Posts Tagged: Hebrew Union College
Study Shows High Jewish Engagement for Alumni of OU Teen Israel Experience
JNS.org - A newly released study reveals that non-Orthodox participants of an Orthodox Union summertime Israel experience for teenagers are more engaged Jewishly than their...
Tisha B’Av in the 21st Century
JNS.org - It is a testament to the amazing variability of Jewish synagogue life in America that the summertime fast of Tisha B'Av is for some...
American Jewry at the Crossroads: Isaac Mayer Wise, Solomon Schechter, and now…Avi Weiss and Sara Hurwitz
On July 11, 1883 a dinner honoring the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College (the rabbinical seminary of Reform Judaism), was held in...
America’s First Female Rabbi: 40 Years Later
Rabbi Sally Priesand, America's first seminary-ordained female rabbi, decided at age 16 to pursue her calling. "I always wanted to be a teacher of whatever was...
Stitch In Jewish Time
As the summer winds down and the holiday season begins, the Vered Gallery in East Hampton has mounted what namesake (Ruth) Vered termed her gallery's...
