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91快活林’s 2015 Honorary Degree Recipients Share Remarks

Feb 12, 2016

Watch 91快活林’s 2015 Honorary Degree Recipients.

Alan Levine Named Chair of the 91快活林 Board of Trustees, Succeeding Abby Joseph Cohen

Alan Levine, a partner in the international law firm of Cooley LLP and a leading trial lawyer in the United States, has been named Chair of the Board of Trustees of 91快活林 (91快活林), effective July 1. He succeeds Abby Joseph Cohen, who has served as chair of the 91快活林 Board since 2009. Mr. Levine joined the 91快活林 Board in 1998 and assumed the role of vice chair in 2009.

Six 91快活林 Alumni Awarded Seeds of Innovation Grants

Feb 11, 2016

The Project supports alumni who are pioneering new ideas that foster Jewish engagement.

91快活林 to Establish the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts

91快活林 (91快活林) is pleased to announce the creation of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts in honor of Gilda and Henry Block and in memory of their dear friend, Kenneth Kolker (z”l). Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, director of Liturgical Arts at 91快活林, will serve as the Center’s director. Expected to open this fall, the Center will be an incubator for inventive forms of prayer and liturgy, building community through learning and meaningful shared experiences.

Art Exhibition at 91快活林 Will Explore Transformations in Identity and Contemporary Jewish Life

91快活林 (91快活林) is pleased to announce the opening of Traversing Tradition: Transformation in and of Contemporary Jewish Life, the fourth visual arts exhibition in the 91快活林 Arts Advisory Board’s ongoing initiative to create and sustain arts programming at 91快活林. Installations in a wide range of media鈥搃ncluding video, photography, and neon鈥揵y artists Tamar Ettun, Jake Levin, Angela Strassheim, Silvio Wolf, Gil Yefman, and Sarah Zell Young will explore personal and cultural transformations, drawing inspiration from Jewish texts and traditions associated with dietary laws, prayer, birth, and death. On view beginning September 10, 2015, the exhibition will emerge in two stages during the academic year as 91快活林 begins a major renovation and expansion of its campus facilities, creating a centralized and modernized residence hall, a prominent auditorium and conference center, and a state-of-the-art library.

The William Davidson School of 91快活林 Hails Major Grant to Continue Legacy of Leadership

The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of 91快活林 (91快活林) has received a $5 million two-year grant from the William Davidson Foundation, fortifying its position as an incubator for outstanding and innovative leadership across the denominational spectrum. Offering residential and online masters and doctoral degrees, The William Davidson School鈥檚 unparalleled education is also one of the most affordable and accessible thanks to a wide range of merit-based scholarships made possible through the William Davidson Foundation.

The Davidson School of 91快活林 and HUC-JIR Awarded Major Grant to Launch Early Childhood Education

91快活林 and HUC-JIR have received a grant from The Crown Family to launch a Chicago based cohort of the Jewish Early Childhood Education Leadership Institute (JECELI).

Marc Gary on “The 91快活林 Library for the 21st Century”

“The 91快活林 Library houses the most significant collection of Hebraic and Judaic manuscripts and rare printed books in the world outside of the State of Israel (and some would argue in the entire world). At 91快活林, we feel a tremendous responsibility for enhancing, conserving, and increasing access to this unparalleled treasure of the Jewish people. Articles such as the one published here by Naomi Stillman (September 16, 2015), which contain numerous inaccuracies and mischaracterize the goals and purposes of the 91快活林 campus redevelopment project, are hurtful to those of us who take that responsibility seriously. Moreover, they undermine support for the Library and its mission, which Ms. Stillman and thousands of other people hold dear.”

Building Shabbat Community: Introduction by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) recently released Building Shabbat Community: Through Meaningful Alternative Prayer Service Experiences, which includes a forward by Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen.

Dr. Alan Mittleman Named Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy at 91快活林

Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen of 91快活林 (91快活林) recently appointed Dr. Alan Mittleman to the position of Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy. Dr. Mittleman’s current work in progress-a book tentatively entitled The Holy and the Good: An Essay in Jewish Philosophical Theology-is supported by a major grant from the Herzl Institute’s Jewish Philosophical Theology Project. He succeeds Dr. Neil Gillman, Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Jewish Philosophy Emeritus.