NATIONAL HAVURAH COMMITTEESUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

August 3-9Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

Come and share in a week of joyous learning,exploration, celebration, and creating community at the

Highlights:• Register ONLINE at www.havurah.org/register• Engage in a community social justice project• Share your expertise and learn new strategies in workshops on building and sustaining havurot• Participate in the kickoff for our improved online resource bank and havurah directory• Enjoy special workshops and programming for Shabbat

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Our Community _________________

One of the NHC Summer Institute’s greateststrengths is the diversity of its participants.We aremusicians, doctors, students, furniture makers, re-tirees, Jewish professionals, homemakers, teachers,activists, and just about everything else. At the 2008Summer Institute, the youngest participant was anewborn, and our oldest was over 80, with manyparticipants from all age groups in between. TheNHC Summer Institute includes Jews from birth,Jews by choice, people committed to both tradi-tional and non-traditional Jewish practice, non-Jews,and people exploring Judaism. NHC Summer Insti-tute participants have a variety of identities includ-ing LGBTQ and straight; people of color, Sephardi,Mizrachi, and Ashkenazi; urban, rural, and suburban;Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Re-form, Renewal, secular, and Jewish without labels.NHC Summer Institute participants also have a va-riety of Jewish learning backgrounds, from thosewith no formal Jewish education to those withPh.D.s in Talmud.The dynamic process of exploringtogether what Judaism and Jewishness means in ourlives is a highlight of the Summer Institute.

A Day at the Institute:• Take morning and afternoon classes with dynamic

teachers and engaged classmates• Attend (or lead!) stimulating optional workshops• Kids Camp for children ages 6 months to 12 years • Exciting prayer, Havurah davening, text study, and

yoga options every day • Enjoy delicious, kosher vegetarian food, served

cafeteria-style• Walk, swim, hike, or work out at the fully-

equipped indoor gym• Spend free time relaxing in a beautiful natural

setting• Participate in evening programs and

entertainment• Make and renew friendships, have great conversa-

tions, laugh, think, sing, dance, and learn

A Sample Day at the NHC Summer Institute:7:00 – Traditional Egalitarian services7:30 – Breakfast8:30 – Yoga

9:30 – Morning Class: Introduction to TalmudStudy

11:00 – Kippah Crocheting Workshop12:30 – Lunch 1:30 – Afternoon Class: Jewish Memoir Writing3:00 – Building Interfaith Families Discussion4:30 – Swim with children in the lake5:30 – 12 Step Meeting6:15 – Dinner at Yiddish Language Table7:00 – Mincha /Ma’ariv prayer services8:00 – Community program combining text

study and the arts9:00 – Klezmer Jam

Courses _______________________________

At the center of the Institute are a wide array ofcourses offered in morning and afternoon sessions.Each course has a maximum of 20 students and isled by a teacher who is also an Institute participant,presenting material that she or he loves in an inclu-sive style that encourages everyone to participate.Choose from classes in traditional texts, Jewish pol-itics, poetry, Jewish ethics, dance and singing, Judaismand world religions, and contemporary topics.

We are committed to making the Summer Institute financially accessible to all. Last year, our new financial aid, scholarship, and work-study op-tions were a success in making it possible for us to have one of the largest and most diverse Institutes ever.This year, we are hoping to sustainour commitment to making the Summer Institute accessible. See pages 4 and 12 for full details. If you can’t come to the Summer Institute thisyear, please consider making a contribution to help someone else come. Donations can be sent to the NHC office: 7135 Germantown Avenue,2nd floor, Philadelphia, PA 19119, or contact us at institute@havurah.org (phone: 215-248-1335) or donate online: www.havurah.org/donate.

WELCOME TO THE NHC SUMMER INSTITUTE!

The National Havurah Committee (NHC) is a network of diverse individuals and communitiesdedicated to Jewish living and learning, community building, and tikkun olam (repairing the world).Since the 1970s, the NHC Summer Institute has been bringing together Jews from across NorthAmerica to envision a joyful grassroots Judaism and provide the tools to help them create empow-ered Jewish lives and communities.The NHC is a nondenominational, multigenerational, egalitar-ian, and volunteer-run organization.

The NHC’s flagship program, the week-long Summer Institute, is a unique opportunity for seriousstudy,moving prayer, spirited conversation, late-night jam sessions, singing, dancing, swimming,med-itation, and hiking – all in the company of more than 300 people from a wide range of backgrounds.Each year, participants leave the Institute reinvigorated and excited to return to their home com-munities to share new ideas, skills, and experiences.

Our 2009 theme is Lalechet b’chol derachav/ Walking in all Your ways (Deuteronomy 10:12 and 11:22).This summer we will explore thistheme together: How do we make decisions about the paths we take? What does it mean for something to be one of “Your ways”? How do wemanage the challenges of being in a pluralistic community in which there are many paths? Is it possible to walk in many “ways” at once? As a com-munity, we will grapple with these issues and learn from each other’s lived experiences and understandings.

At the Summer Institute, every teacher is also a student and every student is a teacher. People who are usually called “rabbi” or “professor”throughout the year go by their first names here. And people who rarely take active leadership roles in their communities discover that they, too,can teach and contribute to the community.

We look forward to creating community with you at this year’s NHC Summer Institute!

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Workshops __________________________

The Institute also offers informal hour-long work-shops led by Institute participants on topics of theirchoice. Last year’s workshop topics included Israelifolk dance, poetry of the Middle East, the future ofthe havurah movement, how to chant haftorah, andHassidic text study on the Sh’ma prayer. Partici-pants will decide this year’s topics by volunteeringto teach workshops! Please indicate on the regis-tration form if you would like to lead a workshop– we encourage you to share your knowledge, pas-sions, and skills!

Minyanim ____________________________

Every day at the Summer Institute offers a differ-ent menu of spirited prayer options and alterna-tives to traditional services.There will be prayer inmany styles, including daily morning services in He-brew and English, meditative and musical, with andwithout instruments, and both indoors and out-doors, in addition to a Traditional Egalitarian serv-ice, as well as mincha-ma’ariv daily. All davening isintended to be family-friendly. Please indicate on theregistration form if you would like to lead a service(or alternative to services) in any style. Allminyanim organized and sponsored by the NHCare fully egalitarian,with equal participation regard-less of gender or sexual orientation. Individual par-ticipants who wish to organize minyanim in whicheligibility for leading or participation is differenti-ated by gender may contact the NHC office toarrange a meeting space.

Families and Children __________

At the Summer Institute, families with children arenot only welcome, they are a priority. The SummerInstitute “village” is supportive of all kinds of fami-lies, and prayer services celebrate the inclusion ofchildren. While parents participate in Institute of-ferings, children ages six months to twelve years at-tend Kids Camp, joining their older family membersat mealtimes. Parents may also participate in a spe-cial “buddy” system in which other folks share thejoys and responsibilities of child care with parentsduring meals and other times when Kids Camp isnot meeting. Evening babysitting (for a small feepayable on the registration form) allows parents toparticipate in all evening and late-night activities ofthe Summer Institute.

Kids Camp _________________________

Forming its own tight-knit community within thebroader Institute,Kids Camp offers exciting and en-riching Jewish programming for children. Withmorning and afternoon sessions running concur-rent to Institute classes, parents can learn and ex-plore while knowing their kids are alsoexperiencing a vibrant, age-appropriate learning op-portunity. The camp is lead by a talented staff ofeducators, artists, musicians, and athletes, many ofwhom are long-time Institute participants. TheNHC’s adult teaching faculty,Artists-in-Residence,parents, and other members of the Institute com-munity are encouraged to participate in Kids Camp,sharing their expertise and talents with the children.

In true havurah style, the Kids Camp program ishighly participatory; emphasizing relationship build-ing through shared experiences of art, music,sports, and a wide array of Jewish programming.For many families with young children, the KidsCamp has become a primary incentive to returnyear after year.

Kids Camp features:• Daily gatherings with song, prayer, and stories

• Creative activities in art, music, and theater

• Supervised outdoor recreation

• Water play or swimming each day (weather per-mitting)

• Creative, developmentally appropriate Jewishlearning for preschool children

• Jewish-oriented playtime for babies and toddlers

• A unique experience in Jewish community build-ing which celebrates diversity

Please note that Kids Camp operates during scheduledclass times. The camp is designed for kids from sixmonths to twelve years old who can participate in an all-day program with a break for lunch. Children aregrouped according to age and grade levels. We do ourbest to accommodate all children.

Celebrating Shabbat ___________

Shabbat at the Institute is a time to connect withnew friends and renew old friendships, reflect onand extend the intense living and learning that hasoccurred during the Institute, and refresh ourselveswith this joyful culmination of the week. BeforeShabbat starts, participants build an eruv (boundarythat allows carrying on Shabbat) and make otherShabbat preparations. Shabbat begins with a rousingKabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) and eveningservice with the whole community, followed by afestive dinner and opportunities for text study, sto-rytelling, poetry reading, and singing late into thenight. Several different prayer services and servicealternatives meet on Saturday morning, including aspecial Family Shabbat Service, after which the com-munity gathers for lunch.This year, Shabbat after-noon programming will include a menu ofShabbat-friendly activities, such as special work-shops and study opportunities, organized gamesand sports, a guided hike, and singing and musicaljams—but you are also welcome to choose less-structured options, like chatting with friends newand old, swimming in the lake, reading a book, orjust taking a nap! We savor the last hour of Shabbat

by eating seudah shelishit (the third Shabbat meal).Then, the entire community gathers again to bidfarewell to Shabbat with a beautiful havdalah (end-of-shabbat ceremony) under the stars.

Shabbat Participants ___________

Can’t come for the whole week? Have friends orfamily members who would like to join you forShabbat? All are welcome to join the Institute com-munity for a beautiful, restful,meaningful Shabbat inthe mountains. Special Shabbat workshops willallow participants to get a taste of the learning andexploration that has been ongoing throughout theweek. Shabbat guests should plan to arrive on Fri-day, August 7, between 1:30 and 3:15pm. Pleasesee the fee schedule for Shabbat-only registration.

Teen Program _____________________

Every year, teenagers at the Institute build a com-munity that radiates into the teens’ lives throughthe rest of the year. This community provides ahome base and an inclusive group of friends forteen participants, most of whom attend with theirfamilies. Designated adult advisors are available toteenagers at all times for checking in and trouble-shooting, and to help organize group projects, suchas the traditional community-wide free clothingswap led by teens, and constructing the commu-nity’s eruv for Shabbat. Teens may take classes withadults, or work in the Kids Camp or the Instituteoffice for a reduction in registration fees. Please in-quire for details.

Everett Fellowship for YoungAdults _________________________________

A generous grant from the Edith and Henry EverettPhilanthropic Fund underwrites the Everett FellowsProgram for young adults who have demonstratedtheir potential to be advocates for Jewish causesand who are actively engaged in defining their par-ticipation in the Jewish community. Fellows partici-pate in the full Summer Institute programming andin four workshops designed specifically for them,including an opportunity to discuss their personalJewish journeys. In addition, each Everett Fellow willbe paired with a mentor, a returning Institute par-ticipant who shares similar interests and can sup-port the Fellow in getting the most out of theInstitute.

Everett Fellows receive a scholarship for tuition,room, and board, and are expected to pay only forregistration and dues ($120).To apply for an Everettfellowship, you must be 22 through 32 years of age,interested in exploring havurah Judaism, and willingto participate fully in the Summer Institute. Pref-

erence is given to first time Institute attendees andpreviously-declined qualified Everett applicants.

ApplicationPlease email your application and letters of recom-mendation to everettfellows@havurah.org by May1, 2009. Include your name, complete postal ad-dress, day and evening phone numbers, email ad-dress, age, and educational background and/oroccupation. In addition, please provide brief an-swers to the following questions in 1-2 pages:

1.What are you looking for in a Jewish community?(List some characteristics.This need not be a de-finitive list.)

2.What kind of role have you played in Jewish com-munities thus far and what kind of role do yousee yourself playing in the future?

3.What do you hope to gain from the Institute?What do you expect to bring?

4. Please list 1-3 leadership experiences that youconsider significant (name of organization, titleand short description of your role, and dates).These experiences need not be in Jewish com-munity.

A complete Everett Fellowship application also in-cludes:

• Two letters of recommendation (may be sent byseparate email or by postal mail to the NHC of-fice, e-mail preferred). Please ask your recom-menders to focus on your leadership andcommunity-building skills.

• A completed NHC Summer Institute registration,submitted online, including payment informationto cover fees.Your payment will not be processedunless you are offered and accept the Fellowship.

Hollander Social Justice Fellowship ___________________________

Do you have a social justice cause you are passion-ate about and want to pursue with the NHC Sum-mer Institute community? Apply for the HollanderSocial Justice Fellowship.You will receive a $400scholarship towards Institute fees and up to $100for materials or preparation, in exchange for plan-ning social-justice-oriented programming for theNHC Summer Institute community.Your proposalneeds to include at least three hours of program-ming on a relevant and nonpartisan social justiceissue. This programming could consist of a daytimeworkshop (or series of workshops), an eveningcommunity-wide program, Kids Camp or Everettprograms, and/or a Shabbat program. We expectthat the strongest applications will come from peo-ple with at least three to five years of professionalor volunteer experience in their area. Preferencewill be given to people involved in an ongoing socialjustice campaign (or launching a campaign) whowish to bring it to the NHC Summer Institute community.

ApplicationSubmit a completed NHC Summer Institute regis-tration form and deposit online. (Deposit is refund-able if your application is not selected.) In addition,submit to hollanderfellow@ havurah.org by March30th, 2009 brief answers to the following questionsin 2-3 pages:

• What are your project’s goals?

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• How will the project be carried out (program-ming, methods, resources you will need)? Notethat your plan needs to include at least threehours of programming.

• How can the issue be brought back to participants’ home communities? How is yourproject relevant to the NHC Summer Institutecommunity?

• What resources/knowledge/skills do you bring tothis project that will make it effective?

• What is your experience or background (profes-sional or volunteer) with the social justice issueyour project will address?

• Give an example of a successful social justice proj-ect you have worked on and describe your rolewas in helping make it successful.

Social Justice Programming Social justice is a core value for the NHC SummerInstitute community, manifested in the ways inwhich we interact with each other, our commit-ment to egalitarianism, our programming, and eventhe fair-trade coffee and tea we serve in the dininghall and the sweatshop-free apparel we sell. In ad-dition to the Hollander Social Justice Fellow’s pro-gramming, this year’s Summer Institute will includea family social justice program in which we exploreour decision-making processes around ethical is-sues and how to take action on a variety of issuesthat affect our everyday lives.

Building and SustainingHavurot and Minyanim _______

Many Summer Institute attendees are members ofindependent or synagogue-based havurot orminyanim in their home communities. NHC Sum-mer Institute community members have a wealthof experience and knowledge about creating andsupporting grassroots Jewish activity, and we wantto focus our energies this year on helping eachother to build more vibrant and fulfilling communi-

ties during the rest of the year.This summer,we willhave a special workshop series on building and sus-taining havurot and minyanim, culminating in achance to contribute to the NHC’s improved on-line resource bank and havurah directory.

Workshops will bring together those who havebeen members of a variety of kinds of havurot formany years with those who may be just starting orthinking of starting one in their community. Theywill be focused on addressing specific questions, butwithin the larger framework of what havurot havedone and can do for different kinds of communi-ties, and for different stages of their life journeys.All Summer Institute participants are invited to par-ticipate in and contribute to these workshops,which will enrich our communities across NorthAmerica. If you have expertise in a specific area,please sign up on the Registration Form to lead aworkshop on that topic!

Franklin Pierce University ___

Franklin Pierce University is located among thebeautiful forests, lakes, and mountains of southernNew Hampshire. The campus features ample con-ference facilities with free Internet access, a varietyof comfortable housing choices, and a fitness cen-ter. Mt.Monadnock and the White Mountains over-look the grounds, which also contain walking trailsand a lake for swimming and boating.

Accessibility ________________________

Almost all buildings on the Franklin Pierce campusare wheelchair-accessible. Accessible accommoda-tions close to the classroom buildings and dininghall are available upon request. If you are physicallydisabled, please let us know when you register sowe can make sure that your classes and housing arein accessible buildings. Some participants who havedifficulty walking around campus drive betweenbuildings by car and others use the golf carts avail-able for a small fee. Accessibility tours will be of-fered the first day of the Summer Institute and asneeded for Shabbat guests.

Food ___________________________________

Each day features three delicious, kosher, vegetarianmeals and plenty of evening snacks.There are al-ways vegan/parve options and an abundance ofhealthy, tasty choices.The kitchen and dining hall areunder the strict supervision of a mashgiach (super-visor), who also participates in the Institute. If youhave special food needs or food allergies/sensitivi-ties, please help us meet your needs by letting usknow on the registration form and providing a de-tailed explanation by June 15. All adult housing op-tions also include refrigerators and kitchens(although no cookware, silverware, dishes, orglasses are provided). You may bring food fromhome or outside into your room, but not into thedining hall. There is a grocery store less than 1 milefrom Franklin Pierce. Please call or email the NHCoffice for more information.

Housing ______________________________

Four comfortable, modern housing options areavailable. All accommodations have parking, wash-ing machines, and dryers nearby. Please indicateyour housing preference on the registration form.

The suites in the center of campus are air-condi-tioned and accessible to those with special mobil-ity needs. Each suite has six bedrooms with twotwin beds per room, one bathroom with threeshowers and sinks, a living room, and a kitchenettewith refrigerator and microwave oven. Suites aregenerally designated for families with childrenunder the age of 10 (to facilitate babysitting) andpeople with special mobility needs. Washing ma-chines and dryers are free.

The apartments are located near the suites. Eachapartment has two bedrooms with two twin bedsper room, 1.5 baths, a living room, and a kitchenwith refrigerator, stove, and dining area.The apart-ments do not have air conditioning; however, themountain climate usually makes air conditioning un-necessary at night.

The townhouses are next to the lake, a 7 to 10minute walk to the dining hall and classrooms.There is a wheelchair-accessible studio apartmenton the first floor, while the second and third floorseach contain three bedrooms with two twin bedseach, three full bathrooms, a kitchen, and a livingroom area. The townhouses are air-conditioned.The basement of each townhouse contains a coin-operated washer and dryer.

Young adults and teens are housed in traditionaldormitories with two beds per room and a com-munal bathroom.Typical dormitory rooms do nothave air conditioning. Most Everett Fellows will behoused here.

The following list is a key to the course categories’abbreviations found after each description and bio:

A&L = Arts and LiteratureS/RL = Spiritual and Religious LifeH&C = History and CultureIT = Intermediate TextTE = Text for EveryoneAT = Advanced TextXT = Extended FormatCI = Contemporary IssuesSF = Suitable for Families

MORNING COURSES_________

■ M1 Finding Your Voice:Singing the Divine

Aviva Chernick,

Poretsky Artist in Residence

Ozi Vezimrat Yah - God is my strength and mysong. How do I know God further? How doI find my song? Will finding my voice,my song,bring me closer to that which is divine withinand without? The very first songs of praisecame out of people’s mouths from their heartsand were inspired by the moment. It is thismoment of instinct, of creative revelation thatwe will be exploring together. Sessions willinclude breathing, sounding and vocal tech-nique, learning and singing of establishedmelodies and texts, as well as improvisingmelodies, texts, and rhythms of our own. Wewill be taking inspiration from Moshe andMiriam and the People of Israel as they sangShirat Hayam (The Song of the Sea). Comeprepared for delight.

Parts of the course you will stand in order tokeep rhythms with your feet and bodies,whileother times you will lay on your back on thefloor. Accommodations will be made for par-ticipants who are unable to lie on the groundor to stand and move. Comfortable clothingis encouraged. Translations will be providedas necessary. No prerequisites are necessary.Singing skills as well as musical training are ab-solutely not required. Participants in thisworkshop should have a desire to engage inan adventure of breath and sound.

Aviva Chernick is a versatile and passionatesinger working within the Jewish communityand performing beyond. She is a cantorialsoloist and has been a guest teacher, guest

soloist and shlichat tzibur at several congrega-tions and Hebrew day schools around Torontoand at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield,Michi-gan. Aviva’s recordings include the debutalbum with the global fusion band Jaffa Roadand Under the Canopy, a collection of Jewishlove songs, released by The Huppah Project atthe 2008 Ashkenaz Festival. Aviva co-leads aKabbalat Shabbat service, Shabbat Fusion,which features some of Canada’s foremostworld musicians playing traditional and con-temporary compositions for tefilah fromaround the Jewish world. Aviva can be heardon Mitch Smolkin’s Yiddish music project, ASong is Born, with Klezmer Buenos Aires. Up-coming endeavors include a new Latino musicproject inspired by the music of Flory Jagodaand a continued collaborative project inspiredby the Song of Songs with Arabic music mas-ter, George Sawa. See Aviva’s website atwww.avivachernick.com.Please note that this course is a 2.5 hour course.

■ M3 Dancing With the Tree of LifeSimona Aronow

The Sephirot on the Tree of Life aremetaphors for how we live and relate everyday, as well as the aspects of God’s light thatare reflected in our every action.We will ex-plore each of the Sephirot and their dynamicrelationships utilizing movement and medita-tion, chanting, text study, discussion, and jour-naling. Some of the meditations are fromtraditional sources, others more modern. Ex-perience abstract Kabbalistic concepts in amore embodied way to integrate them intoyour life!A&L. S/RL.

Simona Aronow is a dance therapist, move-ment educator, and student of Kabbalah. Sheteaches and is on the Board of Directors forGesher Center for Jewish Spirituality, Medita-tion and Healing, in Charlottesville,Virginia.

■ M5 What’s So Jewish about Jewish Folktales?

Ellen Frankel

For centuries, Jews have told stories to oneanother, many of them adapted from the folk-tale traditions of their neighbors. And the re-verse is also true: As they traveled and traded,Jewish storytellers transmitted Persian, Indian,and Arabian folktales throughout Europe.What was gained and lost in this process oftranslation? How do Jewish stories differ fromtheir counterparts in other nations’ lore? Inthis course, we will read Jewish folktales fromvarious Jewish communities, compare themwith tales familiar to many of us from child-hood, and explore what makes them differ-ent—and universal.A&L. H&C.

Ellen Frankel is a storyteller and author of TheClassic Tales: Four Thousand Years of Jewish Lore.She is CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The JewishPublication Society. For 18 years, she has di-rected the JPS project, Folktales of the Jews, asix-volume collection of Jewish folktales culledfrom the Israel Folktale Archives.

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Course DescriptionsUnless specified as intermediate or advanced, all text study courses will be accessible to everyone.

■ M7 Sefer HaBloggadah:An Introduction to Sefer HaAggada

Richard Friedman

Sefer HaAggada (The Book of Legends) is theclassic Bialik-Ravnitzky collection of aggadic(non-legal) material from Talmud and Midrash.Its contents are diverse — midrashim (com-ments supplementing Bible stories); storiesabout the Rabbis themselves; and stories andideas about the Land and People of Israel,Torah, Shabbat, etc. The Sefer HaBloggadahproject started at last year’s Institute uses ablog to facilitate study of this text, one pageper day.The course will study sample pagescovered by the project so far, and will intro-duce people to the variety of Rabbinic aggada.Participants may volunteer to present one ofthese texts in the Shabbat afternoon siyyumon part one of the book.IT.

Richard Friedman has taught text classes atseveral Institutes. He also teaches Talmud andRashi’s Torah commentary at his shul and atthe Jewish Study Center in Washington. He isa lawyer with the federal government.

■ M9 A Jewish View of JesusHarold Gorvine

We will read selections from the four Gospelsand excerpts from contemporary scholarly in-terpretations of Jesus. Both as a class and inhevruta, our focus will be twofold. First, whowas Jesus the Jew, and what did he stand for?Second, to what extent can we as 21st-cen-tury Jews adopt the message of the historicalJesus and use it to enhance our Judaism?S/RL.TE.

Harold Gorvine is a lifelong, passionateteacher of history and Jewish studies. TheAlumni Association of Akiba Hebrew Academy(suburban Philadelphia) honored him in 2001for 35 years as an outstanding teacher.

■ M11 Deviant Judges, Foul Factories, and Bio-medical Marvels: Turning Points in Jewish Law

Hillel Gray

In our naïve imaginings, Jewish law is merely acumulative code of conduct that unfolds logi-cally from Biblical and Talmudic rules.Within

the raw data of Jewish legal discourse, we candiscern a 2,000-year-old discontinuity of politi-cized contestations, personal innovations, andcurious adjustments to evolving cultural andtechnological conditions.We will read rabbinictexts through which Jewish communities over-rode old laws, set precedents, hardenedschisms, and otherwise carried the drama ofJewish law into new territory.Our studies willexplore the gamut from Talmudic case lawthrough Reform responsa, and also peer intothe future of Jewish law.H&C. IT.

Hillel Gray is a Ph.D. candidate in the Historyof Judaism at the University of Chicago. He isformer policy director of the National Envi-ronmental Law Center and has served on theboards of minyanim from both the left andright ends of Jewish life.

■ M13 The Walking Stories of theZohar

David Greenstein

The Zohar, the classic text of the Jewish mys-tical tradition, is unique in placing its teachingswithin a narrative context of stories told while“walking on the road.” Why is that motif socentral to the Zohar? The Biblical image of“walking in God’s paths” and subsequent rab-binic elaborations of that theme are clearlysignificant. An added mystical dimension is alsoto be expected. But close reading of the zo-haric texts reveals that the Zohar has otherideas in mind, as well: ideas that open new per-spectives on our conceptions of the relation-ship between the mystical and the mundane.AT. S/RL.

David Greenstein is Rosh Ha-Yeshivah of TheAcademy for Jewish Religion. He holds an MAin Talmud, a Ph.D. in Kabbalah and Rabbinicsand an MFA in Painting. For the past four yearshe has taught an adult-learning class in readingthe Zohar, page by page, from the beginning.

Course Descriptions

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■ M15 Almost Famous: Books that Didn’t Make the Biblical Cut

Aaron Kachuck

Gaining admission to the Bible was a hard-fought, tooth-and-nail process in antiquity, andmany fine, upstanding, and spirited candidateswere unfortunately forced to take their busi-ness elsewhere. This course will laugh and crywith books that didn’t get the Jewish canoni-cal stamp of approval.We will be looking inparticular at Judith, Susanna, Bel and theDragon, III Maccabees, and Tobit. Discussionranging from the transcendentally existentialto the humorously mundane will focus on thetexts themselves and on a range of issues theybring up, particularly the process of canoniza-tion, and the nature of heroism, especially fe-male heroism.IT.A&L.

Aaron Kachuck studies Classics as the MellonFellow at Clare College,Cambridge,where hemeditates on bards in ancient epic, funny Jewsin Roman satire, speaking divinatory oak treesin northern Greece, and the crazy contradic-tions of the Dionysiac cult.

■ M17 Walking and Resting With GodAfter the Seven Days of Creation: Sustaining the Orderof the World with Jewish RitualPractices

Stuart Mangel

This course provides a look at how the ritualsof Shabbat and Kashrut are based on the cre-ation story of Genesis 1.We will discuss howthis creation story was transformed from ear-lier pre-Biblical creation stories and came torepresent a new understanding of God, theworld, and the relationship between God andhumanity. We will also explore how thecovenantal relationship between God and theJewish people and Jewish ritual practices suchas Shabbat and Kashrut evoke and sustain theorder of the world that God created, as de-scribed in Genesis 1.H&C. IT.

Stuart Mangel is a professor at The Ohio StateUniversity, where he teaches and does brainresearch. He is a veteran of many NHC Sum-mer Institutes and has previously taught at theInstitute.

■ M19 What Would Mordecai Kaplan Do? Study WilliamJames!

Ethan Merlin

In 1915, Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Recon-structionist Judaism, gathered a group of rab-binical students in his home on Saturday nightsto study the writings of American psycholo-gist and philosopher William James. Almost100 years later, we’ll carry on this tradition byreading James in a Jewish context at the Sum-mer Institute. James redefined religious beliefin an age of science by focusing on the practi-cal consequences of what we choose to be-lieve. How did Kaplan and his earlytwentieth-century “havurah” apply James’sideas in their reconstruction of Judaism? Andwhat do we have to learn today from James’s“Torah”?S/RL. H&C.

Ethan Merlin is a co-founder of Tikkun LeilShabbat in Washington,DC. He studied Com-parative Religion in college and wrote his sen-ior thesis about the thought of William Jamesand Mordecai Kaplan. He teaches middle andhigh school math (and minyan!) at the CharlesE. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD.

■ M21 The Mitzvah of Challah: BreadMaking and Sacred Eating

Jonathan Rubenstein

When preparing challah, traditional bakersseparate a small piece of dough and say ab’racha (blessing) in commemoration of thebiblical challah offering. In this class, whilelearning to bake a different bread each day,wewill also look at the mitzvah of separating thechallah and related practices and texts, and ex-plore their meaning in terms of what we eatand how we eat it. On Friday we will bake thechallot for the Institute’s Shabbat meals. Noprior baking experience is necessary.XT. S/RL. H&C. CI. SF.

Jonathan Rubenstein serves as co-rabbi withhis wife, Linda Motzkin, of Temple Sinai inSaratoga Springs, NY, and is a grief counselorand Director of Pastoral Care at Four Winds– Saratoga, a private psychiatric hospital.He isalso a baker and baking teacher and thefounder of Slice of Heaven Breads, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable bakery operatedout of Temple Sinai.Please note that this course is a 2.5 hour course.

Course DescriptionsUnless specified as intermediate or advanced, all text study courses will be accessible to everyone.

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Course Descriptions

■ M23 The Ever-Renewing LiteralSense: Alternatives in the Literal Interpretation of Scripture

Devorah Schoenfeld

Is there a literal approach to biblical interpre-tation in Jewish tradition? Or are there, con-versely, different kinds of interpretation calledliteral? This course will examine four JewishBible commentaries that have been termed “lit-eral”,Targum Onkelos, Rashi, Rashbam, and IbnEzra, on three key biblical passages: the partingof the Red Sea, Song of Songs, and the Akedah.We will also look at different theories of pshatand drash in the Talmud and Midrash. In thesetexts we will see alternative approaches to lit-eral interpretation that exist in Jewish traditionand ask what, if anything, they share.AT.

Devorah Schoenfeld is the Ike Weiner Chairof Judaic Studies at St.Mary’s College of Mary-land and has previously taught at University ofCalifornia, Davis and at the ConservativeYeshiva in Jerusalem. Her doctorate is in me-dieval Jewish and Christian biblical interpreta-tion and she is currently writing a book on thehistory of the literal sense of scripture.

■ M25 Become DivineJonah Steinberg

The idea that humankind might somehow takepart in the identity of God sounds so foreignthat Jews may shy away from it. And there arecertainly hazards in thoughts of divine human-ity. Yet the idea is deeply rooted in our owntradition, and perhaps the challenges we face(and cause) in this world demand such a grandconception of humanity’s potential. This BeitMidrash, satisfying for advanced learners andsupportive of newcomers, will study textsfrom Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Midrash, Zohar,and Hasidut, with glances to non-Jewish tradi-tions also.AT.TE. S/RL. XT.

Jonah Chanan Steinberg is an Associate Deanof the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College.He has taught at the Jewish Theological Semi-nary, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at theUniversity of Judaism, and the Reconstruction-ist Rabbinical College.He is co-founder of He-brew College’s Open Bet Midrash.Please note that this course is a 2.5 hour course.

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■ A2 Creating Altars and Rituals for your Journey

Adele Wayman,Poretsky Artist in Residence

Join us in a workshop and create group andindividual altars to investigate through art per-sonal and spiritual beliefs and questions. Eachparticipant will be asked to bring personalphotos, letters, tokens from nature, and othermaterials meaningful to them.We will begineach day with silent meditation, movement,and journaling and/or drawing and then moveto creating altars and inventing rituals aroundthem. We will use what you have brought aswell as what you find outdoors to create bothpersonal and group altars.The week will con-clude with a ceremony in which we will pres-ent both our individual altars and a group altarto the community.

There will be a $10 materials fee payable di-rectly to the instructor. Participants are alsoasked to bring items from home as indicatedabove.XT

Adele Wayman is an artist and Hege Professorof Art at Guilford College in Greensboro, NCwhere she has taught for 35 years. Her workduring recent years has focused on creating al-tars, both as a sacred context for paintings andas wall installations. Her art can be seen onher website at www.adelewayman.com.Please note that this course is a 2.5 hour course.

■ A4 Jewish Tithing in the 21st CenturyJulie Aronowitz and Emily Fishman

A central tenet in Judaism is tzedakah, charity(more literally, justice-bringing financial contri-bution). But what exactly is this obligation andhow should it play out in our own lives? Wewill look at the history and practice of tithingand consider its potential relevance to ourown lives. We will study texts about thesources of tithing, look at communities (Jewishand beyond) who have tithed or participatedin similar practices. We will consider whattypes of organizations we want to give to,whodeserves our support, and what to do with the nearly constant requests we receive for donations.

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Julie Aronowitz is an organizer, communitybuilder, and non-profit professional living inBoston, MA. She is an alumna of the JewishOrganizing Initiative and the current YoungAdult Social Justice Coordinator at GesherCity Boston and the Jewish Community Rela-tions Council. Emily Fishman is a recent grad-uate of Brandeis University. Her favorite dayon the calendar is Shemini Atzeret.

■ A6 Shabbat for the Land: Shemitah inthe 21st Century

Ben Dreyfus

The Torah commands refraining from agricul-tural labor and letting the land rest every sev-enth year. The shemitah (sabbatical) year isobserved to this day in the land of Israel.However, observing shemitah according to aliteral reading of the Torah would pose practi-cal challenges in a modern economy with Is-rael’s population density, and as a result, anumber of competing solutions have been de-vised, reflecting the divisions in Israeli societyand leading to a heated Supreme Court case.CI.TE.

Ben Dreyfus teaches physics at StuyvesantHigh School in Manhattan, and has lived in Is-rael during the last two shemitah years. Heblogs at Mah Rabu (mahrabu.blogspot.com),Jewschool (www.jewschool.com), and SeferHa-Bloggadah (bloggadah.blogspot.com).

■ A8 Walking in God’s ways?Bob Freedman

For the Hassidic masters the entire purposeof the Torah is to teach us how to walk inGod’s ways.We’ll study commentaries to thisweek’s parasha, Ekev, by two of the greatestrebbes: Moshe Chaim Efrayim of Sadlikov(1748-1800), grandson of the Baal Shem, andSholom Noach Berezovsky (1911-2000), thelate Slonimer rebbe. Hearing them in stereowill inspire us to reexamine our own spiritualsteps. All texts will be in Hebrew, and transla-tions into English will be provided.AT. S/RL.

Bob Freedman has served congregations asboth rabbi and cantor, and has taught at NHCSummer Institutes, Renewal Kallot, and ElatChayyim since 1996. He is continually amazedby the spiritual audacity and insight of the Has-sidic masters.

■ A10 Kol Atzmotai Tomarnah: Let MyBones Praise God Sign LanguagePrayer

Susan Gulack

There are about 200 root words needed tounderstand the siddur prayerbook. Improveyour understanding of Hebrew and experi-ence prayer in a new way by learning thesewords in sign language. This is a good way toreinforce meaning for ourselves and to use asa teaching tool for those who teach Hebrewand prayer to others. We will learn parts ofthe service in Sign and participate in the Shab-bat davenning as a group.S/RL.TE.

Susan Gulack is incapable of praying withoutusing her hands. She has been signing prayerfor more than 30 years and has used her skillboth during services and in teaching childrenand adults Hebrew. She serves as a chaplain inthree New York Correctional Facilities, a psy-chiatric hospital, and a VA hospital.

■ A12 Piyutim: A Musical JourneyThrough Jewish Liturgical Poetry

Benj Kamm

For over 2000 years, Jews around the worldhave written piyutim (liturgical poetry) to en-rich prayer and express their yearnings for theDivine. In each region,piyutim were composedin local poetic and musical forms, creating avast repertoire for different parts of the day,year, and life cycle. In addition to learning tosing piyutim in various styles from across theMiddle East and North Africa, we will exploretheir imagery and ways to integrate their cre-ativity into our own Jewish practice.A&L. H&C.

Benj Kamm lived in Jerusalem for the past twoyears, where he learned piyutim from aroundthe world as a member of Kehilot Sharot, anIsraeli organization that seeks to preserveJewish liturgical traditions and share them withthe public.

■ A14 Hebron: Burial Ground toGhost Town

Emma Kippley-Ogman

Hebron carries a rich history of Jewish asso-ciations from Sarah and Abraham to its pres-ent-day prominence as a turbulent hot spot inthe Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We will explore

the nature of Hebron in Biblical and rabbinictexts as a prologue to a multimedia inquiryinto the consequences of the current Jewishpresence in the city. We will use written tes-timonies, maps, still photographs, audio andvideo materials, government policies, and eye-witness accounts to uncover the present na-ture of the city, the processes involved inmaintaining and expanding Jewish presencethere, and their profound effects on the Pales-tinian population.H&C. CI.TE.

Emma Kippley-Ogman is a rabbinical studentat Hebrew College in Newton,MA.Supportedby a Rabbi Richard J. Israel Social Justice Fel-lowship of the New Israel Fund, she has spentthe past year bringing groups to Hebron withthe Israeli organization Breaking the Silence.

■ A16 Jews, Blacks, and the Idea ofRace

Diane Klein

With a Black president and a Jewish Chief ofStaff, the relationship between African-Amer-icans and Jews is poised to (re-)emerge on theAmerican political scene. In this course, wewill use the tools of Critical Race Theory, oneof the most exciting and challenging intellec-tual developments in the American academytoday, to think about the idea of race itself.Should Jews and/or African-Americans em-brace or reject the idea of “race”? Whatwould it mean to move “beyond race,” and isthat somewhere we wish to go (as Jews orotherwise)? Are Jews White? Is antisemitisma form of racism? CI.AT.

Diane Klein is a lawyer and law professor inLos Angeles. Some of her legal scholarship fo-cuses on critical theory, particularly as it re-lates to race, as well as queer theory, twodiscourses in which being a heterosexualWhite Jewish woman and mother can be achallenging status/identity.

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Course Descriptions

■ A18 Objects of Our Affection: HowHoly Objects, Old and New,Give Our Lives Spiritual Shape

Vanessa L. Ochs

What does it mean to study religion (and Ju-daism in particular) from the perspective ofmaterial culture? How do objects inauguratenew Jewish rituals? What are the indicationsthat a new Jewish ritual may endure? Is the in-troduction of new Jewish ritual top-down orbottom-up? Participants are encouraged tobring the “holy” objects of their own Jewishlives—the ones that are intrinsically and ex-trinsically Jewish (that is, more or less obvi-ously Jewish)— to consider in our discussions.Finally, participants will construct written (orvisual) narratives around the new ritual ob-jects in their lives.S/RL. CI.

Vanessa Ochs is Associate Professor of Reli-gious Studies at the University of Virginia inCharlottesville and is the author of InventingJewish Ritual (JPS), which won a 2007 NationalJewish Book Award.

■ A20 Rain in its Season: Coping withExile

Louis Rieser

The second paragraph of the Sh’ma warns thatdisobedience leads to destruction and exile.Though the Temple was destroyed and thepeople were exiled, we continue to recite thiswarning twice daily.The Mishnah and Midrashpreserve some responses of the early Sagesto this catastrophe. We will study some oftheir responses to see how they chose towalk the path of Torah in the shadow of de-struction.Their deliberations will help us con-struct a new understanding of this passage forour own day.IT.

Louis Rieser is the rabbi at Etz Hayim Syna-gogue in Derry,NH. He teaches regularly andwrites on topics related to the Talmud. Hisnew book, The Hillel Narratives, was publishedthis year.

■ A22 Jewish Theories of JusticeBrent Chaim Spodek

Do Jewish theories of justice look beyond ourown community? What, if any, is the philosoph-ical basis for concern with those who aren’tpart of our ethnic or religious group? We’lllook at classical concepts such as mipneidarchei shalom, tikkun olam, and tzedek umish-pat, practical frameworks from the tzedakahsystem of the Geniza period and the contem-porary Federation system, and theological per-spectives articulated by thinkers such asLevinas and Buber. Most importantly, we’ll ex-plore the theological framework that actuallyunderpins our own conception of Judaism, andexplore the implications of our beliefs on ourpolitical commitments.CI. IT.

Brent Chaim Spodek is the Rabbi-in-Residenceand Director of Jewish Communal Relationsat American Jewish World Service. He gradu-ated from the Jewish Theological Seminary in2007 with a master’s degree in Jewish Philos-ophy, and was recently the Marshall T. MeyerFellow at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun.

■ A24 Maimonides: Cure of SoulsDavid Weiss

Although many speak of their soul, few under-stand what the soul is.What are the character-istics of the soul? What are diseases of thesoul? How can we cure our souls? The greatJewish philosopher, Maimonides, believed that“the improvement of moral qualities isbrought about by the healing of the soul andits activities.” This course explores the ideas

of Maimonides in Shemoneh Perakim,The EightChapters. Exploring these essential insightswill enlighten your understanding of the souland deepen your Jewish journey.IT. S/RL.

David Weiss is a rabbi, psychologist, and au-thor. He also is the founder and President ofthe National Havurah Community of Canada,a past Vice-Chair on the NHC Board, and apassionate teacher of the Jewish mystical tra-dition. For a living, David leads an Organiza-tional Psychology consulting firm based inToronto (www.weissinternational.ca). He is aco-author of Maimonides – Cure of Souls(SUNY Press, 2009).

■ A26 How the Hasidic Masters Readthe Torah

Aryeh Wineman

The Hassidic Masters offered readings of theTorah very distant from the more evident andconventional understanding of that sacredtext. Examining passages from the homily-texts of Hasidism’s classical period,we will ex-plore together the nature of the revolutionarytransformation in the way Hasidism ap-proached and understood the Torah.

We will also probe what the explicit and im-plicit ideas underlying that transformationmight suggest to us today as a resource for arenewed Jewish spirituality.

Aryeh Wineman, rabbi and author, is engagedin research and writing in the areas of Hebrewliterature and Jewish Mysticism. He has taughtseveral courses at the Institute over the years.

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Commuting and Camping ___

Anyone who lives or is staying near the campus canparticipate at a reduced cost by registering as acommuter. Commuter registration includes allmeals and full participation in all programs.Thereare numerous campsites nearby if you would liketo take advantage of our commuter rate.

Transportation and Timing __

Franklin Pierce University is located off Route 119in Rindge,NH, just north of the Massachusetts bor-der. Approximate driving time is 4.5 hours fromNew York City and 90 minutes from Boston.Theclosest airports are in Manchester, NH,Albany, NY,and Boston, MA. Ride-share arrangements will beprovided once you register. On Monday,August 3,check-in starts at 1:30pm. Programming begins at3:45pm, and dinner is served that evening. Coursesmeet for the first time on Tuesday morning. Theclosing program on Sunday,August 9, ends around10:30am and the Institute concludes at 11:30am.Everyone is expected to check out promptly onSunday.

Scholarships and Travel Grants _________________________________

The NHC strives to make the Summer Institute ac-cessible to all who want to participate; our goal isthat no one will be unable to participate in theSummer Institute for financial reasons.To apply fora scholarship, follow the instructions below, and in-dicate on the Registration Form the amount of thefull registration fees that you are able to pay. Deci-sions regarding the first round of support will bemade starting May 1, after which support will bedistributed on a rolling basis, depending on availablefunds.The NHC asks that applicants assess theirown ability to pay as honestly and accurately as pos-sible. The NHC recognizes that financial matterscan be very sensitive, and pledges that each appli-cant’s financial information will remain confidential,shared only with the members of the scholarshipcommittee. If you can afford to pay the full price ofInstitute, please do so. If you can’t afford the fullprice, please pay as much as you can. And if you areable to make a tax-deductible contribution towardthe scholarship fund, please do that, too, so thateveryone who wants to attend has the opportunityto do so.

ApplicationIf you are applying for a scholarship or travel grant,please include a deposit of at least $300 per personand complete the section on scholarships on theregistration website. If you are registering by mail,send answers to the following questions along withyour registration to the NHC office:

1) How much of your NHC Summer Institute reg-istration fees would be at full rates and howmuch of this you (and your family, if applicable)can afford to pay.

2) Any additional details or circumstances you feelare relevant, including the cost of travel, if appli-cable.

After May 1, you will be informed whether your ap-plication has been approved.All balances are due byJune 14.The deposit is completely refundable if yourrequest is not approved and you are unable to at-tend. Scholarship applications submitted after June30 will be considered only if funds remain. Prospec-tive applicants can check with the NHC office atthat time.

It may be possible to secure financial help to attendthe Institute from other sources. Some synagoguemembers have secured assistance from their rabbi’sdiscretionary fund; some Jewish educators have re-ceived support as a form of professional develop-ment; and some college students have obtainedfinancial help from Hillel or chaplain conferencefunds. Residents of Western Massachusetts shouldcheck out the Harold Grinspoon Foundation(www.hgf.org) for scholarship funds for teens. Jewishfederations may have similar funds for children’sparticipation in Kids Camp. Before concluding thatyou can’t afford to join us, research your resources— and ask!

Work-Study Assistance _______

A limited number of work-study positions are avail-able in one of three areas: the Summer Institute of-fice, the children’s camp, or kashrut supervision. Inexchange for at least 14 hours of work over thecourse of the week, participants can attend the In-stitute for $400 plus NHC dues, and participatefully in the rest of the program.To apply for a work-study position, check www.havurah.org to see theopen positions and call or email the Institute office(215-248-1335) to apply. All requests are confiden-tial and must be submitted by June 30, 2009.

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Register online at www.havurah.org/register or goto www.havurah.org for Institute information (suchas a ride board) and updates on courses and pro-grams. All Institute registrants are automaticallysubscribed to nhc-announce, a low-volume emaillist for announcements from the NHC-related toits programs. The NHC also offers two online dis-cussion groups: nhc-havurah, for NHC and havurah-related issues, and nhc-discuss, an open discussionforum on topics of interest to members of theNHC community.

Cancellation Policy and Cancellation Insurance ________

Cancellation insurance enables you to receive apartial refund in the event that you must cancel dueto unforeseen circumstances. Register by April 1for free Cancellation Insurance or register afterApril 1 for Cancellation Insurance, priced as fol-lows: $42 for an adult, $32 for a commuter adult,$15 for a Shabbat-only adult, $11 for a child, and $6for a Shabbat-only child. If you have cancellation in-surance and must cancel on or before July 24, youwill receive a refund of your Institute fees minus a$35 administrative fee per person. If you cancelafter July 24, you will receive a refund of your Insti-tute fees minus a $300 administrative fee per per-son. If you do not purchase cancellation insuranceat the time that you register, and need to cancel,refunds will be allocated as follows:

• Cancel on or before May 31: Institute fees re-funded minus a $75 administrative fee per person.

• Cancel between June 1 and July 10: Institute feesrefunded minus a $150 administrative fee per person.

• Cancel between July 11 and July 23: Institute feesrefunded minus a $225 administrative fee per person.

• Cancel on or after July 24,“no show” on site, orleave early — No fees refunded.

Supplemental fees for services arranged by theNHC (housing, golf-cart, and babysitting) will be re-funded in full only if the NHC can cancel themwithout incurring a penalty. Membership dues arenon-refundable and tax-deductible. Administrativefees retained by the NHC may be considered a tax-deductible contribution.

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terms stated in this brochure. If you live outside the U.S., please pay in U.S.DOLLARS.

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If possible, PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE at www.havurah.org/registerAt $800 for adults, the Summer Institute is priced well below other week-long Jewish retreats across the country. (It’s also a great value when you consider what sevendays away plus all meals and activities would cost on a typical summer vacation!) However, we know that cost puts the Institute out of reach for some, so we make surethere are options for scholarship assistance, work-study, and deeply subsidized rates for children.All of these options are made possible through the generosity of ourdonors. If you would like to enable others to experience the Institute by making an additional tax-deductible contribution with your registration, it would be greatly ap-preciated. See the end of the registration form.

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VolunteerThe NHC operates on the principle that everyone has something to con-tribute. All adult and teen participants are asked to volunteer a few hoursduring the Institute. Please indicate where each person would like to serve.

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Lead Services (July 1 Deadline)Please volunteer to lead a service, either during the week or on Shabbat! Tellus which service or part of a service (e.g., weekday morning) and in whatstyle (e.g.,musical, havurah, traditional egalitarian, meditative, feminist, move-ment, four worlds, or something else).Also let us know if you’d like to readTorah or Haftarah or give a d’var Torah.

Propose A Workshop (July 1 Deadline)Everyone is encouraged to lead a workshop! List your topic here and, by July1, email workshops@havurah.org with a brief description of your workshopand a short bio. For examples of last year’s workshops see our website.

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We serve kosher vegetarian meals with vegan options; we hope to serve FairTrade Certified TM coffee and tea. If you need any special food or otherarrangements, please attach a note with specific information.

To facilitate networking and a warm community, please include on a separatesheet of paper 50 words about your profession, activities, academics, andother pursuits.These bios will be shared with all participants - please printclearly.

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If you are attending with children we will house you in the suites to facilitateevening babysitting. If you are a teen or young adult, we will house you in thedormitories. Otherwise, please indicate your housing preference:❏ townhouses near lake (air-conditioned),❏ main campus apartments (not air-conditioned)❏ suites,❏ dormitories

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PAST CHAIRSMichael Strassfeld (1980-1981)Elaine Cohen (1981- 1982)Joe Rosenstein (1983-1985)Robert Goldenberg (1985-1987)Mitch Chefitz (1987-1989)Ruth Goldston (1989-1991)Herb Levine (1991-1993)Steve Lewis (1993-1995)Janet Hollander (1995-1997)Leonard Gordon (1997-1999)Solomon Mowshowitz (1999-2001)Neil Zatz Litt (2001-2003)Mark Frydenberg (2003-2006)

Managing DirectorYael Levin

Planning Committee ChairsRuss Agdern Marisa Harford

Course Committee ChairNeil Litt

Artists in Residence ChairAlan Scott Belsky

Everett and Hollander ChairZach Teutsch

Cover ArtSarah Beller

Thank you to all the NHC Summer Institute partici-pants who lent their pho-tographs for this brochure.

NHC Advisory BoardSamuel BarthJudith BaumannDebra CashMarcia FalkMerle FeldSusan FendrickEllen FrankelRobert GoldenbergRobert GoldstonArthur GreenBarry HoltzFrank LoefflerMichael MaschMiriam MayVictor MillerAnne MintzVanessa OchsDrorah O’Donnell SetelMichael PaleyNeil ReisnerLouis RieserHarry RosenbluhJoseph RosenbergCarl SheingoldDavid ShneyerHarold SchulweisMatthew ThomasesMax TicktinMoshe WaldoksShoshana WaskowDeborah WaxmanFran Zeitler

Board of DirectorsExecutive CommitteeChair:Sherry IsraelVice Chair:Sandy SussmanTreasurer:Howard WialSecretary:Ceidlen BellerImmediate Past Chair:Mark Frydenberg

MEMBERS AT LARGERuss AgdernAnnie BassBen DreyfusLinda EmanuelBob FreedmanAdam GordonMarisa HarfordDiane Klein (on leave) Bettyrose NelsonRick PincusDawn RoseJosh RosenbergZach TeutschJoan Vick

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August 3-9Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH

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