Leadership, Learning, and Love Series 2020/5780
Because we were unable to gather in person for this year’s spring event, we transformed our evening of beautiful music and uplifting ideas into three digital offerings in April, including our April 29 online event honoring Rabbi Rim Meirowitz, beloved and esteemed mentor and teacher. We will wait until we can gather again in person to honor our beloved student, Jill Segal z”l, with the Esther Award.
Watch our virtual Leadership, Learning, and Love spring event
“Mazel tov to Rabbi Rim and to Hebrew College on this beautiful event!” (YouTube viewer)
“Thank you for guiding me these past 5 years. In every conversation we have had, the themes of leadership, learning, and love have always been present. Much love and gratitude! Mazal Tov!” (YouTube viewer)
“It was beautiful and warm and full of love. I feel better than I have in a very long time.” (YouTube viewer)
Leadership, Learning, and Love Series
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Leadership, Learning and Love: Let Us Sing a New Song! (April 7 email)
- Read the full issue
- Watch President Anisfeld’s introduction
- Watch Prayer Leadership & Song with Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer & Rabbi David Fainsilber
- Listen & read about Sholem Velt der Gantser by Cantor Lynn Torgove & Rabbi Nehemia Polen
- Watch and listen to the d’var Song and the Journey Out of Egypt by President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
- Listen to Esa Einai by rabbinical student Jackson Mercer
- Read Hope Thought Leadership in a Time of Challenge (including Hope with a Side Order of Reality) by Rabbi Jeffrey Summit
- Make a gift
Leadership, Learning and Love: Caring for One Another (April 14 email)
- Read the full issue
- President Anisfeld’s Introduction
- A Rabbis’ Rabbi: Mentoring Leadership, Learning, and Love (Honoring Rabbi Rim Meirowitz)
- Chaplaincy: Voices from the Field by Rabbi Suzanne Offit and Rabbi Sonia Saltzman
- Hallel by Rabbi Shayna Rhodes(from the Hebrew College Passover Companion)
- Miller Center’s Freedom Songs: A Multicultural Musical Journey
- Music and Chesed (video) with Rabbi David Fainsilber
- What Is Essential? by Rabbi Brian Besser
- Spotify Playlist: Stillness, Joy, and Chesed
- Make a gift
Leadership, Learning and Love: Tending to Hope (April 28 email)
- Read the full issue
- President Anisfeld’s Introduction
- Reflections from Kibbutz HaMa’apil During This Time of Corona by Rabbi Lila Veissid
- Blessings and Hope from Jerusalem sung by Rabbi Minna Bromberg
- Postcards from Israel
- Coronavirus from the Holy Land by Rabbi Arthur Green
- Compositions from the Arava Desert by Rabbi Micah Shapiro
- Spring Semester Reflections by Giulia Fleisman
- Make a gift
Virtual Spring Event Honoring Rabbi Rim Meirowitz
>> Watch our online event on-demand [27 minutes]
The event included:
- A blessing by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President of Hebrew College for our honoree Rabbi Rim Meirowitz.
- A teaching on “Leadership, Learning, and Love” by honoree Rabbi Rim Meirowitz.
- An introduction by event co-chair Rabbi Sonia Saltzman ’08.
- Remarks by Rabbi Marc Baker, President and CEO of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and Andy Offit, Board Chair of Hebrew College.
- Musical performances by Hebrew College students and alumni.
Gifts and Blessings
Please help us continue to provide leadership, learning and love to our communities. To make a gift, please use our secure online form and choose “Spring Event 2020” for your gift designation.
We are still collecting blessings and “love stories” for Rim until May 7. Please email blessings to Mia Tavan.
Sponsorships
Please help us continue to offer, leadership, learning, and love by investing in a creative, vibrant, and meaningful Jewish future rooted in thousands of years of wisdom. We invite you to make a fully deductible gift now either at one of the levels below, or with a donation of any amount. Thank you.
Individual Sponsorship & Gift Levels
President’s Council Sponsorship Levels
$100,000+ Meyasdim/Founders
$36,000 – 99,999 Bonim/Builders
$20,000 – 35,999 Talmidim/Lifelong Learners
$10,000 – 19,999 Shutafim/Partners
$5,000 – 9,999 Haverim/Friends
$1,800 – 4,999 Yedidim/Companions
Individual Gift Levels
$500 Our Cup Runneth Over
$360 Join Us + Support Us
$120 Join Us
$54 Students
If you would like to make a gift, please use our secure online form, choose “Spring Event 2020” for your gift designation, and include your blessing for Rim under “Comments.”
To submit a blessing for Rim that will be included in our online slideshow without making a gift, please email Mia Tavan at mtavan@hebrewcollege.edu by April 24, 2020.
Corporate Sponsorships
Become a Corporate Sponsor
This event is promoted to 11,000 households locally and nationally via Hebrew College’s electronic newsletter. Learn more
All corporate sponsors receive:
- Listing on the event web page
- Slide show listing
- Invitation to celebrate a community Shabbat dinner with the President and Hebrew College faculty and students
We are grateful to the following corporate sponsors:
Contact us
Please contact Sharon Katz at skatz@hebrewcollege.edu or 617.559.8764 for information and/or corporate sponsorships.
Spring Event Committees
Event Committee
Co-Chairs
Rabbi Suzanne Offit
Rabbi Sonia Saltzman
Carl Chudnofsky
Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Susan Schechter
Myra Snyder
Carol and Steve Targum
Diane Troderman
Hope Committee*
Alison Abdu and Barry Glass
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine and Gabriel Sunshine
Julie Altman and Alex Sagan
Susan and Aron Ain
Anonymous (2)
Cindy Arnson and Rabbi Gerry Serotta
Isa and Bill Aron
Beverly and Don Bavly
Rabbi Dan Berman
Rabbi Brian Besser
Diane and Steve Boettcher
Renata Brailovsky
Helaine and William Braunig
Rabbi Josh Breindel
Edmund C. Case
Charles Robert Gens Foundation
Marsha and Harvey Chasen
Cheryl Spencer Memorial Foundation Trust
Carol and Carl Chudnofsky
Cohen Family
Rabbi Sharon and Shimon Cohen Anisfeld
Dorrit and Martin Cowan
Jennifer and Jeffrey Drucker
Janine and Rabbi Jevin Eagle
Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson and Rabbi David Ellenson
Rabbi David Fainsilber
Sandy Falk and Rabbi Dan Judson
Deborah and Ron Feinstein
Renee and Steven Finn
Fern Fisher and Jack Eiferman
Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari
Cheryl and Larry Franklin
Matt and Robin Freeman
Mark Frydenberg
Germanacos Foundation
Dena and Jason Glasgow
Nina and Robert Goldenberg
Paula and James Gould
Amit Granot
Lillian and Richard Gray
Rabbi Art Green
Beth and Lawrence Greenberg
Louis Grossman
Dorit Harverd and Richard Dale
Rabbi Eli Herb
Beryl and David Hoffman
Jeanne Howard
Maggie Huff-Rousselle and Barry Kahn
Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz
Richard & Natalie Jacoff Foundation
Rachel Jewelewicz-Nelson and David Nelson
Rabbi Randy Kafka
Rabbi James Kahn
Rabbi Marcie Kamerow & Joshua Gensler-Steinberg
Barbara and Leo Karas
Patty and Cliff Manko
Naomi Katz Mintz and Rabbi Lewis Mintz
Sid Koslow
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman and Rabbi Ebn Leader
Liana and Michael Krupp
Lizbeth and George Krupp
Rabbi Van and Alice Lanckton
Dr. Ruth Langer and Dr. Jonathan Sarna
Judith Lebow and Andrew Oram
Joanne and Rabbi Allan Lehmann
Cantor Beth Levin and Sandi-Jo Malmon
Rabbi Navah Levine
Charlotte Lewis and Mike Aylward
Harriet and Alan Lewis
Lewis Family
Anne Meirowitz
Judi Meirowitz Tischler and Art Tischler
Daniel Miller
Susan Miron
Beth and Michael Moskowitz
Myra Musicant and Howard Earl Cohen
Rabbi Suzanne and Andy Offit
Aviva Orenstein
Susie and Dick Pallan
“The Pink House Kids:” IlanaRei and Jackie Goss; Yael Granot; Julie and Ben Meirowitz; Rabbi Sara Meirowitz and Rabbi David Finkelstein; Eliana and Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson; Mia and Ethan Tavan
Rabbi Allison Poirier
Suzanne Priebatsch
Margot & Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation
Dan Raizen
Ina and Jerry Regosin
Gail and Joe Reimer
Barbara and Frank Resnek
Loretta Richard
Rabbi Scott Roland
Terry Rosenberg
Rudnick Charitable Foundation
Rabbi Sonia and Ned Saltzman
Rabbi Ma’ayan and Richard Sands
Bella and George Savran
Susan and Robert Schechter
Liza Schneiderman and Gary Shub
Sharon Schumack and Michael Luckens
Pamela and James Schwartz
Rabbi Suzie Schwartz Jacobson and Jojo Jacobson
David Segal
Joanne and William Segal
Jim and Rosalie Shane
Susan Shevitz and Larry Bailis
Peggy Shukur and Bob Ruxin
Amy and Ross Silverstein
Rabbi Becky Silverstein and Naomi Sobel
Polly and Arnold Slavet
Rosalyn and Richard Slifka
Myra and Robert Snyder
Denise Sobel
Sarah Sonnenfeld
Karin and Leo Sprecher
Lisa Stewart Krutter
Jamie and David Stolper
Sara Surgenor Schnitzer and Michael M. Schnitzer
Sandy Sussman and Ron Schnur
Carol and Steven Targum
Rabbi Sarah Tasman and Kyle Hathaway
Temple Beth Zion of Brookline
Charlotte and Theodore Teplow & Wendy and David Teplow
Cantor Louise and Richard Treitman
Rhoda and David Trietsch
Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon
Nina Wacholder and Rabbi Robert Goldenberg
Beth and Rabbi Frank Waldorf
Lisa and Neil Wallack
Rabbi Seth Wax
Deanna and Sidney Wolk
Stephanie Wynn and Barry Finkelstein
Barbara and Rabbi Henry A. Zoob
* in formation