Spotlight on CLAL and Archives
Here you will find a backlist of CLAL Reports, CLAL Holiday
Resource Cards and Spotlight on CLAL
articles.
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Fall 2008
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March 2009
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Rosh Hashanah
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CLAL Spotlight (Archives)
Rabbi Irwin Kula, The Health Care Debate: Bending the Curve from the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institute
(9-9-09)
Judy Epstein, Worse than War:
New Film Takes Viewers to Sites of World’s Worst Genocides, Exploring the Causes and Showing How to Prevent Them
(7-14-09)
Rabbi Irwin Kula, "Parashat Naso’: Reflections on Sotah
(5-5-09)
Judy Epstein, "Clal Selects Inaugural Class
for Its Ground-Breaking Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship Program
(5-22-09)
Judy Epstein, "CLAL Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with Middle School Students (5-15-09)
Judy Epstein, "Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Joins Internationally Renowned Focolare Movement in Jerusalem (5-13-09)
"Irwin Kula Appointed Rabbi of Team USA for the 18th (Chai) World Maccabiah Games (5-13-09)
Judy Epstein/Mark Pearlman, "NEW DOCUMENTARY TO OFFER WISDOM FOR TODAY‘S "UNCERTAIN TIMES" — JInsider
film (5-13-09)
Judy Epstein, "Against the Tide: New film Explores U.S. Response During the Holocaust
Rabbi Irwin Kula Moderates Debate Following Tribeca Film Center Screening
(5-13-09)
Judy Epstein, "CLAL Helps Jewish Communal Professionals to Cope in the Troubled Times (5-12-09)
Judy Epstein, "MUTLI-NATIONAL FORCES IN BAGHDAD SELECT CLAL POET
JANET R. KIRCHHEIMER TO HELP MARK "DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE," APRIL 21 (4-14-09)
Judy Epstein, "CLAL Faculty Listed in Newsweek Recognized as Some of America’s Most Influential Rabbis for
3rd Straight Year" (4-14-09)
Judy Epstein, "Passover: A Lesson for Healing and Recovery: Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Keynoter at the Association of Jewish Aging Services in San Diego" (4-3-09)
Judy Epstein, "Rabbis Without Borders (RWB) – A New CLAL Initiative
to Help Rabbis Make Jewish Wisdom a Resource for All; RWB Seeks Applications for Two Innovative Fellowship Programs
" (3-17-09)
Judy Epstein, "Unexpected Insights: Jewish Wisdom for Challenging Times" (3-17-09)
Judy Epstein, "CLAL Receives Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
America‘s Premier Charity Evaluator" (3-16-09)
Judy Epstein, "Mystical Receiving: Kabbalat Shabbat at The New York Open Center" (2-3-09)
Judy Epstein, "Suicide: A Compassionate Approach
to Intervention and Healing for Jewish Clergy" (10-20-08)
Judy Epstein, "Compassionate
Leadership: Cultivating the Leaders of Tomorrow" (9-10-08)
Judy Epstein, “CLAL
in Rwanda (9-4-08)
Rebecca W. Sirbu,
“Theologies of Suffering:How Judaism Can Help You Cope (7-24-08)
Judy Epstein,
“AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE: NEW WEEKLY TV SERIES HOSTED BY RABBI
VISITS LEADING IMAMS TO BUILD BRIDGES
Airing on Bridges TV (American Muslim TV Network) on Mondays at 8 pm EST
Starting July 21, Repeated Sundays at 8:30 pm EST (7-18-08)
Aliza Kaplan,
“Psychoanalytic Perspectives publishes moving roundtable discussion
featuring Shoah child survivors who are now psychoanalysts" (7-18-08)
Judy Epstein,
“CLAL President Brad Hirschfield Joins Beliefnet.com with Daily Blog --
WINDOWS & DOORS: New Online Site Where Politics and Pop Culture Meet 3,000
Years of Jewish Wisdom" (6-18-08)
Judy Epstein,
“Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today (Season II) Now
available as a 3 DVD Set"
(5-29-08)
Judy Epstein,
“Rabbi Steve Greenberg named Scholar-in-Residence by Keshet and Hazon"
(5-14-08)
Aliza Kaplan,
“PBS TV: The Jewish People: A Story of Survival"
(5-7-08)
Judy Epstein,
“CLAL in Italy"
(5-7-08)
Judy Epstein,
“New Book Champions Gender Equity for Women in Jewish Organizational Life"
(4-25-08)
Judy Epstein,
“CLAL Listed in Newsweek's “Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America” for
2nd Year"
(4-11-08)
Judy Epstein,
“How to Spot One of Us"
(4-9-08)
Rabbi Irwin Kula,
“The Sacredness of Paying Taxes"
(4-9-08)
A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the
World
(4-4-08)
Judy Epstein,
“Irwin Kula Featured on “BIG THINK, New Site Designed as a “You Tube” for
Ideas"
(1-23-08)
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield,
“A Test of Faith"
(1-17-08)
Judy Epstein,
“Rabbi Irwin Kula at the Chief of Chaplains Annual Religious Education
Training Conference in Orlando, FL, Jan. 27-28
(1-16-08)
Judy Epstein,
“The Jewish Americans,” PBS Special Documents 350 Years of Jews in America,
January 9, 16, 23
(1-8-08)
Judy Epstein, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE WRONG FOR ME
TO BE RIGHT: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism
By Brad Hirschfield
(Harmony, Jan. 2008)
(12-12-07)
Judy Epstein, How to Spot One of Us: A
Collection of Poetry By Janet R. Kirchheimer (CLAL, 2007)
(11-1-07)
Aliza Kaplan, Rabbi Irwin Kula at the Jewish Family
Services of Ottawa
(11-1-07)
Rabbi Jack Riemer, A Review of Remember for Life
– A Different Way to Remember the Holocaust )
(10-31-07)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Rabbis Join Delegation to Meet
the Pope
(10-26-07)
Judy Epstein, Mission to Odessa and Israel
(10-18-07)
Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors’ Stories
of Faith and Hope -- Newly Revised and Published by The Jewish
Publication Society
(10-3-07)
Judy Epstein, Spirituality vs. Psychoanalysis: Can
They Co-exist?
(9-26-07)
Judy Epstein, Yearnings: The Sacred Messiness of
Life is now available in Paperback
(9-11-07)
Judy Epstein, The Aspen Ideas Festival
(7-27-07)
Aliza Kaplan, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred
Messiness of Life has been chosen for a Spirituality & Health Book Award
as one of 10 Best Spiritual Books of 2006
(5-25-07)
Judy Epstein, Building Bridges: Abrahamic
Perspectives on the World Today Season Two
(5-18-07)
Judy Epstein, Brad Hirschfield Named
Scholar-in-Residence by JCCA
(5-11-07)
Judy Epstein, Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent
Talk Radio Website Launched
(5-4-07)
Irwin Kula, A Spiritual Response to the Virginia
Tragedy
(4-27-07)
Brad Hirschfield, Living in the Present
(4-27-07)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Irwin Kula Joins World Business
Leaders in Paris Forum
(4-13-07)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Leads Mission
to Ethiopia and Israel
(3-30-07)
Judy Epstein, Newsweek Names CLAL Rabbis in
“Top 50 Rabbis in America”
(3-26-07)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard to Teach at
Humboldt University in Germany
(3-23-07)
Aliza Kaplan, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard to
speak at Chiara Lubich, Essential Writings Book Launch
(3-16-07)
Judy Epstein, Irwin Kula Leads Pre-eminent Business
Organization's Retreat
(3-16-07)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Steve Greenberg at Sundance
(3-9-07)
Judy Epstein, Irwin Kula Wins “BOOKS FOR A BETTER
LIFE” AWARD
(3-2-07)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Named as CLAL
Co-President (1-5-06)
Judy Epstein, HIRSCHFIELD AND KULA, INTELLIGENT
TALK RADIO
(12-1-06)
Judy Epstein, "THE
HIDDEN WISDOM OF OUR YEARNINGS" (11-24-06)
Judy Epstein, EATING MATTERS, (11-10-06)
Judy Epstein, First-Ever Interfaith Series to Air on
Bridges Television Network — American Muslim TV, November 2, 2006, (11-2-06)
Judy Epstein, Remembering for Life:
Honoring the Past, Guaranteeing the Future, (10-26-06)
CLAL Faculty, Rabbi Irwin Kula joins with the Dalai
Lama and Queen Noor
(10-20-06)
CLAL Faculty, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield at the Malaysian
Mission to the UN
(10-20-06)
CLAL Faculty, Dr. Michael Gottsegen on Religion and
Development at the UN (10-20-06)
Judy Epstein, THE WISDOM OF YEARNINGS:
Spiritual Leader Irwin Kula Shows How to Find Greater Success by Embracing
the Messiness of Life,
Oct. 27, 2006 (10-13-06)
Judy Epstein, New Book from CLAL's Irwin Kula:
Yearnings, Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life (7-28-06)
Judy Epstein, Australasian Students Visit CLAL for
an In-depth Training in Pluralism (12-22-05)
Judy Epstein, Hope, Healing And Renewal: The Jewish Community Provides A First-Ever
Workshop For Katrina Victims (12-09-05)
Judy Epstein, Building Spiritual Capital
(9-30-05)
Judy Epstein, CLAL’s New Calendar & Daily Planner Celebrates the Many Voices of Jewish
Life through Inspired Reflections and Captivating Art (9-9-05)
Judy Epstein,
Life And Death Of God In The 21st Century: Acclaimed Films Explore our Notions of God, and of Religion and Violence
(7-15-05)
Judy Epstein, Blanchard
Invited To Meet With Islamic Delegation, Sponsored By The U.S. State
Department (7-1-05)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Meets With Pope: CLAL Participates in Major
Interfaith Conference in Rome (6-10-05)
Judy Epstein,
Religion, Violence And Peace: Muslim Initiative Brings Interfaith Leaders
Together To Promote World Peace (6-3-05)
Judy Epstein, Religious Communities Come Together to
Support Millennium Development Goals (5-12-05)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Rabbinic Students Convene at Ethics of Power and AIPAC Conferences
(4-22-05)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Appoints New Chairman -- Fern K. Hurst to Lead CLAL in Bringing
Jewish Wisdom to the Public Square (4-8-05)
Judy Epstein,
Rabbi Steve Greenberg Of CLAL Wins Prestigious Koret Book Award (3-18-05)
Judy Epstein,
Freaks Like Me - Provocative New
Film Examines Religion in the Age of Terrorism (2-11-05)
Judy Epstein, CLAL
in Aspen & Featured at the Aspen Institute (10-29-04)
Judy Epstein, CLAL’s New Pictorial Calendar & Daily Planner Celebrates The Artistry
Of Craftsmanship With The Wisdom Of Jewish Thought (9-7-04)
Judy Epstein, Brandeis in the Berkshires
(8-13-04)
Judy Epstein, CLAL President Receives AIPAC’s Advocate Of The Year Award
(7-23-04)
Judy Epstein, Religion In The Age Of Terrorism:
World’s Largest Interfaith Gathering Post 9/11
In Barcelona, July 7-13 (6-25-04)
Judy Epstein, “Time For A New God” -- Provocative New Documentary Challenges our View
of God, Looks at The Sacred in Everyday Life (6-11-04)
Judy Epstein, When God Goes to War: Religious Violence in the World Today
(5-21-04)
Judy Epstein, Embracing Life And Facing Death: Medicine and Spirituality In
Partnership (4-21-04)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Briefs: Passover Show & UJC Young
Leadership (4-2-04)
Judy Epstein,
Finding The Soul Behind Work And Money
(3-26-04)
Judy Epstein, CLAL At The Washington National Cathedral
(3-12-04)
Judy Epstein, Jewish Diversity Through Word And Art
(2-20-04)
Judy Epstein, A Chanukah Celebration (1-23-04)
Judy Epstein, Thanksgiving: A Day Of Celebration, A
Day Of Reflection (11-25-03)
Judy Epstein, A New Jewish Take On Halloween (10-24-03)
Judy Epstein, Palliative Care: A Seminar on Life and
Death Issues for Jewish Professionals (10-10-03)
Judy Epstein, Exploring Truth, Faith and Doubt in
Religion: Two Aspen Forums (9-11-03)
Judy Epstein,
Same Sex Marriage: Exploring the Resources of Religious
Traditions (8-1-03)
Judy Epstein,
Leadership Development On Campus (7-25-03)
Judy Epstein,
Hollywood and Jewish Identity
(7-11-03)
Judy Epstein,
Jewish Healing: Mining The Tradition For
Its Wisdom (7-2-03)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Website Wins 2nd
Place By Blackbaud, Leading Software Manufacturer For Non-Profits
(6-20-03)
Judy Epstein, Reisman Award for Article of the Year
Presented to CLAL Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard by Lead Journal of Jewish Communal
Service (6-5-03)
Judy Epstein, Religious Thinkers & Leaders Gather to
Map Interfaith Education
(05-16-03)
Judy Epstein, Inter-Religious Dialogue: Why We Need
It (5-9-03)
Judy Epstein,
Simple Wisdom With Irwin Kula - A
Groundbreaking New Public Television Series - Addresses The Challenges Of
Daily Life (4-25-03)
Judy Epstein,
Israel, Islam And
The American Dilemma: Orthodox Rabbi and Imam Hold Dialogue at Reform Temple
(10-11-02)
Judy Epstein, Remembering 9/11: CLAL Mixes Jewish Ritual with
Echoes of 9/11 (9-6-02)
Judy Epstein, "Luboml: My Heart Remembers" -- A Documentary Film by Ron
Steinman and Eileen Douglas (7-3-02)
Judy Epstein, Religious Leadership In A Spiritual Marketplace: Interfaith Leaders Join
CLAL to Explore Religious Authority in America (6-07-02)
Judy Epstein,
Making Pluralism Work: A Spring Intensive For Rabbinic And Cantorial
Students (5-28-02)
Judy Epstein, Exploring The Future Of Social Change: CLAL Convenes Leading Social Advocates to Examine the Impact
of Key Trends on Efforts to Build a Better Society (5-15-02)
Judy Epstein, International Conference Brings Together Leaders From
The Worlds Religious Traditions (5-2-02)
Judy Epstein, Furthering The U.K. Connection (4-19-02)
Judy
Epstein,
CLAL Helps To Create New Vision For Downtown New York
(4-10-02)
Judy
Epstein,
Nightwords, A Powerful Liturgy
On The Holocaust, Now Available With CLAL Commentary on Audiocassette (3-25-02)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Convenes Experts To Examine The Future Of Education And Cultural
Transmission (3-14-02)
Judy Epstein, CLAL To Join Symposium On Judaism And Civic Participation In American
Life
(3-8-02)
Judy Epstein, Remembering and Rebuilding:
CLAL to Join a Neighborhood Conversation on Healing (2-22-02)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield To Speak At National UJC Young
Leadership Conference In Washington, D.C. (2-8-02)
Judy Epstein, Exploring The Future Of Family And Tribe: CLAL
Convenes Experts to Examine the Impact of Key Trends
on the Family and Community
(1-18-02)
Judy Epstein,
New Chairman
Appointed At CLAL,
Thomas Katz
to Lead the Organization into the New Century (1-10-02)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Forms
International Collaboration With Rabbis (12-21-01)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Interns Program Breaks New Ground (11-30-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Goes to Israel (11-9-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Receives Grant To Explore The Future Of Religion In America: Will
Examine Religious Leadership and Jewish Life in an Open Source World
(10-26-01)
Judy Epstein, CLAL Awarded Grant For Jewish Spiritual Guidebook For Palliative Care
(10-19-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Issues New Years Challenge: Can We Both Unite to Support
Israel and Encourage a Healthy Debate on its Future? (9-7-01)
Judy Epstein,
Playing the Jewish Futures: A CLAL Retreat in Aspen (7-26-01)
Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Gives Keynote Address at Hunter School of Social
Work
Judy Epstein,
National Unity Shavuot -- 5761
Judy Epstein,
Building the U.K. Connection
Judy Epstein,
Jewish Leadership in the 21st Century (4-23-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Rabbi Steve Greenberg Featured in Award Winning Film on Being Gay
and Orthodox (4-16-01)
Judy Epstein,
Author Bruce Feiler Recounts Personal Journey in Researching New Book
Walking the Bible (4-02-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Retreat Explores Changing Role of Rabbis in a New Era: Promoting
Pluralism And Diversity Among Religious Leaders (3-5-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLALs Rabbinic Internship Program Opens New Doors (2-23-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Joins the Freedom Forum for a Debate on the Internet and the
Democratization of Religion (1-29-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Convenes Dialogue on Judaism, Business and the Environment
(1-21-01)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Convenes Diverse Experts to Explore Future of Religion, Ethnicity
and Civic Engagement
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Convenes Young "Silicon Alley" Entrepreneurs for Dialogue
on Ethical, Communal and Spiritual Reinvention (12-1-00)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL Participates in International Conference on New Approaches to
Leadership (11-22-00)
Judy Epstein,
Connecting Jewish Identity and Public Life in San Diego (11-10-00)
Judy Epstein,
Is It A Mitzvah To Vote? CLAL Breakfast to Explore the
Changing Role of Religion in Public Life (10-12-00)
Judy Epstein,
Urging Jewish Unity in the New Year, CLAL Challenges Rabbis
to Call Colleagues in Branches Other than Their Own Before the Holiday (9-25-00)
Judy Epstein,
Sacred Days CAlendar Marks Sacred Days of Life (9-18-00)
Judy Epstein,
CLAL to Speak on the Spiritual Impact of New Technologies at
the Aspen Institute (7-20-00)
Judy Epstein,
Culture and Continuity through the Centuries: CLAL
Leads Tour of Jewish Museum (6-30-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, New Media, Fast Companies and Old-Time
Religion: CLAL Assembles Experts for Seminar on Jewish Future (6-15-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL's Second Annual "National Unity
Shavuot" to feature Web Site Planning Guide and Learning Events Nationwide
(5-22-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Future Rabbis Share Professional Challenges
at Second Student Chevra (4-5-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Kula Urges 'Technology
of the Spirit' in Address to High Tech Conference (3-7-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Rabbis Cross Boundaries at
CLAL Leadership Retreat (3-7-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL in the News
(1-10-00)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Honored by RRC for
Advancing Cause of Jewish Pluralism in America (12-6-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Faculty to Lead
Shabbaton at G.A. Meeting in Atlanta (11-16-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Rabbis-to-Be from Every
Jewish Denomination Meet for Evening of Joint Study and Dialogue (11-28-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL-HIAS Summit on World
Refugee Problems (11-2-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Medical Ethics Symposium
Features CLAL Scholar (10-09-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Finding Meaning inThe Life
and Death of a Shtetl (9-28-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Public Forum:
Imagining the Jewish Future (9-13-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Creates National Unity
Shavuot (5-3-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Spring Update (3-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Rabbinic Retreat Creates
Interdenominational Conversation (2-22-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Launches Initiative to
Foster Dialogue (2-8-99)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Marks 25th Anniversary
with Celebration (10-29-98)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sh'ma is Changing Hands
(9-10-98)
Andrew Silow-Carroll, Spotlight on CLAL/Press
Releases CLAL Establishes Internet Presence (4-3-98)
Other More from CLAL (Archives)
Aliza Kaplan,
Season I of Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today
with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield - now available on the CLAL website
(7-13-07)
Aliza Kaplan, Irwin
Kula is featured in the documentary Secrets of the Code
(6-29-07)
"Illuminating the Complex Nature of the Human Condition:
Some Thoughts on the End of 'The Sopranos'"
By David Shasha (6-13-07)