Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture

04/15/2014

A wonderful Crain-Maling Seder held at Hendrix tonight....almost 50 people in attendance. A great tradition continues....

03/14/2014

Great Crain-Maling event tonight! Aaron David Miller was fascinating!

03/04/2014

The Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture will be sponsoring a lecture entitled "Gulliver's Troubles: America and the Middle East" featuring:

Aaron David Miller the Vice President for New Initiatives and a Distinguished Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Thursday March 13, 2014
7:00 p.m. in Worsham Hall South
Student Life & Technology Bldg.
Hendrix College Conway, AR
Admission is free with a reception to follow

Between 2006 and 2008, Aaron David Miller was a Public Policy Scholar when he wrote his fourth book The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.
For the prior two decades, Mr. Miller served at the Department of State as an advisor to Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the Senior Advisor for Arab-Israeli Negotiations, Senior Member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and in the Office of the Historian. Miller received his Ph.D. in American Diplomatic and Middle East History form the University of Michigan in 1977 and joined the State Department the following year. His media appearances include CNN, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News and a regular on FOX News. His articles have appeared in newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and The International Herald Tribune.

For more information contact Ellen Kirsch, Director of the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at 501-450-4598 or [email protected].

02/26/2014

Great presentation at Hendrix last night...co-sponsored by the Crain-Maling Center and Senator Jason Rapert.
Israeli (IDF) soldiers Ben and Daniel talked about their extraordinary experiences and lives in Israel, both in and out of the military.....

02/24/2014

The Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at Hendrix College in Conway and Senator Jason Rapert are proud to be hosting two Israeli IDF Soldiers who are traveling the United States sharing their stories in conjunction with Stand With Us.

This event will be held in the Student Life and Technology Building in Worsham Hall on the Hendrix College campus at 7:00 p.m. on Monday February 24, 2014. Please join us for this extraordinary evening to gain an insightful look into these soldiers' experiences in the Israeli army.

For more information contact: Ellen Kirsch at [email protected]. or call 501-450-4598.

Stand With Us www.standwithus.com is an international, nonprofit organization supporting Israel around the world. We enable people throughout the world to proudly stand up for Israel. Stand With Us is dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating the extremism and anti-Semitism that often distort the issues. We believe that knowledge of the facts will correct common prejudices about the Arab-Israeli conflict and will promote discussions and policies that can help promote peace in the region. Through print materials, speakers, programs, conferences, missions to Israel, campaigns, and internet resources, we ensure that the story of Israel's achievements and ongoing challenges is told on campuses and in communities, the media, libraries, and churches around the world. With headquarters in Los Angeles, Stand With Us has 17 offices and chapters worldwide.

The Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at Hendrix College http://www.hendrix.edu/jewishculturalcenter/default.aspx?id=19976 serves as a resource for students, faculty and members of the general public, Jews and non-Jews alike, who wish to engage in the study, discussion or teaching of Jewish culture. Through lectures, symposia, films, discussions, and associated courses, we will promote a broad understanding of Jewish culture as encompassing all aspects of sacred and secular Jewish life as well as its relationship to other cultures. The Center aims to foster interdisciplinary conversations that not only enhance knowledge about Jewish culture and raise awareness of Jewish life on campus but also engender deeper understanding and tolerance across cultures. In achieving its mission, the Center draws on the rich tradition of the liberal arts at Hendrix. That tradition values precisely the kind of critical inquiry, intellectual discussion, and development of character that are crucial components of Jewish culture and that will, consequently, be at the heart of the Center’s activities.

An advocacy organization that promotes education and understanding that will bring a secure future for Israel and her neighbors.

11/20/2013

Another great Crain-Maling event this past Thursday, 11/14/13. Out featured speaker was David Horovitz...former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, and now editor of the Times of Israel. His lecture was superb!

11/10/2013

The Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture will be sponsoring a lecture entitled "Israel’s Place in the New, Unstable Middle East," featuring:

David Horovitz
Editor-in-Chief – The Times of Israel
Past Editor-in Chief - The Jerusalem Post.

Thursday, November 14, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Worsham Hall South
Student Life and Technology Center
Hendrix College – Conway, Arkansas
Admission is free
Reception to follow

David Horovitz is the Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, the Jerusalem-based current affairs website launched in February of 2012. Prior to that, Horovitz served for seven years as Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, Israel’s English-language daily. While at The Jerusalem Post he used his “Editor’s Notes” column to promote tolerance and to repeatedly urge the Israeli leadership to devote more attention to the struggle for Israeli legitimacy on “the second battlefield” – in the media, the legal arena, and in diplomatic forums. Horovitz was previously editor and publisher of the award-winning newsmagazine The Jerusalem Report and has written for The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. He is a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, Fox News, NPR, and other television and radio entities.

For more information please contact Ellen Kirsch at 501.450.4598 or [email protected]

10/30/2013

An outstanding Crain-Maling program last night, featuring a lecture by Rabbi Jerold Isenberg, Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Theological College in Chicago...

10/29/2013

The Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at Hendrix College will host a lecture tonight (October 29, 2013) entitled "The Role of the Yeshiva in the Jewish Experience, from Ancient to Modern Times,” by Rabbi Dr. Jerold Isenberg. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Worsham Hall in the Student Life and Technology Center at Hendrix. The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception with refreshments will follow.

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah. The Yeshiva serves as the highest educational institution for Rabbinical training, and wields immense power as the principal body for interpreting Jewish law. In his lecture, Rabbi Isenberg will delve into the origins of this institution, and describe its continued relevance and influence in religious life today.

Rabbi Dr. Jerold Isenberg has been affiliated continuously with Hebrew Theological College in Chicago, Illinois since 1967. From its Fasman Yeshiva High School, he graduated into the Beis Midrash College program, earning a Bachelor of Hebrew Letters degree and, concurrently, a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Roosevelt University. He began teaching at Hebrew Theological College in 1974 and was appointed Dean of Students. He thereafter served as Academic Vice President of that institution, while obtaining a Master of Science in Mathematics from Northeastern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago. In 1988 he received his doctorate from Jewish University of America. Most recently, Rabbi Dr. Isenberg has served as Chancellor of the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago.

For more information, contact Ellen Kirsch, director of the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at [email protected] or 501-450-4598.

10/28/2013

An informational and thought-provoking lecture last night, sponsored by the Crain-Maling Center, and featuring Dr. Daniel Pipes, founder and director of the Middle East Forum and Campus Watch. Dr. Pipes is widely considered one of the world's foremost experts on the concerns of the U.S. and Israel as related to the rise of militant Islam. The Crain-Maling Center was also happy to welcome at this lecture Dr. Michael Maling, of Northwestern University Medical Center and the Crain-Maling Foundation in Chicago, who serves as the primary benefactor of our Crain-Maling Center programs here at Hendrix.

10/22/2013

The Crain-Maling Center at Hendrix College would like to make sure that all of our friends are aware of an outstanding speaker presentation planned for this coming Sunday evening, October 27th. Specifically, the Crain-Maling Center is sponsoring Dr. Daniel Pipes, a Harvard-educated researcher and well-published author whose main area of interest is in Middle East strategic analysis. Dr. Pipes is felt by many to be the world's foremost authority on the dynamics between the U.S., Israel, and militant Islam. Some of you are probably familiar with Dr. Pipes as Founder and President of both the Middle East Forum and Campus Watch, as well as from his extensive on-camera interview segments in the movie "2016: Obama's America." Most recently, Dr. Pipes has served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

The Crain-Maling Center invites and welcomes to this free lecture all members of the Hendrix, Conway, and Central Arkansas community at-large, and we encourage attendance by members of all religious groups (Jewish, Christian, and others) who have an interest in Israel and U.S. security concerns. Dr. Pipes' lecture topic, "The Middle East in Upheaval: Implications for Israel and the United States," seems particularly timely given recent events in the Middle East. It is rare to have a speaker of Professor Pipes' stature travel here to Arkansas to give this type of presentation, and we thus hope that many of you will take time to attend. Full information is available at the Hendrix website link below.

http://www.hendrix.edu/news/news.aspx?id=67423

Dr. Daniel Pipes to lecture October 27 at 7 p.m. in Worsham Hall

10/12/2013

Daniel Pipes, founder and president of the Middle East Forum and Campus Watch will be speaking on behalf of the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture at Hendrix College on Sunday, October 27 at 7:00PM in Worsham Hall. This event is open to the public and free. Join us for this most compelling and thought provoking evening! For more information email [email protected].

Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, and commentator. He is the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. His writing focuses on the American foreign policy and the Middle East. He is also an Expert at Wikistrat.