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Clal at Lomed September 1, 2010

This week Rabbi Brad Hirschfield was the keynote speaker at Lomed, an annual conference sponsored by the Board of Jewish Education and UJA Federation of New York for 37 congregations including rabbis, educators, and lay leaders from the New York area. The conference brought together 200 participants for this interdenominational initiative.

Wake up to our world, ourselves August 31, 2010

"...Perhaps, [Rabbi Brad] Hirschfield says, doing the personal work can help us to ‘reset the clock politically, economically, corporately and culturally.’..."

Local religious leaders ask: What would Jesus tweet? August 16, 2010

"Rabbi Jason Miller of Oak Park has become probably the most tech-savvy Jewish leader in metro Detroit: He has his own blog, 2,500 friends on Facebook and a Twitter account with about 770 followers.
'The fact that I can disseminate my Torah, my Jewish wisdom, to so many people is a modern miracle of sorts'...."

Do You Have to 'Eat, Love, Pray' to Take a Spiritual Journey? August 13, 2010

"One can take a spiritual journey without ever leaving home. And the notion that anyone ‘leaves everything behind’ is actually laughable. Wherever we
go, we bring ourselves; we bring all of the past experiences that make us, us. So, to borrow a Hebrew adage, while hanging our location may change our destiny, the journey to transform ourselves begins with a journey inward, not outward. That’s an insight as old as the Genesis story of Abraham...."

Eat, Pray, Love: How to Take a Spiritual Journey August 12, 2010

"...One can take a spiritual journey without ever leaving home. And the notion that anyone who travels "leaves everything behind" is actually laughable. Wherever we go, we bring ourselves — we bring all of the past experiences that make us us. So, to borrow a Hebrew adage, while changing our location may change our destiny, the journey to transform ourselves begins with a journey inward, not outward...."

Clal Director Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Named Meyer Struckman Professor of Law at the Prestigious Humboldt University in Germany August 11, 2010

Clal Director Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard returned to the Faculty of Law at the prestigious Humboldt University in Berlin this spring/summer to teach for the third straight year Jewish and comparative law. While there, he was named the Meyer Struckman Professor of Jewish Law, which is an ongoing position.

The journey inward precedes the journey outward August 10, 2010

"...while changing our location may change our destiny, the journey to transform ourselves begins with a journey inward, not outward. That's an insight as old as the Genesis story of Abraham..."

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From Brad Hirschfield’s blog in the Washington Post-Newsweek’s "On Faith" Column

Eat, Pray, Love...and then what? August 10, 2010

"...The successful spiritual journey is a natural outgrowth of asking ourselves where we need to be, where we are most likely to fulfill whatever it is we understand to be our life's purpose. It's not so much about what we must drop as what we are willing to take on..."

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From Windows & Doors, Brad Hirschfield’s daily blog on Beliefnet

Wilderness Awakening July 29, 2010

Our biblical ancestors first experienced God in the wilderness. What did they know that we need to rediscover? A conversation with Mike Comins, Kevin Kleinman, Jamie Korngold, and Owen Gottlieb provides some answers.