Fall 2019 Faculty On the Road
Learning at Hebrew College is a unique experience, just ask anyone who has stepped into the Bet Midrash or attended an on-line class. But our faculty go beyond our classrooms to bring compelling, relevant and creative ideas to your community built on our Jewish tradition and a pluralistic perspective. We share our love of Torah, commitment to communal and social responsibility, and spiritual and cultural creativity to ask and provide a framework to help guide answers to the most challenging questions of our tradition and of our time. Our faculty inspire, enlighten and entertain.
Hebrew College faculty members will be speaking and teaching at synagogues, conferences, or institutions across Greater Boston, North America and beyond this fall. Below, find a sample of programs near you in the coming months.
OCTOBER
Who: Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College
Where: Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA
When: October 19, 2019 at 7 p.m.
What: Installation of Rabbi Claudia Krieman as Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth Zion
Who: Rabbi Dan Judson, Dean, Rabbinical School
Where: University of Rhode Island
When: October 29, , 2019 at 7 p.m.
What: Lecture. “Religion in America Colloquium: Judaism Today.” Part of a series of university lectures on the major issues in contemporary American religious life.
Who: Rachel Raz, Director, Early Childhood Institute, and Linna Ettinger, Assistant Director, Early Childhood Institute
Where: Gann Academy, Waltham, MA
When: October 31, 2019; 2-4 p.m.
What: Israel Education Community of Practice. The Israel Education Community of Practice is comprised of professionals and educators who are working in the field of Israel Education for all ages. Israel CoP members are invited to share Israel Education practices and resources with each other.
NOVEMBER
Who: Rabbi Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer; Dean, Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
Where: Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport, Toronto, Canada
When: November 1-2, 2019
What: Religious Education Association Annual Meeting, Leading the initiative on “Global and public life: and the Shabbat experience.”
Who: Rabbi Michael Shire, Chief Academic Officer; Dean, Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
Where: Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
When: November 3, 2019
What: Panelist at Collaborative for Spirituality in Education 2019 Conference: The Spiritual Core of The Whole Child, The Next Wave in K-12 Education.
Who: Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School
Where: Hebrew College
When: November 3, 2019
What: Neo-Hasidic Festival. A Celebration of the appearance of Rabbi Arthur Green’s and Dr.Ariel Mayse’s two volume book A New Hasidism, featuring lectures, seminars, meditation, and an evening concert.
Who: Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College
Where: Gann Academy, Waltham, MA
When: November 10, 2019
What: Installation of Dr. Dalia Hochman as Head of School at Gann Academy
Who: Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President, Hebrew College
Where: Newark, NJ
When: November 17, 2019
What: Panelist at a Council for Hebrew Language and Culture in North America conference on “What is the Relationship Between Hebrew and Jewish Identity?”
Who: Joshua Jacobson, Senior Advisor and Adjunct Faculty, School of Jewish Music
Where: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
When: November 17-18, 2019
What: Conference on Jewish Summer Camping, paper on” The Impact of Choral Music in Jewish Summer Camps”
Who: Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School
Where: Limmud Boston, The KI Campus at 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA
When: November 17, 2019
What: Panel on adult education
Who: Dr. Rachel Adelman, Assistant Professor, Bible
Where: Limmud Boston, The KI Campus at 384 Harvard St., Brookline, MA
When: November 17, 2019
What: “The Endangered Daughter: Bat Yiftah in Bible and Midrash”
Who: Dr. Rachel Adelman, Assistant Professor, Bible
Where: Reed College
When: November 21, 2019
What: Lecture, “Passing Strange: Gender Crossing in the Stories of Joseph and Esther”
Who: Rachel Raz, Director, Early Childhood Institute
Where: Western Massachusetts (Hampshire College Early Learning Center, Eric Carl Museum, Yiddish Book Center) hosted by Ronit BenShir
When: November 21, 2019; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
What: Best Practices in Early Childhood Education (ECE). For directors and leaders, Best Practices in ECE will consist of educational visits to preschools.
Who: Dr. Rachel Adelman, Assistant Professor, Bible
Where: Congregation Neveh Shalom, Portland, Oregon
When: November 23, 2019
What: Scholar-in-Residence over Shabbat
Who: Dr. Rachel Adelman, Assistant Professor, Bible
Where: SBL (Society for Biblical Literature), San Diego, CA
When: November 25, 2019
What: “Sacred Space in the Hebrew Bible.” Panelist for Theology in the Hebrew Scriptures
DECEMBER
Who: Rachel Raz, Director, Early Childhood Institute
Where: The Diplomat Beach Resort, Hollywood, FL
When: December 5-8, 2019
What: “Space Torah” with Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman. Early Childhood Education: Working with Families of Young Children
Who: Rabbi Dan Judson, Dean, Rabbinical School
Where: 20/20 Judaism, a Collaborative Convention of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly, The Westin, Boston Waterfront
When: December 6-10, 2019
What: “Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money”
Who: Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Rabbinical School
Where: Marlene Meyerson JCC, New York, NY
When: December 8, 2019
What: Neo-Hasidic Festival. A Celebration of the appearance of Rabbi Arthur Green’s and Dr.Ariel Mayse’s two volume book A New Hasidism, featuring lectures, seminars, meditation, and an evening concert.
Who: Dr. Keren R. McGinity, Director, Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement
Where: 20/20 Judaism, a Collaborative Convention of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly, The Westin, Boston Waterfront
Date: Dec. 9, 2019; 3:15-4:45 p.m.
What: Afternoon Plenary “Courageous Conversations: Serving Interfaith Families”
Who: Ahava Rosenthal, Director, Parenting Through a Jewish Lens
Where; 20/20 Judaism, a Collaborative Convention of United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism and the Rabbinical Assembly, The Westin, Boston Waterfront
Date: December 8, 2019
What: “Parenting Through a Jewish Lens: Engaging 21st Century Jewish Families through Communal Learning”
Who: Rachel Raz, Director, Early Childhood Institute
Where: URJ Biennial, Early Childhood Family Engagement Summit, Chicago IL
When: December 12, 2019
What: What We Can Learn from Israel About Investment in Early Childhood Education