HEBREW COLLEGE
ANNUAL REPORT
2013-14
J E W I S H L E A R N I NG A N D L E A DE R S H I P F OR A PLU R A L I S T IC WOR L D
College Leadership A D M I N I S T R AT I O N Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann President and Professor of Pluralism and Jewish Education Leon D. Zaimes, CPA Vice President, Finance and Administration Annette Ashin Executive Assistant to the President Steffi Bobbin Director, Human Resources Ken Gornstein Director, Marketing and Communications Jim Kenn Manager, Information Technology Rabbi Daniel Klein, Rab’10 Director, Student Life Rabbi Or Rose Director, Center for Global Judaism Jan Moidel Schwartz, Meah’99 Senior Development Officer Barbara Selwyn Director, Enrollment Management G R A D UAT E S T U D I E S D E A N S A N D DI R E C T O R S Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld Cantor Brian Mayer, DSM Barry Mesch, PhD, H’13 Rabbi Michael Shire, PhD
Dean, Rabbinical School Dean, School of Jewish Music Director, Jewish Studies; Special Adviser to the President Dean, Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
A D U LT A N D YO U T H P R O G R A M D I R E C T O R S Dan Brosgol, MJEd’04 Director, Prozdor Bernice Lerner, EdD, Meah’14 Director, Adult Learning Ariel Margolis Director, Makor
Programs of Hebrew College G R A D UAT E S T U D I E S Jewish Studies Program hebrewcollege.edu/jewish-studies Rabbinical School hebrewcollege.edu/rabbinical School of Jewish Music hebrewcollege.edu/jewish-music Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education hebrewcollege.edu/shoolman A D U LT L E A R N I N G Eser hebrewcollege.edu/eser Leaders in Adult Learning hebrewcollege.edu/lal Me’ah hebrewcollege.edu/meah Parenting Through a Jewish Lens hebrewcollege.edu/parenting YO U N G A D U LT L E A D E R S H I P A N D L E A R N I N G Hevruta Gap-Year Program
hevrutagapyear.org
YO U T H E D U C AT I O N Makor Hebrew Middle School Prozdor Hebrew High School
hebrewcollege.edu/makor hebrewcollege.edu/prozdor
INTERRELIGIOUS AND CONTEMPOR ARY LE ADERSHIP Center for Inter-Religious Communal and Leadership Education (CIRCLE) Center for Global Judaism
antshc-circle.org hebrewcollege.edu/global-judaism
L ET T ER F ROM T H E PR E SI DEN T
As Hebrew College enters its ninety-third year, we have grown into an international hub of Jewish learning and leadership that is transforming Jewish communities locally and around the globe. It is appropriate, then, that we have chosen “Jewish learning and leadership” as the theme of this year’s annual report. In these pages, you will read about some of the achievements and milestones of our distinctive campus-based and online programs in Jewish education, Jewish studies, and Jewish music, as well as our renowned Rabbinical School, which marked its tenth anniversary during 2013–14. You will also learn about several new initiatives that have infused the college with a new vitality and energy. These include the Hevruta gapyear program for Israeli and North American high-school graduates; an online leadershiptraining program for Prozdor students; a PhD in educational studies, offered jointly with Lesley University; the Leaders in Adult Learning program, our newest adult-learning initiative supported by Combined Jewish Philanthropies; and the appointment of the first Islamic studies scholar by Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School. In addition, you will hear from six exemplary 2014 graduates and program participants who are bringing sophisticated Jewish learning and visionary leadership to our pluralistic
community. They represent the nourishing and refreshing fruits of our labor, and we look forward to the many seeds they will plant as they share their love of learning. Hebrew College occupies a unique and valued place at the intersection of higher Jewish learning and leadership. We are proud to be of service to the Jewish community and to all those who seek to deepen their Jewish knowledge in an environment that is intellectually open and rigorous. We invite you to join us at our beautiful Newton Centre campus—or via the Internet—to explore the rich resources of Jewish civilization and culture. As we educate the next generation of Jewish learners and leaders, please also consider making a meaningful gift to Hebrew College at this time. Together, we will build a Jewish future that is rooted in deep learning and commitment to community.
RABBI DANIEL L. LEHMANN President, Hebrew College
HIGHLIGHTS of the YEAR
College, Hartman Institute Launch Gap-Year Program
Prozdor Offers Online Teen Leadership Certificate
Hebrew College and the Shalom Hartman Institute launched Hevruta, a first-of-its-kind gap-year program designed to train and nurture a new generation of Jewish leaders in Israel and North America. Participants spend nine months living and studying in Jerusalem, encountering new avenues of discovery and inquiry through text study, discussion of Great Jewish Books, and leadership training. Classes are led by renowned faculty from both institutions. The program also has a cultural component that takes advantage of Jerusalem’s rich arts community. Students live in independent apartments in the city’s trendy San Simon neighborhood.
Prozdor took the plunge into the realm of online learning, partnering with the Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps to launch a first-of-its-kind leadership certificate program for teens. Participants engage in six months of online learning in preparation for spending two summer months in Israel at one of three Cohen Camps. The online courses focus on leadership and character development, personal reflection, and case studies of leadership in Israel’s history. They are designed to both prepare participants for traveling in Israel, and help them reflect and continue their development following the summer experience.
Hebrew College, Lesley Partner on PhD for Educators
Lizzio Named Inaugural Islamic Studies Scholar
Hebrew College joined forces with Lesley University to offer a new threeyear doctoral program designed for working professionals in the field of Jewish educational leadership. Graduates earn a PhD in educational studies from Lesley, one of the country’s largest providers of graduate programs for educators, and a certificate in Jewish educational leadership from Hebrew College. The curriculum is structured to accommodate the interests and schedules of working professionals.
Celene Ayat Lizzio, a leading figure of a new generation of American Muslim thinkers, was appointed the inaugural Islamic studies scholar by Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School. Her position involves teaching, program development, and interfaith outreach. She also serves as a director of the schools’ joint Center for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Education. Her three-year appointment was made possible by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Initiative Engages College Students through Israeli Arts
New Program Promotes Adult Jewish Learning
The Center for Global Judaism launched an innovative pilot program designed to engage college students in an exploration of Jewish life and thought through the lens of contemporary Israeli arts. The Tarbut initiative, which began in February with a group of some fifteen Tufts University students, uses poetry, music, film, painting, and dance to consider different dimensions of contemporary Israeli life and Jewish culture. The program consists of biweekly seminars, weekly hevruta study, cultural outings, and a final project.
It’s a modern-day book club, but the books are thousands of years old. Called “People of the Book,” the new initiative from Hebrew College’s adult learning division and Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Commission on Jewish Life and Learning brings together small groups of adults across Greater Boston for study and discussion of the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible. Another component of the program involves training individuals to serve as community organizers and group facilitators whose goal is to promote adult Jewish learning in Greater Boston.
CELEBRATE
2014 Rabbis Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, center, and Arthur Green, right, with President Daniel Lehmann.
Jennifer Howe Peace and Rabbi Or Rose.
Deborah and Ron Feinstein.
More than 400 members of the Hebrew College community gathered May 7 for the school’s annual spring gala, Celebrate 2014, which included a special celebration of the Rabbinical School’s tenth anniversary and the presentation of two major college awards. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, friends, and supporters from Greater Boston and across the country came together at Gann Academy in Waltham to acknowledge the college’s commitment to pluralistic Jewish education and leadership. More than $500,000 in new gifts and pledges was raised in support of Hebrew College and its rabbinical school. Rabbi Arthur Green, founder and current rector of the Rabbinical School, and Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, the school’s dean, were honored for their role in establishing, nurturing, and growing the internationally renowned Rabbinical School, which now counts seventy alumni among its ranks and welcomed the largest entering cohort in its history this fall.
In addition, two major college awards were presented during the evening: the Hebrew College Award for Innovative Leadership and Interfaith Learning, to Rabbi Or Rose, director of Hebrew College’s Center for Global Judaism, and Jennifer Howe Peace, assistant professor of interfaith studies at Andover Newton Theological School; and the Hebrew College President’s Award for Community Leadership, to Deborah, MAJS’06, and Ron Feinstein, immediate past chairman of the Board of Trustees.
MUSIC TO THEIR EARS To mark the Rabbinical School’s tenth anniversary, students and alumni of the Rabbinical School and the cantor-educator program recorded and produced a CD, Galeh. A limited quantity is available by emailing lrosenberg@hebrewcollege.edu. SONG LIST 1. Introduction 2. Hashmi’ini
השמיעיני
3. The Ark & The Sea 4. DDD
אמר אמר אום אני חומה 7. Psalm 116 תהילים קטז 8. Pitchu Li פתחו לי 9. Esn Est Zich עסן עסט זיך 10. Odeh La’el אודה לאל 11. Not By Might לא בחיל 12. Brich Rachamana בריך רחמנא 13. Galeh גלה 14. Sosne Niggun סוסנע נגון 15. K’vodcha Malei Olam כבודך מלא עולם 16. Lecha Dodi לכה דודי 17. Oseh Shalom עושה שלום 5. Amar Amar
6. Om Ani Homa
PRODUCED BY Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld Noah Aronson David Fainsilber Lev Friedman Shoshana Meira Friedman Jessica Kate Meyer Arielle Rosenberg Micah Shapiro MASTERED BY Doug Hammer Dreamworld Productions Saugus, Massachusetts COVER ARTWORK Rabbi Elyssa Auster ’11
Far left: The Israeli Stage performance of Oh, God drew a packed audience to Alumni Dining Hall on April 1. Near left: Award-winning author and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll signs books after his December 3, 2013, lecture “Retrieving Bonhoeffer.”
PUBLIC EVENTS FALL SEMESTER
january 27, 2014
Religious Responses to Climate Change november 3, 2013
Speaking Torah (book launch and discussion)
january 30, 2014
The Jewish Spiritual Quest: Future Directions november 15–16, 2013
Community Shabbaton: What About God
march 3, 2014
The Muslim American Community Today november 18, 2013
Ethical Jam: Family Dynamics
march 12, 2014
The Golden Age Shtetl december 3, 2013
Retrieving Bonhoeffer: The Actual Meaning of the Shoah for Christians
march 20, 2014
december 5, 2013
april 1, 2014
Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence
Oh, God (theatrical production)
SPRING SEMESTER
april 7, 2014
Wagner’s Jews (film and discussion)
Shadow in Baghdad (film and discussion) january 5, 2014
Wandering Jews: Peddlers and the Discovery of New Worlds
april 30, 2014
Auschwitz or Sinai: Israel and the Culture of Memory january 16, 2014
Teaching and Learning in the Presence of the Other: Jewish and Christian Perspectives
may 14, 2014
What Do We Mean When We Say God?
DOWNTOWN LEARNING SERIES Hebrew College launched a series of early-morning learning programs in 2013–14 for professionals working in downtown Boston. Members of the Rabbinical School served as instructors for these very successful and popular programs, which were held from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at various locations. THE POWER OF BLESSING IN BIBLICAL RELIGION AND LATER JUDAISM
THE IMAGE OF GOD: IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
MASTER TEXTS FROM MASTER TEACHERS
Dates: October 10 to December 19, 2013 Host: Fidelity Investments Instructor: Rabbi Nehemia Polen, Professor of Jewish Thought
Dates: February 5 to April 23, 2014 Host: Fidelity Investments Instructor: Rabbi Arthur Green, Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Rector, Rabbinical School
Dates: February 6 to April 24, 2014 Host: CW&K Investment Management Instructors: Professor Rachel Adelman, Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Rabbi Dan Judson, Rabbi Ebn Leader, Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, Rabbi Or Rose
2 014 HONOR A RY DEGR EE R ECI PI EN TS Hebrew College awarded honorary doctorates to three outstanding and accomplished Jewish leaders at the school’s June 1, 2014, commencement ceremonies at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill. Honorees were Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement; Ruth Calderon, a member of the Israeli Parliament; and Alan Solomont, P’65, dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. Sadly, Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi died just weeks after the ceremony.
RABBI ZALMAN SCHACHTE R-SHALOMI “A teacher, pastor, and prayer leader who has inspired numerous individuals to actively engage in the revitalization of Jewish spiritual life through Torah study, prayer, and meditation.”
RUTH CALDERON
ALAN SOLOMONT, P’65
“A visionary leader, Jewish educator, scholar, and political activist with a talent for engaging people both in Israel and the Diaspora.”
“An entrepreneur, teacher, philanthropist, and political activist—committed to the Jewish people, a democratic Israel, and peace in the Middle East.”
HONORA RY DEGREE RECIPIENTS , 2009– PRESENT Edgar Bronfman Sr., z”l Betty Brudnick, P’46 Ruth Calderon Anita Diamant Nancy Falchuk Rabbi David Hartman, z”l
Paula Hyman, P’63, BJEd’66, z”l Bernard Korman George Krupp Anne Lapidus Lerner, P’59, BHL’62, MHL’64 Barry Mesch Martha Minow
Martha Minow Jehuda Reinharz Jonathan Sarna, P’70, BHL’74 Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l Alan Solomont, P’65 Yehudi Wyner
NOTABLE & QUOTABLE Awards, honors, and achievements by Hebrew College faculty and staff
Dan Brosgol, director of Prozdor, was one of eighteen inaugural winners of Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Chai in the Hub award, which honors individuals twenty-two to forty-five who are making a significant impact on Boston Jewish life. Winners were selected by CJP’s Young Leadership Division based on nominations from the community.
Rabbi Jane Kanarek, associate professor of rabbinics, was awarded tenure in the spring, the first faculty member in more than two decades to earn that distinction. Additionally, Kanarek’s first book, Biblical Narrative and the Formation of Rabbinic Law, was published by Cambridge University Press.
Cantor Brian Mayer, dean of the School of Jewish Music, was honored in May by Temple Emanu-El in Providence, Rhode Island, for his twenty-five years of spiritual, musical, pastoral, and educational contributions to the temple and the larger Jewish community.
Rabbi Dan Judson, director of professional development and placement for the Rabbinical School, was the featured subject of Reform Judaism magazine’s spring 2014 cover story, “When Jews Choose Their Dues.” In the article, presented in question-and-answer format, Judson, an expert on the history of American synagogues and money, advocated for a “free-will” model of congregational support in which members pledge an annual contribution of their own volition.
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, president and professor of pluralism and Jewish education, delivered a keynote address at the Ravsak/ Pardes Jewish Day School Leadership Conference, “Moving the Needle: Galvanizing Change in Our Day Schools,” in Los Angeles. In his remarks, Lehmann stressed that day schools are uniquely positioned in communal life to build future Jewish leaders.
Ina Regosin, former associate dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, was honored upon her retirement at the school’s inaugural alumni dinner in November. The establishment of the Ina S. G. Regosin Scholarship Fund was announced at that time.
Sandy Miller-Jacobs, former professor and director of special education at the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, was presented with the S’fatai Tiftakh Award at Hebrew College’s sixth annual GISHA conference in May. The award, translated as “Open My Lips,” recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of special education.
Rabbi Arthur Green, Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Rabbi Ebn Leader, a founding faculty member of the Rabbinical School; and Rabbi Or Rose, director of the Center for Global Judaism, published Speaking Torah: Spiritual Teachings from around the Maggid’s Table, a two-volume compilation of commentaries from the early Hassidic movement.
Rabbi Michael Shire, dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, served as a guest editor of the winter and spring 2014 issues of the Reform Jewish Quarterly, published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. The issues were dedicated to the topic of “Sacred Teaching and Spiritual Learning,” and examined ways in which Jewish educators and clergy see their teaching role as holy work and encourage spiritual awareness among young people and adults.
Bernice Lerner, director of adult learning, led a panel discussion of her book The Triumph of Wounded Souls: Seven Holocaust Survivors’ Lives at the conference “Holocaust Education in the Twenty-first Century” last fall at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The book recounts the stories of seven Holocaust survivors who overcame many obstacles to earn advanced degrees and become college and university professors.
Rabbinical School students were featured in three Boston Globe articles during the 2013–14 school year. Among them: “From ‘The Pianist’ Film Role into Real Life as a Rabbi” profiles Jessica Kate Meyer, who gave up a burgeoning acting career to return to her Judaic roots; and “Late, a New Beginning” chronicles Joel Baron’s journey to the rabbinate after a successful career in publishing.
PROFILES in LEARNING and LEADERSHIP 2014 graduates of Hebrew College’s degree and community-learning programs reflect on how Judaism has influenced and prepared them for their roles as students and teachers in a modern, pluralistic world.
R A BBI N ICA L SCHOOL
What is the biggest challenge facing Jewish leaders in the twenty-first century? The challenge for today’s Jewish leaders is great, but it’s not necessarily new: to foster a Jewish community that awakens and deepens people’s spiritual lives, that connects people with one another, and that ultimately encourages people to make a positive difference in the world. This challenge evolves as our relationship to time, to one another, and to a sense of community evolves. We are increasingly pulled in different directions. We’re always “on.” The workday never really ends in our always-connected-to-email world—the way we navigate time has become continuous and also fragmented. Can we help people access Judaism so that Jewish time and Jewish life become a thread that draws together and informs these fragmented pieces of our lives? It is important to expand our communities, to engage and welcome people by meeting them where they are. And yet, as the number of activities and commitments vying for people’s attention increases, this becomes a difficult task. Our challenge is to meet people where they are and then go one step further: to ask them to meet one another and deepen their Jewish experiences in relationship with one another. These connections are what build sacred Jewish community.
LISA STELLA, MAJS’14, Rab’14 Senior Jewish Educator University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
SCHOOL OF J EW ISH M USIC
What role does music play in the education of a modern Jew? In answering this question, it is instructive to look at the Hebrew College mission statement. The first value is “Ahavat Torah,” a love of learning. I have found so many people who got interested in becoming Jews in the first place by being part of a choir at a synagogue. They experience the music and say, “This is fascinating; I want to know more.” Next, we have “Areivut,” embracing communal responsibility. Music is not designed to stay in a vacuum; it is designed to be shared. It forces people to come together and think about what’s going on inside of the context of music. Third is “Elu v’Elu,” engaging diversity. We have a common music that we call nusach (the music of prayer). I had no idea what that word meant before I attended Hebrew College, but now I am very much a nusach advocate as a way to connect different types of Jews from all over the world. Finally, there is “Yetzirah,” fostering Jewish creativity. The amount of new music that has come forth, even within the past fifteen or twenty years, has been tremendous. Whether it is through the Blue Fringe, a Jewish rock group with a religious bent, or the Maccabeats, a very popular a cappella group with a pop feel, you’re able to reach many different audiences through different approaches to music.
RICHARD LAWRENCE, MJEd’14, Can’14 Cantor Temple Emanu El Orange Village, Ohio
SHOOL M A N GR A DUAT E SCHOOL OF J EW ISH EDUCAT ION
How do you get youngsters excited to learn about Jewish culture and religion? Young students have a natural innocence and zesty curiosity that lifts their minds and spirits high as they journey through Jewish learning experiences. I learn from my young students as I witness their creativity, imagination, honesty, and fresh perspective on issues that, frankly, sometimes we adults view without the same sensitive nuance. From working with young, imaginative students, I actually glean fresh ideas about how to communicate and teach various topics and concepts. Sometimes I am amazed by the renewed and innovative viewpoints that the children bring to the table on a subject, and it inspires me to lead the class in a new direction that I hadn’t originally planned. Above all, working with young children reminds me that there is no such thing as a boring topic. Everything—and I mean everything—can be explored on a multisensory, interesting, and vivacious plane. The children teach me how to access my own spirit, have fun, and connect with them in new ways. Working with young children in Jewish education reassures me that our future is in good hands.
RACHEL MARKOWITZ, Cert’14, BJEd’14, MJEd’14 Judaic Studies Teacher Solomon Schechter School of Westchester White Plains, New York
J EW ISH ST U DI E S PROGR A M
How has a Jewish education changed the way you look at the world? Jewish texts and sources sanctify and celebrate the world in which we live— acknowledging and honoring our createdness, our physicality, our materiality— in a way that no other body of thought does. Being initiated into the moral complexity of the biblical patriarchs, the realism of rabbinic psychology, or the earthiness of modern Jewish writing is an education in marrying the philosophical ideals of truth and justice with the worldly ways of family and work, ethnic belonging and national pride, pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow. A pluralistic, academic Jewish education teaches you that no one Jewish stream of thought, nor Judaism writ large, has a monopoly on truth and morality. And yet it shows how these ideals have been grounded in the life of a people, and thus sustained across the millennia. Rather than fleeing the flaws and frailties of human nature, a Jewish education teaches you to embrace the world rather than reject it, and to see the robustness of a morality grounded in the world as it is.
ROBERT HILL, MAJS’14 Quantitative Trader Coral Gables, Florida
E SER
When young adults participate in Jewish learning, what is the biggest reward they reap? Jewish learning allows young adults to embrace the struggle. When we study Jewish texts, we will inevitably come across material that seems uncomfortable or difficult to reconcile with our modern values. In a learning environment, we are encouraged not to dismiss but to question, to grapple, to engage. This is the reward that Jewish learning gives us, a tool to move forward in the world with a discerning eye and a willingness to delve deeper into challenges that may seem insurmountable—and the knowledge that the only way to do this is by working together as a community. Studying Jewish texts allows us to bridge the separation between ourselves and those around us, illuminating the relevance that Judaism can bring to our contemporary identities. We study together, through the eyes of a new generation. Finding significance in something we’ve dismissed as dated or archaic can open doors that we never knew were closed.
ANDREW OBERSTEIN Singer and Actor Boston
PROZ DOR
What kind of teacher do you find most inspirational? Inspirational teachers understand that teaching is a two-way street. They don’t just impart knowledge to their students—they are receptive to learning from students as well. Such teachers are inspirational because they understand that their opinions and dogma are not, and should not be, set in stone. They look to their students for fresh insight. This leads to strong teacherstudent relationships. Students feel comfortable sharing their ideas and are flattered that their thoughts are seen to be important. Teachers willing to learn from their students become even better teachers. They stay open to criticism, aware that students can sometimes show them the best ways to get a class to really engage with material and understand it most fully.
ELENA SCHWARTZ, P’14 Senior Newton North High School Newton, Massachusetts
P H I L A N T H R O P Y H EBR EW COL L EGE CON T R I BU T IONS A N D GR A N T I NCOM E SU M M A RY (for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014)
34%
21%
29%
9% 7%
ANNUAL FUND
General Support
$1,400,000
Scholarships
436,000
Celebrate 2014
338,000
Total Annual Fund
2,174,000
The Avi Chai Foundation, for NETA Hebrew program.
GRANT INCOME
Foundation Grants
1,008,000
CJP Grants
1,645,000
Total Grant Income TOTAL INCOME
F R I EN DR A I SI NG EV EN TS
NO TA BL E GR A N TS
2,653,000
The Covenant Foundation, for Godly Play curriculum.
$4,827,000
CJ P SU PP ORT
Harold Grinspoon Foundation, for academic support.
Hebrew College held three successful “friendraising” events at the homes of friends and supporters during fiscal year 2014: GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS Date: August 11, 2013 Hosts: Sharon Strassfeld and Rose Zoltek-Jick Program: Rabbi Arthur Green, Irving Brudnick Professor of Philosophy and Religion, and rector of the Rabbinical School, “The Question of Jewish Leadership: Old and New.”
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston awarded approximately $1.6 million to Hebrew College during fiscal year 2014, including $1.1 million in grants for the following programs and initiatives:
Legacy Heritage Fund, in support of midcareer fellowships for Master of Jewish Education students.
ADULT LEARNING Eser Leaders in Adult Learning Me’ah Parenting Through a Jewish Lens
DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS Date: October 24, 2013 Hosts: Annebelle and Arnold Cohen Program: President Daniel Lehmann, “Are We Entering a Postdenominational Age?”
YOUTH EDUCATION Prozdor/Makor program support Pirkei Dorot travel program YESOD Youth Educator Initiative
Henry Luce Foundation, for interfaith learning and leadership initiatives.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS Date: March 9, 2014 Hosts: Carol and Carl, MAJS’13, Chudnofsky Program: President Daniel Lehmann, “A View from the Pew: What Does the Recent Pew Study Really Mean for American Jews?”
Boston-Haifa Connection Congregational Education Initiative Early Childhood Director’s Network JEEP fellowships Scholarships for Jewish educators Wabash Center, for religious leadership formation.
H E B R E W
C O L L E G E
2 0 1 3 - 1 4
26%
REVEN UE CATEGORY
Tuition and Fees
AMOUNT
$3,886,000
Grant Income
2,653,000
Contributions
2,174,000
Program Participation Fees
947,000
Other Income
363,000
Return on Investment
232,000
TOTAL REVENUE
21%
$10,255,000
38%
Instruction
AMOUNT
2,574,000
Student Financial Aid
698,000
Academic Support
442,000
Institutional Advancement
386,000
Student Services
288,000
9%
4% 7%
$5,657,000
Institutional Support
TOTAL EXPENSES
2% 4% 3% 4%
EXPENSES CATEGORY
F I N A N C I A L S
$10,045,000
26% 56%
M IS SION STAT EM EN T
Hebrew College promotes excellence in Jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor, personal engagement, and spiritual creativity. We empower and inspire individuals to contribute their voices and vision to the Jewish community and to bring Jewish values to bear on the critical issues of our time. BY T H E N U M BER S Student Enrollment
Community Engagement, 2013–14
552 499 208
27 35 30 24
ADULT LEARNING
YOUTH EDUCATION
GRADUATE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
237 NONDEGREE
RABBINICAL/CANTORIAL INTERNSHIP SITES
ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM SITES
COMMUNITIES REPRESENTED IN YOUTH EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SITES
Ordinations, Graduate Degrees, and Certificates Conferred, 2014 MASTER OF ARTS IN JEWISH STUDIES AND JEWISH LIBERAL STUDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 MASTER OF JEWISH EDUCATION. . . . . . . . . . . 15 RABBINICAL ORDINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 CANTORIAL ORDINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CERTIFICATE IN JEWISH EDUCATION. . . . . . . . 20 CERTIFICATE IN HEBREW LANGUAGE TEACHING. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CERTIFICATE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CERTIFICATE IN JEWISH MUSIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 CERTIFICATE IN PASTORAL CARE. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Trustees
Leadership Council of the Board of Overseers
Harold Kotler, Meah’99 Chair
Myra L. Snyder, Meah’03, MAJS’01 Chair
Geoffrey Kurinsky, Meah’02 Treasurer
Jill Cohen Vice Chair
Jack A. Eiferman Secretary
Margie Ross Decter, P’85 Secretary
Susan Ain, Meah’02, MAJS’11 Immediate Past Chair
Edward M. Bloom, Meah’04 Judith Bolton-Fasman, Meah’05 Dr. Robert Feingold, P’58 Deborah Feinstein, P’79, Meah’99, MAJS’06 Harold Goldstein, Meah’98 Richard Gray Steffi Aronson Karp Joan Rosenberg, Meah’01 Ma’ayan Sands, MAJS’93, Cert’96 Howard Smith Heather Zacker, Meah’99
Mark Atkins, P’65 David Begelfer, Meah’01 Carl Chudnofsky, Meah’02, MAJS’13 Steven Cohen, Meah’98 Ronald Feinstein Louis J. Grossman, Meah’00 Leo Karas, Meah’00 Bernard J. Korman, H’12 George Krupp, H’13 Sara Lee Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, President, Hebrew College Daniel L. Miller, Meah’99 L. James Miller, Meah’09 Rabbi Suzanne Offit, Meah’96, MAJS’09, Rab’09 Steven G. Segal, Meah’09 Myra L. Snyder, Meah’03, MAJS’01, ex-officio James Sokolove Gregory L. Stoller Trustees Emeriti Betty Brudnick, P’46, H’10 Mickey Cail, Meah’03, H’06 Ted Cutler, H’02 Theodore Teplow, H’99
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