Dr. Joshua Holo is the Dean of the Jack H. Skirball Campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles and Associate Professor of Jewish History at HUC-JIR/LA. He served as Director of HUC-JIR’s Louchheim School of Judaic Studies from 2006-2010. Dr. Holo’s publications focus on Medieval Jews of the Mediterranean, particularly in the Christian realm. His book, “Byzantine Jewry in the Mediterranean Economy,” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. He is the creator of HUC-JIR’s College Commons, a digital platform offering live-streamed events and on-demand videos and podcasts of topical and scholarly content for Reform congregations and the general public.
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This past week, Norman Golb, a leading scholar of Jewish history and proud son of Chicago, died just shy of his 93rd birthday. He leaves a legacy of knowledge, insight, and passion for a venerable civilization. I met Norman — “Professor Golb” to me — in the fall of 1994, at the Oriental Institute of…
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Community Remembering Richard Siegel, A Pioneering Jewish Leader
At the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), we educate Jewish leaders as klei kodesh; that is, skilled organizational visionaries in the service of God and the Jewish people. None embodied that mission with more unadorned authenticity than Richard Siegel, of blessed memory. In 2007, Richard became interim director of the School of Jewish…
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Community Michael Chabon Touched A Nerve — And Shouting Him Down Is Not The Remedy
Michael Chabon’s recent graduation speech to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) has reinvigorated fiery accusations of Israel- and Jewish self-hatred against Jewish opponents of Israeli administration of the West Bank. Not only Chabon, who vigorously voiced this opposition, but also HUC-JIR, which hosted him, have come under attack. These ugly charges impoverish…
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