meaning relevant to our lives. We open the library of our Jewish heritage to help teens understand our multi-voiced, nuanced tradition and gain the skills to reach their own conclusions. Together we learn, build community, and have fun.
The Teen Beit Midrash has two cohorts. One meets at Hebrew College on Tuesdays from 6-830 pm EST. The other meets online on Wednesdays from 7-8:30 pm.
If you can’t make it to this info session, please consider joining us for our sessions on August 31st and September 6th.
Don’t miss Hebrew College’s first art exhibit of the new academic year: “In the Beginning,” featuring works in acrylic and ink on canvas by Boston artist Mel Brown. Read more about the exhibit here.
Mel Brown’s original artwork and limited-edition prints will be available for purchase during the run of the fall exhibit. Through a generous arrangement with the artist, half of the proceeds will be given to Hebrew College.
About the Artist
Mel Brown is a self-taught painter, entrepreneur, and an occasional mystic descended from a family of Eastern European rabbis that originally came from Spain. He grew up in a working-class steel town in Northwest Indiana.
In his early years, he worked as a railroad switchman as well as a boiler cleaner at U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana. He also studied abstract experimental photography at Indiana University under the tutelage of Henry Holmes Smith, one of the most influential fine art photography teachers of the mid-20th century.
For many years he has also been a dedicated student and teacher of Jewish mystical texts. In addition to leading intimate study groups in a line-by-line parsing of the Torah, he also co-leads a post-denominational Jewish spiritual community in the Boston area.
Through his many life experiences and journeys, Mel has been a keen observer of many cultures and traditions which has allowed him to weave a certain transcendent universalism into his art. He is engaged in creating non-representational art that is unique and evocative, drawing on his own wide ranging experiences, his sense of mystery, and his ongoing engagement with ancient Jewish texts.
Mel is engaged in creating non-representational art that is unique and evocative, drawing on his own wide ranging experiences, his sense of mystery, and his ongoing engagement with ancient Jewish texts.
His work often visually hints at the ongoing and ever changing mystery of creation. In its beauty, his art inspires the viewer to wonder.
הֲפֹךְ בָּהּ וַהֲפֹךְ בָּהּ, דְּכֹלָּא בָהּ
Turn it over and Turn it over. Again and Again Everything is in it
As you peruse the exhibit, we invite you to ask yourself:
What do you see in his art?
Is there an order out of chaos?
What are the letters that are interwoven?
