JUNE EVENTS — PLEASE JOIN US

Wissenschaft — the Enlightenment's scientific approach to understanding our history and our world — is the foundation of HUC's mission and approach to Jewish learning. Please join us for stimulating lectures with our renowned faculty and guest experts whose scientific rigor, academic scholarship, and Jewish lens offer insight and inspiration on Judaism and civil society, culture, history, parenting, religions, and women's studies.

TUESDAY, JUNE 1 AT 7:30 PM ET

Creative Thinking as Our Compass: Navigating Uncertainty With Optimism

Miriam Heller Stern, National Director,
School of Education, HUC

The Jewish people have a long history of creative thinking as a tool for adaptation, disruption and survival. Join us for an interactive session where we will explore creative Jewish sensibilities that help us be bold, refuel, and recharge our optimism.

Presented in partnership with the Jewish Grandparents Network and Lilith magazine.

TUESDAY, JUNE 8 AT 3:00 PM ET

Chagall and the Bible

Jean Bloch Rosensaft, Director, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, HUC/New York

Discover how memories of his youth in Vitebsk, the Russian Revolution, his 1931 visit to Palestine, the Holocaust, his personal religiosity, and his admiration for the old masters, informed his imagination to create uniquely modern visual interpretations of the core text of the Jewish people.

THURSDAY, JUNE 10 AT 7:00 PM ET

Not the Same as White: Latinx Students Talk About Jewish Schooling

Erik Ludwig, Ph.D., Director, Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, HUC/Los Angeles
Sasha Dominguez ‘20, Executive Director and Founder of Kol Connection

Why does race matter? Explore how colorblindness and perceptions of caring inform the way we think about community. Building on the narratives of Latinx students in Jewish schools, these experts take a bold stance on how intersectionality operates and why we should embrace it.

TUESDAY, JUNE 15 AT 1:00 PM ET

A Jewish Grand Tour: Should 'Travel' Become the Jewish Practice of Our Age?

Jeremy Leigh, Coordinator, Richard J. Scheuer Israel Seminar, HUC/Jerusalem

Despite having let go of the idea of pilgrimage over two thousand years ago, should traveling to sites of Jewish significance – in Europe and Israel – enter our practice as a way embedding connections across time and space? Are there, or could there be, a 'canon of places'? And by extension, is there is a 'canon of questions' to discuss when we get there?

TUESDAY, JUNE 22 AT 1:30 PM ET

Black Power/Jewish Politics

Marc Dollinger, Ph.D., Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair, Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., HUC President; Moderator

Was the Jewish ethnic and religious revival of the late 1960s and 1970s inspired from the Black Power movement itself? Join this session to gain a very different understanding of a Black-Jewish alliance.

TUESDAY, JUNE 29 AT 3:00 PM ET

Supporting the Intellectual and Emotional Needs of Children and One Another

Sivan Zakai, Ph.D., Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education, HUC/Los Angeles
Lauren Applebaum, Ed.D., Director, DeLeT, HUC
Rabbi Jordi Schuster Battis ’09, ‘11, Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA

The Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in radical shifts in the relationships among children, parents, and teachers. In many instances, children and their teachers have been forced apart, and children and their parents have been resituated in close quarters. This shift has ushered in both serious challenges and profound opportunities for building meaningful and educative relationships between children and the adults who love them. Learn about how parents, educators, and clergy can partner to support the intellectual and emotional needs of children, and of one another, during this time.

Presented in partnership with the Jewish Grandparents Network and Lilith magazine.

Can't join us live? All sessions will recorded and posted on our online learning archive.
Questions? Contact us at onlinelearning@huc.edu.

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