Invitation to a special Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Hanukkah Party at the “Holy Sparks” exhibition at UCLA Hillel.
Celebrate groundbreaking female rabbis who have transformed Jewish leadership over the past 52 years as depicted by leading contemporary women artists.
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Brunch Reception and Exhibition: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. PT
Program will begin at noon
UCLA Hillel (574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles)
| Featuring a panel discussion with: Rabbi Laura Geller ’75 Rabbi Amy Perlin ’82 (in formation) Moderated by Rabbi Dvora Weisberg ’11, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Rabbinics; HUC-JIR Rabbinical School Director Artists Laurie Gross, Ruth Weisberg, Penny Wolin, and Marilee Tolwin will offer tours of their works in the exhibition. |
| “Holy Sparks” was organized by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Heller Museum and The Braid. The exhibit and traveled to six museums throughout the U.S. in celebration of over 50 years of women in the rabbinate. This exhibition features the works of 24 leading contemporary Jewish women artists evoking the identities and consecrated paths of 24 women rabbis who were “firsts” in their time: (Jewish Art Salon artists in bold): 1972 | RABBI SALLY PRIESAND | JOAN ROTH 1974 | RABBI SANDY EISENBERG SASSO | DEBRA BAND 1975 | RABBI LAURA GELLER | RUTH WEISBERG 1975 | RABBI JACKIE TABICK | SANDY BLEIFER 1981 | RABBI KINNERET SHIRYON | HEDDY BREUER ABRAMOWITZ 1982 | RABBI AMY R. PERLIN | DEBORAH UGORETZ 1985 | RABBI AMY EILBERG | PAT BERGER 1986 | RABBI JULIE SCHWARTZ | EMILY BOWEN COHEN 1988 | RABBI DENISE L. EGER | DORIT JORDAN DOTAN 1989 | RABBI NAOMI LEVY | JUDY SIROTA ROSENTHAL 1990 | RABBI PAULINE BEBE | TAMAR HIRSCHL 1992 | RABBI NAAMAH KELMAN | ELLEN ALT 1993 | RABBI ANDREA L. WEISS | DEBBIE TEICHOLZ GUEDALIA 1995 | RABBI DIANE COHLER-ESSES | SIONA BENJAMIN 1998 | RABBI NOA KUSHNER | HARRIETE ESTEL BERMAN 1998 | RABBI HARA PERSON | ELIZABETH LANGER 2001 | RABBI ANGELA WARNICK BUCHDAHL | LAURIE GROSS 2001 | RABBI SHARON BROUS | PENNY WOLIN 2002 | RABBI CLAUDIA KREIMAN | MARISA TAKAL 2003 | RABBI GESA S. EDERBERG | YONA VERWER 2007 | RABBI TANYA SEGAL | LINDA SOBERMAN 2009 | RABBA SARA HURWITZ | KATHRYN JACOBI 2012 | RABBI RACHEL ADLER | MARILEE TOLWIN 2013 | RABBI TAMARA COHN ESKENAZI | CAROL HAMOY |
