Activities & Programs

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Activities in 2000-2005

Caregiving and the Sandwich Generation: LGBT Perspectives
Biennial Convention - Union for Reform Judaism. Houston, TX

November 17, 2005
Faces of the New Jewish Family
Biennial Convention - Union for Reform Judaism. Houston, TX

November 16, 2005
Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger
A Book Discussion. Los Angeles, CA

October 30, 2005

From 2000 to 2004, activities were organized under the auspices of the Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregations and Community Initiative (SOICC). This Initiative was developed on the Los Angeles campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. In 2005, the SOICC format was expanded to become the Institute for Judaism, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity.


Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Workplace
A Lunch and Learn Seminar

Spring, 2004
Panelists: Rabbi Dan Bridge, Rabbi Sharon Gladstone, David Levy, Corey Slavin
HUC-JIR Los Angeles campus
Wrestling with God and Man - Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition
April 20, 2004
Rabbi Steve Greenberg, an Out Orthodox rabbi, discusses his new book.
Introducing the Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center
June 2, 2003
Presentation by Rabbi Sharon Gladstone, Director of the Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center for Sexual Orientation Issues in the Jewish Community
HUC-JIR Los Angeles campus
Creating Safe Space: Queer Jews and Jewish Institutions by Drs. Caryn Aviv and David Schneer
A Lunch and Learn Seminar. HUC-JIR Los Angeles campus

April 8, 2003
Major Gift Announcement - Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
announces the donation of a major gift by Agnes and Rabbi Erwin Herman to create the Jeff Herman Virtual Resource Center (JHVRC) for Sexual Orientation Issues in the Jewish Community at HUC-JIR.
April, 2001
Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregations and Community Seminars: Hebrew Union College-JIR. Los Angeles Campus
Creating Institutional Change: Inclusion and Advocacy

Speaker: Rabbi Harold Schulweis, Congregation Valley Beth Shalom
February 27, 2001
(Third in a series of three seminars funded by the Galinson Family Foundation)
Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregations and Community Seminars: Hebrew Union College-JIR. Los Angeles Campus
The Coming Out Process and Lifecycle Needs

Speaker: Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Ph.D.
October 24, 2000
(Second in a series of three seminars funded by the Galinson Family Foundation)
Sexual Orientation Issues in Congregations and Community Seminars: Hebrew Union College-JIR. Los Angeles Campus
Confronting and Acknowledging Stereotypes

Speaker: Avi Rose, Executive Director, Project Inform
September 26, 2000
(First in a series of three seminars funded by the Galinson Family Foundation)
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