State of Formation

05/23/2022

"As time went on, the polite phrasing of 'Join us in-person if you feel ready!' became 'It’s time for us ALL to gather together again.'”

Authored by Sydney Little As churches shifted to online services during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself in a surprising revival of faith. With services available at the touc…

05/17/2022

"I often find myself ensnared between two different worlds, with my home community passing judgment on the way that my college peers and myself choose to wear masks and get vaccinated."

Read Sydney Little's most recent article on our website:

Authored by Sydney Little Atlanta is a city where residents seek to separate themselves from the rest of the state. As a college student in Atlanta whose hometown is just a short drive away from th…

05/16/2022

"When March 2020 came, the mask was gone."

Authored by Christopher Belden The COVID-19 pandemic left humanity navigating life in fear, feeling depressed and isolated. Humanity grew universally hopeless as the pandemic dragged on for two yea…

05/13/2022

"When the pandemic first infected the United States in late January 2020, I just had to survive two more marking periods of high school to be liberated from the most miserable years of my life."

Authored by Christopher Belden When the pandemic first infected the United States in late January 2020, I just had to survive two more marking periods of high school to be liberated from the most m…

05/12/2022

"To survive in difficult times, people need a lifeline. The last two years have been no different ... I held onto those around me like a life preserver."

Brianna Moffitt reflects on the pandemic and relationships for the latest Covid Chronicles piece:

Poem and Reflection by Brianna Moffitt There always seems to be a conflict between my insides and outsides The dramatic juxtaposition of vibrating with anxious energy, and the smooth calm of the sp…

03/24/2022

As another year of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College's Dignity Project comes to a close, mentor Rafi Ellenson reflects on his experience. Check it out in our latest post:

In classical Jewish literature, Saturday⁠—Shabbat, the sabbath⁠—is considered to be, “a taste of the world to come.” It is a whole day dedicated to imagining and acting out the peace that will come…

09/09/2021

Have you heard about the Dignity Project❓

Sponsored by the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, this program trains high school students to serve as interreligious and cross-cultural leaders.

Experience the impact of the Dignity Project through the eyes of one of its Mentors, Dr. Preeta Banerjee, in our latest post!

As we end the inaugural year of the Dignity Project during an unprecedented year of pandemic and social injustice locally and globally, I reflect on what I have learned about working with youth and…

07/26/2021

ICYMI: Learn how Lev and Sivan Kotler-Berkowitz are making a difference in their community through Hebrew College's Faith in the Vaccine Program.

Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College

Lev and Sivan are both part of Hebrew College’s Faith in the Vaccine Ambassador Program. The below article was originally published on Hebrew College’s Community Blog on July 13, 2021. …

07/06/2021

"Fundamentally, interfaith work relies on the idea that between any set of different parties there is at least one common principle which they share."

fellow Hope Dargan looks ahead at the applications of work in our latest post. Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College MIT Addir

06/08/2021

"BILI has given me a new lens on interfaith event planning, as well as techniques and methods to improve upon my interfaith leadership."

fellow Shayna Mandelbaum shares practical ideas and takeaways from her experience this past year in our latest post.

Image of a community fridge and pantry for members of the Northeastern community, established this past year through interfaith collaboration between the Catholic Center at Northeastern, Northeaste…

04/10/2021

"On the anniversary of Thurman's death, it's worth recalling how this towering figure moved on a very human level."

We honor the life and legacy of Howard Thurman, who passed 40 years ago today. Rabbi Or Rose of the Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College reflects:

Howard Thurman teaches a college class. Thurman came to know Martin Luther King Jr. at Boston University. Photo courtesy of Emory University. The below article was originally published on Religion …

04/09/2021

, our very own founding Director of the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership of Hebrew College, Rabbi Or Rose, shared this reflection last week through Interfaith Youth Core's Interfaith America.

The below article was originally published on Interfaith America, a publication of Interfaith Youth Core, on March 25, 2021. This coming Saturday night, Jews throughout the world will celebrate the…