52-677: Klau Library (Cincinnati) is a Jewish research library on the Cincinnati campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion . It is the oldest and largest of the College-Institute's libraries. The library was founded in 1875 alongside Hebrew Union College by the school's founder, Isaac Mayer Wise . It was known as the Hebrew Union College Library until 1961, when it was renamed in honor of Board of Governors member David Klau. The library began as
104-478: A collection of textbooks locked in a chest and managed by the janitor of the first Hebrew Union College building in downtown Cincinnati. This collection numbered 103 in 1875. Eventually, a faculty member was assigned as "librarian." In 1878, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations voted to fund book acquisition for the library, and the collection began to grow. The purchase of books was supplemented by donations, like
156-457: A durable form. Below is an excerpt of the introduction that her family wrote for this anthology: On her good days, Debbie was self-effacing. If she could know about this project, she would be embarrassed. She would say, "No one will want it." Debbie's music is the narrative of her personal journey. It is the story that should not be lost. Her music was raw. Her intimate relationship with liturgy, Tanach [Hebrew Bible], and modern and ancient texts
208-572: A five-year graduate program, conferring the degree of Master of Sacred Music in the fourth year and ordination as cantor in the fifth year. Cantorial School at HUC-JIR begins in Jerusalem and continues for the next four years in New York. While in Israel, students study Hebrew, and Jewish music, and get to know Israel. Cantorial students study alongside Rabbinical and Education students. In New York,
260-484: A large impact [in] Modern Orthodox shuls, women's tefillah [prayer], [and] Orthodox feminist circles.... She was a religious bard and angel for the entire community." According to Cantor Harold Messinger of Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley, PA, "Debbie was the first, and every contemporary hazzan, song leader, and layperson who values these concepts is in her debt." The daughter of Freda and Gabriel Friedman, Debbie
312-516: A significant platform in the nation's fourth-largest Jewish population. Friedman was commissioned by Chicago's Temple Sinai following her experience as a song leader at the overnight camp Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute. In fact, Chicago Sinai Rabbi Samuel Karff was so "captivated" by her charisma, and impressed with her abilities, that he invited Friedman to join his congregation as an artist in residence that fall. While Friedman
364-890: Is assigned practica (mini-recitals) during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year of school culminating with a Senior Recital (based on a thesis) during the 5th year. Rabbi David Ellenson, then president of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, announced on January 27, 2011, that the School of Sacred Music would be renamed the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music in honor of Debbie Friedman . The renaming officially occurred on December 7, 2011. HUC has both male and female students in all its programs, including rabbinic and cantorial studies. Julia Ettlinger (1863-1890) became its first female student in 1875. As of January 2022, it has 839 women rabbinical graduates. (See Women rabbis ). The first female rabbi to be ordained by HUC
416-716: Is independent of HUC, however, both organizations continue to collaborate on select programs and exhibitions. The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion also manages the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and Skirball Museum in Jerusalem. The Jewish Language Project (JLP), run by Professor Sarah Bunin Benor at HUC–JIR, is a research program dedicated to the preservation of Jewish diasporic languages. The project also seeks to raise awareness among Jewish communities about Jewish languages around
468-456: Is revealed in her interpretations and melodies. She found a home for the texts and her lyrics in the music she created. Every nuance of her music and lyrics gave voice to her love for Judaism, her love for others, her joy and pain—they gave voice to the person that Debbie was and wanted to be. Notwithstanding Debbie's feelings, we believe people will want this anthology. We believe people will want to hold onto and perpetuate Debbie's message. Over
520-478: Is separately cataloged. Hebrew Union College operates Hebrew Union College Press , a university press , through which it releases Jewish Studies-related publications. The Dr. Bernard Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York presents exhibitions highlighting Jewish history , culture, and contemporary creativity. Since its founding in 1983 as the Joseph Gallery,
572-611: Is the Jewish English Lexicon , an online dictionary of words derived from various Jewish languages that Jews use when they are speaking English. Other initiatives concern endangered Jewish languages and feature documentation to preserve terms and phrases. A related project is the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon , an online dictionary and text database of different Aramaic varieties. Notable faculty members have included Judah Magnes , who
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#1732772263563624-609: The Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music ) where she instructed both rabbinic and cantorial students. In 2010, she was named to the Forward 50 after the release of her 22nd album As You Go On Your Way: Shacharit – The Morning Prayers. Friedman was a lesbian, but did not talk about it in public. Her obituary in The New York Times was the first place her sexual identity was publicized. She
676-403: The 18th and 19th centuries. Among these are more than 7000 individually cataloged works. It also contains a full liturgical year of handwritten music from his mid-nineteenth century European Ashkenazi Jewish community. Digitization of the collection is in progress. The library also holds the collection of Jacques Offenbach . Some of these items are held in Cincinnati, but the majority are held in
728-497: The 1990s from a neurological condition, with symptoms apparently similar to multiple sclerosis . The story of her music, as well as the challenges she faced in living with illness, were featured in a 2004 documentary film about Friedman called A Journey of Spirit , produced by Ann Coppel, which followed her from 1997 to 2002. In 2007, Friedman accepted an appointment to the faculty of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 's School of Sacred Music in New York (now called
780-553: The American Jewish Archives ). In 1961, the expanding library moved into its current building, dedicated as the Klau Library on June 3, 1961. The Dalsheimer Rare Book Building was also built to house the rarest and most valuable materials in the collection. The previous library building was converted to an administrative building for the campus. The library was on the cutting edge of emerging technology in
832-579: The Board of Governors at HUC voted to shutter the residential rabbinical program in Cincinnati by 2026 due to financial troubles and falling enrollment. Also in 2022, HUC for the first time granted a certificate of ordination to a nonbinary candidate. The cantorial school of the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion was founded in 1947. The school is located on the New York campus of HUC-JIR at One West Fourth Street. It offers
884-402: The College-Institute includes Schools of Graduate Studies, Education, Jewish Non-Profit Management, sacred music , Biblical archaeology and an Israeli rabbinical program . The Los Angeles campus operates many of its programs and degrees in cooperation with the neighboring University of Southern California , a partnership that has lasted over 35 years. Their productive relationship includes
936-559: The HUC was uncomfortable with giving women the same title as men. In 2012 she wrote to Rabbi David Ellenson, HUC's then president, requesting that he address the discrepancy, which she said was "smacking of gender inequality." In 2021, following new reports about sexual abuse by former HUC president Sheldon Zimmerman and recently-deceased professor Michael Cook, three separate Reform organizations began internal investigations of sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination . HUC retained
988-645: The Klau Library (New York), where the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music is located. The library contains a collection of manuscripts from the Jewish community in Kaifeng , China. The collection contains manuscripts, Torah scrolls, haggadot , and a Mandarin / Hebrew siddur . The Klau Library holds and has digitized 59 of the community's 64 known manuscripts (apart from Torah scrolls). The library began collecting American Jewish periodicals in
1040-496: The Reform movement's traditional "morenu harav," or "our teacher the rabbi," while female candidates' certificates only used the term "rav u’morah," or "rabbi and teacher." Sally Priesand herself was unaware that her certificate referred to her any differently than her male colleagues until it was brought to her attention years later. Rabbi Mary Zamore, executive director of the Reform movement's Women's Rabbinic Network , explained that
1092-491: The building until 1997, when the Ramaz School , in an expansion deal for itself and York Prep School , bought the building and traded it with York for their prior campus on the block of Ramaz. As of 2009, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion is an international seminary and university of graduate studies offering a wide variety of academic and professional programs. In addition to its Rabbinical School,
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#17327722635631144-518: The collection caters to Biblical and Judaic studies, as well as Yiddish and Modern Hebrew literature. The library's rare book room contains over 14,000 books and over 3,000 manuscript codices and leaves. Included in the collection are around 70 Hebrew incunabula and around 73 non-Hebrew incunabula. The library holds the musical and liturgical collection of 19th century European scholar and cantor Eduard Birnbaum . The collection contains sheet music, rare book, and other related archival material from
1196-399: The collection problematic in some ways. Friedman was ambivalent with the written form (but a strong proponent of oral transmission because she considered it to be more immediate and human); however, in the introduction of her anthology, Friedman's family nonetheless recognized the centrality of textual representation of the music she created as crucial for keeping her memory and legacy alive in
1248-480: The creation of the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement , an interfaith think tank through the partnership of HUC, USC and Omar Foundation. CMJE holds religious text-study programs across Los Angeles. Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk was appointed as HUC's sixth president, following the death of Nelson Glueck . As president, Gottschalk oversaw the growth and expansion of the HUC campuses, the ordination of Sally Priesand as
1300-543: The early 1900s. This collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals became known as the American Jewish Periodical Center, and in 2009, was renamed in honor of Lucille Klau Carothers, widow of the library's eponymous patron, David Klau. The AJPC catalogue is available in a designated place on the library's website. In 1950, the school's administration decided to create a position that would preside over all four HUC-JIR libraries. This position
1352-476: The first female rabbi in the United States, the investiture of Reform Judaism's first female hazzan and the ordination of Naamah Kelman as the first female rabbi to be ordained in Israel. In 1996, Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman was appointed as the 7th President of the College-Institute. He was succeeded in 2000 by Rabbi David Ellenson as the 8th President. The 9th president of HUC-JIR, elected in 2014,
1404-560: The late 20th century. In 1983, the Apple II+ computer enabled librarians to catalogue bilingually, in Hebrew and English, becoming the first library in the United States to do so. In 1999, the library began publishing digitized manuscripts and rare print books online, making these books available to the world for the first time. In the 2000s, the building was renovated to accommodate the collection and make room for growth. On November 1, 2009,
1456-445: The law firm Morgan Lewis , who conducted 170 interviews addressing incidents beginning in the 1970s. The report described the culture at the school's campuses as a " good old boys " mindset demonstrating favoritism towards cisgender men , particularly at the Cincinnati and Jerusalem campuses. It found that students and administration were reluctant to confront professors over repeated incidents of harassment and discrimination, as many of
1508-706: The library and museum collection of S. Kirschstein of Berlin, the College began planning the library's next building. The building was dedicated on May 31, 1931. The new building became home to the library, and the Bernheim Building housed the Hebrew Union College Museum (now the Cincinnati Skirball Museum, which has since moved across the campus to Mayerson Hall, and was replaced by The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of
1560-409: The main level. There are also five rotating exhibit cases. The library holds over 600,000 printed books and thousands of manuscript codices and leaves. The library also offers periodicals, microfilm reels, and sound recordings. The majority of the library's print collection is available in public stacks, and many of the old and rare books are available for use upon request. As a Jewish research library,
1612-626: The museum has grown physically to encompass 5,000 square feet (460 m ) of exhibition space, expanding to include the Petrie Great Hall, Klingenstein Gallery, Heller Gallery and Backman Gallery. The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles originally housed The Skirball Museum. The museum collection moved to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles when the Center opened in 1996. The Skirball Cultural Center
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1664-679: The oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis , cantors , educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism . HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio , New York City , Los Angeles , and Jerusalem . The Jerusalem campus is the only seminary in Israel for training Reform Jewish clergy. HUC was founded in Cincinnati in 1875 under the leadership of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise . Jacob Ezekiel
1716-502: The perpetrators are or were revered scholars in their field, and complaints were often swept under the rug. Former professors Steven M. Cohen , Michael Cook , and Stephen Passamaneck , Director of Litiurgical Arts and Music Bonia Shur , and former presidents Alfred Gottschalk and Sheldon Zimmerman were reported to be the subject of repeated credible allegations of sexual harassment. The report recommended renaming or removing endowed chairs , scholarships, statues, and buildings that honor
1768-538: The private library of Rabbi Samuel Adler , which was given to the library upon his death in 1891. When the College moved to Clifton in 1912, the Bernheim Library Building was built, named for Isaac W. Bernheim of Louisville, Kentucky. This building now houses The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives . Under the leadership of Adolph S. Oko, the library quickly outgrew this building. In 1925, after Oko returned from Europe with
1820-469: The program includes professional learning opportunities as a student-cantor, in which students serve congregations within and outside of the NY area. The curriculum includes liturgical music classes covering traditional Shabbat, High Holiday and Festival nusach, Chorus, Musicology, Reform Liturgy and Composition; Judaica and text classes such as Bible, Midrash and History; and professional development. Each student
1872-516: The renovated Klau Library was dedicated, along with The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Library Pavilion, the library's new atrium. The Dalsheimer Rare Book Building was destroyed, and its collections were moved to the David Ellenson Rare Book Room (named for then-president of HUC-JIR) inside the main library. The current building has four floors of open stacks, with Reference, Reserves, Circulation, and Technical Services on
1924-606: The rival Reform Jewish Institute of Religion (JIR) in New York. JIR was previously affiliated with the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue next door. Additional campuses were added in Los Angeles in 1954, and in Jerusalem in 1963. In 1979, HUC moved its New York campus from the original JIR building to 1 West Fourth Street in Greenwich Village . The Jewish Association for Services for the Aged took over
1976-481: The time, Reform rabbis were split over the question of whether the Jewish dietary restrictions were still applicable. Some of the more traditionalist Reform rabbis thought the banquet menu went too far, and were compelled to find an alternative between Reform Judaism and Orthodox Judaism . This was a major cause of the founding of American Conservative Judaism . In 1950, HUC gained a second campus when it merged with
2028-545: The world, both those that are endangered and those that are emerging. The JLP was launched in 2020 and its activities include convening organizations and scholars to document endangered Jewish languages and created collaborative dictionaries for emerging Jewish languages. JLP's initiatives include the creation of a comprehensive resource on Jewish languages in the form of a series on online dictionaries, with information on over 30 different languages, including their history, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural significance. Most prominent
2080-399: The wrongdoers. The school's current president and board both stated that they would make teshuvah (repent), work to prevent such incidents, and revise policies for handling misconduct complaints. The HUC library system contains one of the most extensive Jewish collections in the world. Each campus has its own library: The three U.S. campuses share a catalog, but the Jerusalem collection
2132-468: The years, there will be variations on her compositions. That will be inevitable. But Debbie's gift is reflected in the uniqueness of her melodies, original lyrics, and chosen texts. The purpose of this project is to provide people with her original works as she created them. (Eglash 2013, p. viii) Friedman ultimately wanted to strengthen Jewish life by leveraging her unique philosophy of music as an immediate spiritual experience. Among her music that remains
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2184-410: Was Sally Priesand , ordained in 1972, the only woman in a class with 35 men. The first female cantor to be invested by HUC was Barbara Ostfeld in 1975. After four years of deliberation, HUC decided to give women a choice of wording on their ordination certificates beginning in 2016, including the option to have the same wording as men. Up until then, male candidates' certificates identified them by
2236-483: Was Rabbi Aaron D. Panken , Ph.D. A noted authority on rabbinic and Second Temple literature, with research interests in the historical development of legal concepts and terms, Rabbi Panken was killed in a plane crash on May 5, 2018, while piloting a single-engine Aeronca 7AC over New York 's Hudson Valley . Andrew Rehfeld was elected the 10th president on December 18, 2018, and inaugurated at Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati on October 27, 2019. On April 11, 2022,
2288-463: Was Secretary of the Board, registrar, and treasurer from the College's inception until just before his death in 1899. The first rabbinical class graduated in 1883. The graduation banquet for this class became known as the Trefa Banquet because it included food that was not kosher , such as clams , soft-shell crabs , shrimp , frogs' legs and dairy products served immediately after meat. At
2340-479: Was admitted to a Mission Viejo, California Hospital in January 2011, where she died on January 9, 2011, from pneumonia . Rabbi David Ellenson, then-President of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion , announced on January 27, 2011, that the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion's School of Sacred Music would be renamed the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music. On December 7, 2011, it
2392-787: Was also the founding chancellor and president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabbi Abraham Cronbach , Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Leo Baeck , Gerald Bubis , Nelson Glueck , Moses Buttenweiser , Eugene Borowitz , Jacob Z. Lauterbach , Lawrence A. Hoffman , Louis Grossmann , Moses Mielziner , Julian Morgenstern , Rabbi Alvin J. Reines , Steven Windmueller , Debbie Friedman , Rachel Adler and Carole B. Balin , as well as Sami Rohr Choicie Award for Jewish Literature and National Jewish Book Award recipient Sarah Bunin Benor . 31°46′34″N 35°13′22″E / 31.77611°N 35.22278°E / 31.77611; 35.22278 Debbie Friedman Deborah Lynn Friedman (February 23, 1951 – January 9, 2011)
2444-680: Was an American singer-songwriter of Jewish religious music, a feminist, and lover of music. She was an early pioneer of gender-sensitive language: using the feminine forms of the Divine or altering masculine-only text references in the Jewish Liturgy to include feminine language. She is best known for her setting of " Mi Shebeirach " the prayer for Healing, which is used by hundreds of congregations across America. Her songs are used in Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Jewish congregations. Orthodox Jewish feminist Blu Greenberg noted: "she had
2496-537: Was being commissioned by Chicago Sinai, she produced three large-scale works between 1972 and 1975 that reflected liberal Judaism's demographic and liturgical transitions. Friedman was able to raise her profile in a community that would soon connect her to a nascent but powerful national movement for Jewish educational reform. Ultimately, Friedman's activity in Chicago laid the groundwork for the attention and praise she went on to receive later on. Friedman suffered since
2548-587: Was born in Utica, New York in 1951. From age five, she was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota , where she received choral training with her high school's chamber choir and song-leading lessons with her NoFTY youth group. She wrote many of her early songs as a song leader at the overnight camp Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin , in the early 1970s. Between 1971 and 2010, she recorded 22 albums. Her work
2600-519: Was held by Cincinnati library directors until 2017, when the role was transferred to Yoram Bitton. Hebrew Union College %E2%80%93 Jewish Institute of Religion The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC , HUC-JIR , and The College-Institute ) is a Jewish seminary with three locations in the United States and one location in Jerusalem . It is
2652-431: Was inspired by such diverse sources as Joan Baez , Peter, Paul and Mary and a number of other folk music artists. Friedman employed both English and Hebrew lyrics and wrote for all ages. Some of her songs are "The Aleph Bet Song", "Miriam's Song", and the songs "Not By Might" and "I Am A Latke". She also performed in synagogues and concert halls. In the fall of 1972, Friedman moved to Chicago, which provided her with
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#17327722635632704-522: Was officially renamed as such. In 2014, the book Sing Unto God: The Debbie Friedman Anthology was published; it features "every song she wrote and recorded (plus more than 30 songs previously unavailable) in lead sheet format, with complete lyrics, melody line, guitar chords, Hebrew, transliteration, and English translation." Despite the central role that music played in her career and life, Friedman's family (including her mother, two sisters, and brother-in-law) argued that Friedman herself may have found
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