Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Rabbi Michael Dolgin holds hands with two young children beneath a prayer shawl in the middle of synagogue pews

Judaism Is a Deep and Powerful Tradition that Belongs to Us All

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

November 1, 2020

Rabbi Michael Dolgin, our Genesis commentator for Ten Minutes of Torah, is passionate about community engagement, interfaith and intercultural understanding, and tikkun olam. We caught up with him on how his Torah commentaries speak to some of the critical issues of our time.

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Spirituality

"I Will Be What I Will Be": Finding a Jewish Path in Emerging Adulthood

Aria Caligiuri

As a Jewish autistic bisexual transgender woman, “I will be what I will be” is something I have had to tell many people throughout my life, as they have questioned, judged, mocked, and discriminated against me for who I am.

Star of David necklace lying on an open Torah and yarmulke

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

60 Years a Rabbi: What I Learned from My Rabbinic Mentors

Rabbi A. James Rudin

June 23, 2020

Six decades have not diminished my appreciation of the rabbinic mentors who symbolically escorted me to rabbinical school and upon whose shoulders I stand.

Cantor David Berger smiling and strumming a guitar

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

The Language of Music, the Power of Camp, and the Torah of Parenting

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

March 25, 2020

Meet Cantor David Berger, the cantor at Chicago’s KAM Isaiah Israel and ReformJudaism.org’s past Ten Minutes of Torah commentator for the Book of Leviticus.

Volunteers working behind the scenes in the HUC JIR soup kitchen

Purim

How We Can Channel Purim’s Giving Spirit all Year Long

Juliana Karol, Eliana Fischel, & Eric Abbott

February 26, 2018

At the end of M’gillat Esther, the Jewish people celebrate their survival with merrymaking, feasting, and sending gifts to one another and to the poor. As a result, today’s Purim celebration has become inextricable from our obligation to share our bounty with.