Feld Lecture: The Wild Within: Exploring Landscape and Memory in Yiddish Literature (Hybrid Event) with Robert Adler Peckerar

Robert Adler Peckerar’s recent translations unearth powerful stories rooted in this terrain, and this talk delves into how the region’s history and geography shaped the works of three very different writers.
Reception at 5 pm ET, Lecture at 5:30 pm ET

Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
Time: 5:00 pm EST
Location: In-person (Klau Library) and Online

Yom HaAtzmaut Teen Party: Silent Disco

Calling all teens! Join the Chaverim M’Israel, for an epic Israel Independence Day party! We’re excited to invite you to this one-of-a-kind party with a TWIST!

Registration required.

AJC Annual Meeting

Please join us as we reflect on American Jewish Committee’s impact and celebrate Jewish advocacy in Cincinnati. Partake in a meaningful evening with friends and community leaders, help welcome new board members, and thank our outgoing members.

Our featured keynote will be Avital Leibovich, Director of AJC’s Jerusalem office. She will share valuable insights on the pressing issues facing Israel and the region as well as field questions from the audience.

RSVP HERE

2025 Annual Fritz Bamberger Memorial Lecture, featuring Frederick M. Lawrence

Advancing Critical Study: Free Expression, Academic Freedom and the Mission of Liberal Jewish Higher Learning

Tuesday, April 8
11:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. PT
This is a hybrid event, taking place on the New York Campus of Hebrew Union College and on Zoom.

REGISTER HERE

Frederick M. Lawrence, Secretary and CEO, The Phi Beta Kappa Society; Distinguished Lecturer, Georgetown Law

ARCHIE RAND’S The Seventeen: Iron Flock (Art Exhibit)

Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH
Archie Rand depicts seventeen assertive biblical women through intriguing, vivid imagery derived from comics and pulp magazines, children’s book illustrations, classic American and Italian films, and other visual precedents. This is the third venue for the traveling exhibition of works that debuted at the 2024 Jerusalem Biennale, themed “Iron Flock” (Tzon Barzel in Hebrew), celebrating women’s roles in Judaism. 

On View: March 27, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sunday 1 – 4  p.m.
Admission: Free
Tours/Information: awheeler@huc.edu or 513.487.3231

View the exhibition catalog at https://huc.edu/randcatalog

Images by Archie Rand, acrylic on canvas.
Left to right: Tob Refuses Ruth; Eliezer Gets Rebecca; Hannah and Eli

ARCHIE RAND’S The Seventeen: Iron Flock (Opening Reception)

Exhibit Opening Reception, Thursday, March 27, 2025

Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH

5:30 p.m. ET: Opening Reception
6:15 p.m. ET: Welcome: Joshua Holo, Ph.D.,
Vice President of Academic Resources
Exhibit Remarks: Archie Rand
Exhibit viewing to follow

Archie Rand depicts seventeen assertive biblical women through intriguing, vivid imagery derived from comics and pulp magazines, children’s book illustrations, classic American and Italian films, and other visual precedents. This is the third venue for the traveling exhibition of works that debuted at the 2024 Jerusalem Biennale, themed “Iron Flock” (Tzon Barzel in Hebrew), celebrating women’s roles in Judaism. 

Register HERE.

The Moral Dilemma Created by a Religious Canon: Reflections on How to Read, How to Teach, How to Live

With Rabbi David Aaron, Ph.D.
Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation

Tuesday, April 29
12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. Israel
Hybrid Event: In person and on Zoom

Engaging with religious canon potentially raises questions that challenge a person’s or community’s ethical values. David Aaron explores these questions through the lens of Pirke Avot, one of the central compilations of Jewish ethical teachings of the Rabbinic period.

Behind the Laughter: How the Purim Shpiel Came to America

With Rabbi Zev Eleff, Ph.D.

Tuesday, March 11
12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. Israel
Online Event

Learn about the origins of the modern Purim play in Eastern European yeshivas of the early nineteenth century and how they developed in American institutions of Jewish learning across the Jewish spectrum, including here at Hebrew Union College. This event is cosponsored by the American Jewish Archives.

Community Intergroup Seder

AJC Cincinnati will host its 32nd annual Community Intergroup Seder on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 11:30a.m.-1:15 p.m. We look forward to welcoming local community leaders and others from diverse backgrounds as we join to commemorate the Passover holiday. Invitations with more information and tickets will be available in early 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

AJC Community Intergroup Seder

Mayerson JCC

REGISTER HERE

Our Opportunity to Listen, Learn, & Help: Poland, Ukraine, History, and Community

Learn how Hillel Poland is working day in and day out to deal with issues confronting young Jews all over the world, as well as providing support and community to Ukrainian refugees who have not seen their homes in years as the war with Russia persists.

Monday, December 2, 2024

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Congregation Beth Adam

10001 East Loveland Madeira Road Loveland, OH 45140