What stories can a book tell us beyond the words on its pages? In the aftermath of the immense destruction to Polish Jewry wrought by the Holocaust, Jewish cultural activists went to enormous lengths to rebuild. In this talk, Dr. Rachelle Grossman will tell the surprising story of Yiddish books published in postwar Poland.
Hubert Humphrey was elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1945 and, in just three years, transformed it from being nationally notorious for its antisemitism and racism to being nationally acclaimed for its concrete progress on civil rights. How Humphrey accomplished what he did is both dramatic as a part of history and instructive amid the present upsurge in antisemitism. Samuel Freedman will discuss his book, Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights, which examines this obscure chapter of Humphrey鈥檚 life. It foretells the man who was President Lyndon B. Johnson鈥檚 right hand in pushing through the landmark civil rights laws of the mid-1960s and provides a powerful and useful analogue to today鈥檚 struggles.
Join us for Shabbat as we honor the memory of HUC-JIR Board of Advisor, Steven P. Seltzer, and celebrate the work of current Student Rabbi, Ilana Symons, the recipient of the memorial scholarship in Seltzer's name.
Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler is the Sigmund Falk Professor, Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies. This semester at HUC, Dr. Zierler will be teaching a course on Jewish children鈥檚 literature, defining the unique characteristics of the genre and exploring the traditional values it seeks to impart on future generations.
Get ready to celebrate Shabbat like never before!
The Harry G. Friedman Society and Heller Museum鈥╟ordially invite you to a special viewing 鈥╝nd artists talk.
Alumni from all of HUC-JIR鈥檚 programs and campuses are invited! Consider new ideas and texts, deepen your knowledge of Torah and Jewish wisdom, study with gifted teachers, explore HUC-JIR鈥檚 new curricula, and reconnect with old friends and make new ones.
