The evening will include a discussion about Rabbi Waskow’s 2020 book Dancing in God’s Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion.
Biographies
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, is a prophetic rabbi who has for fifty years worked to promote a progressive spirit of renewal that connects Jews, Christians, and people of other faiths. He will be in conversation withRabbi Or Rose about his latest book which he refers to as the “harvest of his life work,” Dancing in God’s Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion. Rabbi Waskow founded (1983) and directs The Shalom Center, a prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American life. He co-founded Shalomi ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal with Reb Zalman Schachter and was also a co-founder of the National Havurah Committee and Rabbis for Human Rights/ North America (now T’ruah). Among his 28 books have been the original Freedom Seder and several of its offspring, Seasons of Our Joy, Godwrestling and Godwrestling – Round 2.
All attendees must show proof of vaccination (including all boosters, if qualified) to enter the program. The event will be masked and held in a large space with plenty of social distancing. We invite people from all over the country and beyond to join us on Zoom.
Have you thought about becoming a rabbi, rav-hazzan, or cantor? Join us for Ta Sh’ma (Come & Hear) to experience the vibrant pluralistic communities of Hebrew College’s pioneering rabbinical, cantorial and rav-hazzan programs. We hope you’ll take this opportunity to learn, pray and grow with our students and faculty. You may also choose to attend our virtual open house.
IN PERSON
Monday, November 14 (special programming) with an option to stay Tuesday, Nov. 15 for regular classes.
ONLINE
Sunday, October 30 from 2-5:30 p.m. EST
Learn with Hebrew College faculty, including Hebrew College President Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Dan Judson, Cantor Lynn Torgove, 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. 14, please be in touch to find other ways to connect with our community
Contact Us
Please contact Rabbi Gita Karasov, Director of Admissions, if you have questions at gkarasov@hebrewcollege.edu.
Meet our Students & Alumni
Our students share their perspectives on Hebrew College’s learning community!
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 alumni Ezra Balser ’17, Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen ’18 (right), Sarah Mulhern ’17, and Frankie Sandmel `22 are on the forefront of the burgeoning Base movement designed to meet young-adult Jews where they are.
Discover Hebrew College’s Community Education Me’ah program, the amazing 100-hour, two-year journey through Jewish history that provides adults of all backgrounds with a foundation in Jewish culture and civilization.
Calling all alumni who plan to join us virtually for Hebrew College’s Centennial Celebration livestream on June 2 at 7:30 p.m. (EST)
Haven’t made your reservation to attend the Centennial Celebration livestream? RSVP now.
Want to join us for our special alumni virtual class reunion at 7 p.m. to connect with former classmates before joining the livestream at 7:30 p.m.? We will gather as an alumni community before entering decade-specific Zoom breakout rooms with both an alumni host and a current student.RSVP hereand we will send you the Zoom link the week of the event.
We look forward to seeing you online on June 2!
Centennial Celebration Event Livestream
We hope you will register to join the livestream of our special Centennial Spring Event, “Remember, Renew, Reimagine,” which immediately follows the virtual reunion. Please click here to register for the Centennial Celebration program livestream.
Centennial website
If you haven’t seen theCentennial website, check out our Centennial stories, profiles, photos, and more.
Hebrew College is proud to be a co-sponosr of the Synagogue Council for the 19th Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 5 p.m.. The lecture will feature keynote speaker Amos Yadlin whose topic will be A New Middle East? Israel After the Abraham Accords.
The lecture will be a multi-access event. Attendees may elect to participate on-site at Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel (561 Ward Street, Newton) or via Zoom.
Dr. Mosher is a moral theologian in the Anglican tradition. She is Faculty Associate in Interfaith Studies at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, where she teaches courses on America’s religious diversity, comparative theology, chaplaincy in multifaith contexts, and Christian-Muslim relations.
Program
12:50-1 PM Opening Music & Slides (recording of Lucinda playing)
1:00-1:05 PM Welcome – Rev. Tom Reid, Miller Center of Hebrew College
1:05-1:10 PM Honoring Dr. Mosher Joel Lohr, Hartford International University for Religion & Peace
1:10-2 PM Georgetown Companion Chapters
Rabbi Or Rose, Miller Center of Hebrew College
Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Callabria Care
Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union
Timur Yuskaev, Hartford International University for Religion & Peace
Moderator — Vineet Chander, Princeton University
2:00-2:10 PM Blessings for Lucinda
Bilal Ansari, Hartford University for Religion & Peace
Preeta Banerjee, Tufts University
Kathryn Lohre, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America & Rev. Margaret Rose, The Episcopal Church
2:10-2:15 PM Announcement of Festschrift in Honor of Lucinda
Interreligious Engagement & the Arts
Axel Takacs, Journal of Interreligious Studies & Hussein Rashid, Islamicate
2:15-2:20 PM Remarks from Our Honoree
Lucinda Mosher, Hartford International University for Religion & Peace
2:20-2:25 Closing
Rev. Tom Reid, Associate Director, Miller Center of Hebrew College
2:25-2:30 Opening Music & Slides (recording of Lucinda playing)
Please join us for a book launch and conversation with Rabbi Arthur Waskow and Rabbi Or Rose, the director of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College, on September 8, 2022 in person at Hebrew College (space is limited) or on Zoom.
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, is a prophetic rabbi who has for fifty years worked to promote a progressive spirit of renewal that connects Jews, Christians, and people of other faiths. He will be in conversation withRabbi Or Rose about his latest book which he refers to as the “harvest of his life work,” Dancing in God’s Earthquake: The Coming Transformation of Religion. Rabbi Waskow founded (1983) and directs The Shalom Center, a prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American life. He co-founded Shalomi ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal with Reb Zalman Schachter and was also a co-founder of the National Havurah Committee and Rabbis for Human Rights/ North America (now T’ruah). Among his 28 books have been the original Freedom Seder and several of its offspring, Seasons of Our Joy, Godwrestling and Godwrestling – Round 2.
Rabbi Or Rose is the founding director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College. Before assuming this position in 2016, he worked in various administrative and teaching capacities at Hebrew College for over a decade, including serving as a founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School. He also has taught for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships, The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Hebrew College Me’ah community eduction program, and in a variety of other academic, religious, and civic contexts throughout North America and in Israel. His recent publications include: Words To Live By: Sacred Sources for Interreligious Engagement (co-editor, Orbis) and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings (co-editor, Orbis).
Learning in “hevrutot” [pairs] is a hallmark of Hebrew College. Meet three pairs of 
Rabbinical alumni Ezra Balser ’17, Elizabeth Bonney-Cohen ’18 (right), Sarah Mulhern ’17, and Frankie Sandmel `22 are on the forefront of the burgeoning 
Giulia Fleishman` 22 deepened her rabbinical training and community connection through rabbinical internship training.
For Rabbi Ryan Leszner `22, internships were an opportunity to experience real life as a rabbi before he had his own congregation.
Curious about 
On May 5, the Journal of Interreligious Studies will honor its Senior Editor, Dr. Lucinda Mosher, on the occasion of her 75th birthday and the publication of The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies, for which she served as editor. The Journal is a joint publication of the 
Dr. Lucinda Mosher