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Rabbi Irwin Kula, The Health Care Debate: Bending the Curve from the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institute (9-9-09)

Judy Epstein, Worse than War: New Film Takes Viewers to Sites of World’s Worst Genocides, Exploring the Causes and Showing How to Prevent Them (7-14-09)

Rabbi Irwin Kula, "Parashat Naso’:  Reflections on Sotah (5-5-09)

Judy Epstein, "Clal Selects Inaugural Class for Its Ground-Breaking Rabbis Without Borders Fellowship Program (5-22-09)

Judy Epstein, "CLAL Honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with Middle School Students (5-15-09)

Judy Epstein, "Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Joins Internationally Renowned Focolare Movement in Jerusalem (5-13-09)

"Irwin Kula Appointed Rabbi of Team USA for the 18th (Chai) World Maccabiah Games (5-13-09)

Judy Epstein/Mark Pearlman, "NEW DOCUMENTARY TO OFFER WISDOM FOR TODAY‘S "UNCERTAIN TIMES" — JInsider film (5-13-09)

Judy Epstein, "Against the Tide: New film Explores U.S. Response During the Holocaust
Rabbi Irwin Kula Moderates Debate Following Tribeca Film Center Screening (5-13-09)

Judy Epstein, "CLAL Helps Jewish Communal Professionals to Cope in the Troubled Times (5-12-09)

Judy Epstein, "MUTLI-NATIONAL FORCES IN BAGHDAD SELECT CLAL POET JANET R. KIRCHHEIMER TO HELP MARK "DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE," APRIL 21 (4-14-09)

Judy Epstein, "CLAL Faculty Listed in Newsweek Recognized as Some of America’s Most Influential Rabbis for 3rd Straight Year" (4-14-09)

Judy Epstein, "Passover: A Lesson for Healing and Recovery: Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Keynoter at the Association of Jewish Aging Services in San Diego" (4-3-09)

Judy Epstein, "Rabbis Without Borders (RWB) – A New CLAL Initiative to Help Rabbis Make Jewish Wisdom a Resource for All;   RWB Seeks Applications for Two Innovative Fellowship Programs " (3-17-09)

Judy Epstein, "Unexpected Insights: Jewish Wisdom for Challenging Times" (3-17-09)

Judy Epstein, "CLAL Receives Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator America‘s Premier Charity Evaluator" (3-16-09)

Judy Epstein, "Mystical Receiving: Kabbalat Shabbat at The New York Open Center" (2-3-09)

Judy Epstein, "Suicide: A Compassionate Approach to Intervention and Healing for Jewish Clergy" (10-20-08)

Judy Epstein, "Compassionate Leadership: Cultivating the Leaders of Tomorrow" (9-10-08)

Judy Epstein, “CLAL in Rwanda (9-4-08)

Rebecca W. Sirbu, “Theologies of Suffering:How Judaism Can Help You Cope (7-24-08)

Judy Epstein, “AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE: NEW WEEKLY TV SERIES HOSTED BY RABBI
VISITS LEADING IMAMS TO BUILD BRIDGES
Airing on Bridges TV (American Muslim TV Network) on Mondays at 8 pm EST
Starting July 21, Repeated Sundays at 8:30 pm EST (7-18-08)

Aliza Kaplan, “Psychoanalytic Perspectives publishes moving roundtable discussion featuring Shoah child survivors who are now psychoanalysts" (7-18-08)

Judy Epstein, “CLAL President Brad Hirschfield Joins Beliefnet.com with Daily Blog -- WINDOWS & DOORS: New Online Site Where Politics and Pop Culture Meet 3,000 Years of Jewish Wisdom" (6-18-08)

Judy Epstein, “Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today (Season II) Now available as a 3 DVD Set" (5-29-08)

Judy Epstein, “Rabbi Steve Greenberg named Scholar-in-Residence by Keshet and Hazon" (5-14-08)

Aliza Kaplan, “PBS TV: The Jewish People: A Story of Survival" (5-7-08)

Judy Epstein, “CLAL in Italy" (5-7-08)

Judy Epstein, “New Book Champions Gender Equity for Women in Jewish Organizational Life" (4-25-08)

Judy Epstein, “CLAL Listed in Newsweek's “Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America” for 2nd Year" (4-11-08)

Judy Epstein, “How to Spot One of Us" (4-9-08)

Rabbi Irwin Kula, “The Sacredness of Paying Taxes" (4-9-08)

A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World (4-4-08)

Judy Epstein, “Irwin Kula Featured on “BIG THINK, New Site Designed as a “You Tube” for Ideas" (1-23-08)

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, “A Test of Faith" (1-17-08)

Judy Epstein, “Rabbi Irwin Kula at the Chief of Chaplains Annual Religious Education Training Conference in Orlando, FL, Jan. 27-28 (1-16-08)

Judy Epstein, “The Jewish Americans,” PBS Special Documents 350 Years of Jews in America, January 9, 16, 23 (1-8-08)

Judy Epstein, YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE WRONG FOR ME TO BE RIGHT: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism
By Brad Hirschfield (Harmony, Jan. 2008) (12-12-07)

Judy Epstein, How to Spot One of Us: A Collection of Poetry By Janet R. Kirchheimer (CLAL, 2007) (11-1-07)

Aliza Kaplan, Rabbi Irwin Kula at the Jewish Family Services of Ottawa (11-1-07)

Rabbi Jack Riemer, A Review of Remember for Life – A Different Way to Remember the Holocaust ) (10-31-07)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Rabbis Join Delegation to Meet the Pope (10-26-07)

Judy Epstein, Mission to Odessa and Israel (10-18-07)

Remember for Life: Holocaust Survivors’ Stories of Faith and Hope -- Newly Revised and Published by The Jewish Publication Society (10-3-07)

Judy Epstein, Spirituality vs. Psychoanalysis: Can They Co-exist? (9-26-07)

Judy Epstein, Yearnings: The Sacred Messiness of Life is now available in Paperback (9-11-07)

Judy Epstein, The Aspen Ideas Festival (7-27-07)

Aliza Kaplan, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life has been chosen for a Spirituality & Health Book Award as one of 10 Best Spiritual Books of 2006 (5-25-07)

Judy Epstein, Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today Season Two (5-18-07)

Judy Epstein, Brad Hirschfield Named Scholar-in-Residence by JCCA (5-11-07)

Judy Epstein, Hirschfield and Kula: Intelligent Talk Radio Website Launched (5-4-07)

Irwin Kula, A Spiritual Response to the Virginia Tragedy (4-27-07)

Brad Hirschfield, Living in the Present (4-27-07)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Irwin Kula Joins World Business Leaders in Paris Forum (4-13-07)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Leads Mission to Ethiopia and Israel (3-30-07)

Judy Epstein, Newsweek Names CLAL Rabbis in “Top 50 Rabbis in America” (3-26-07)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard to Teach at Humboldt University in Germany (3-23-07)

Aliza Kaplan, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard to speak at Chiara Lubich, Essential Writings Book Launch (3-16-07)

Judy Epstein, Irwin Kula Leads Pre-eminent Business Organization's Retreat (3-16-07)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Steve Greenberg at Sundance (3-9-07)

Judy Epstein, Irwin Kula Wins “BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE” AWARD
(3-2-07)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Named as CLAL Co-President (1-5-06)

Judy Epstein, HIRSCHFIELD AND KULA, INTELLIGENT TALK RADIO
(12-1-06)

Judy Epstein, "THE HIDDEN WISDOM OF OUR YEARNINGS" (11-24-06)

Judy Epstein, EATING MATTERS, (11-10-06)

Judy Epstein, First-Ever Interfaith Series to Air on Bridges Television Network — American Muslim TV, November 2, 2006, (11-2-06)

Judy Epstein, Remembering for Life: Honoring the Past, Guaranteeing the Future, (10-26-06)

CLAL Faculty, Rabbi Irwin Kula joins with the Dalai Lama and Queen Noor
(10-20-06)

CLAL Faculty, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield at the Malaysian Mission to the UN
(10-20-06)

CLAL Faculty, Dr. Michael Gottsegen on Religion and Development at the UN (10-20-06)

Judy Epstein, THE WISDOM OF YEARNINGS: Spiritual Leader Irwin Kula Shows How to Find Greater Success by Embracing the Messiness of Life,
Oct. 27, 2006 (10-13-06)

Judy Epstein, New Book from CLAL's Irwin Kula: Yearnings, Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life (7-28-06)

Judy Epstein, Hope, Healing And Renewal: The Jewish Community Provides A First-Ever Workshop For Katrina Victims (12-09-05)

Judy Epstein, Building Spiritual Capital (9-30-05)

Judy Epstein, CLAL’s New Calendar & Daily Planner Celebrates the Many Voices of Jewish Life through Inspired Reflections and Captivating Art (9-9-05)

Judy Epstein, Life And Death Of God In The 21st Century: Acclaimed Films Explore our Notions of God, and of Religion and Violence (7-15-05)

Judy Epstein, Blanchard Invited To Meet With Islamic Delegation, Sponsored By The U.S. State Department (7-1-05)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Meets With Pope: CLAL Participates in Major Interfaith Conference in Rome (6-10-05)

Judy Epstein, Religion, Violence And Peace: Muslim Initiative Brings Interfaith Leaders Together To Promote World Peace (6-3-05)

Judy Epstein, Religious Communities Come Together to Support Millennium Development Goals (5-12-05)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Rabbinic Students Convene at Ethics of Power and AIPAC Conferences (4-22-05)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Appoints New Chairman -- Fern K. Hurst to Lead CLAL in Bringing Jewish Wisdom to the Public Square (4-8-05)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Steve Greenberg Of CLAL Wins Prestigious Koret Book Award (3-18-05)

Judy Epstein, Freaks Like Me - Provocative New Film Examines Religion in the Age of Terrorism (2-11-05)

Judy Epstein, CLAL in Aspen & Featured at the Aspen Institute (10-29-04)

Judy Epstein, CLAL’s New Pictorial Calendar & Daily Planner Celebrates The Artistry Of Craftsmanship With The Wisdom Of Jewish Thought (9-7-04)

Judy Epstein, Brandeis in the Berkshires (8-13-04)

Judy Epstein, CLAL President Receives AIPAC’s Advocate Of The Year Award (7-23-04)

Judy Epstein, Religion In The Age Of Terrorism: World’s Largest Interfaith Gathering Post 9/11 In Barcelona, July 7-13 (6-25-04)

Judy Epstein, “Time For A New God” -- Provocative New Documentary Challenges our View of God, Looks at The Sacred in Everyday Life (6-11-04)

Judy Epstein, When God Goes to War: Religious Violence in the World Today (5-21-04)

Judy Epstein, Embracing Life And Facing Death: Medicine and Spirituality In Partnership (4-21-04)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Briefs: Passover Show & UJC Young Leadership (4-2-04)

Judy Epstein, Finding The Soul Behind Work And Money (3-26-04)

Judy Epstein, CLAL At The Washington National Cathedral (3-12-04)

Judy Epstein, Jewish Diversity Through Word And Art (2-20-04)

Judy Epstein, A Chanukah Celebration (1-23-04)

Judy Epstein, Thanksgiving: A Day Of Celebration, A Day Of Reflection (11-25-03)

Judy Epstein, A New Jewish Take On Halloween (10-24-03)

Judy Epstein, Palliative Care: A Seminar on Life and Death Issues for Jewish Professionals (10-10-03)

Judy Epstein, Exploring Truth, Faith and Doubt in Religion: Two Aspen Forums (9-11-03)

Judy Epstein, Same Sex Marriage: Exploring the Resources of Religious Traditions (8-1-03)

Judy Epstein, Leadership Development On Campus (7-25-03)

Judy Epstein, Hollywood and Jewish Identity (7-11-03)

Judy Epstein, Jewish Healing: Mining The Tradition For Its Wisdom (7-2-03)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Website Wins 2^nd Place By Blackbaud, Leading Software Manufacturer For Non-Profits (6-20-03)

Judy Epstein, Reisman Award for Article of the Year Presented to CLAL Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard by Lead Journal of Jewish Communal Service  (6-5-03)

Judy Epstein, Religious Thinkers & Leaders Gather to Map Interfaith Education (05-16-03)

Judy Epstein, Inter-Religious Dialogue: Why We Need It (5-9-03)

Judy Epstein, Simple Wisdom With Irwin Kula - A Groundbreaking New Public Television Series - Addresses The Challenges Of Daily Life (4-25-03)

Judy Epstein, Israel, Islam And The American Dilemma: Orthodox Rabbi and Imam Hold Dialogue at Reform Temple  (10-11-02)

Judy Epstein, Remembering 9/11: CLAL Mixes Jewish Ritual with Echoes of 9/11 (9-6-02)

Judy Epstein, "Luboml: My Heart Remembers" -- A Documentary Film by Ron Steinman and Eileen Douglas (7-3-02)

Judy Epstein, Religious Leadership In A Spiritual Marketplace: Interfaith Leaders Join CLAL to Explore Religious Authority in America (6-07-02)

Judy Epstein, Making Pluralism Work: A Spring Intensive For Rabbinic And Cantorial Students (5-28-02)

Judy Epstein, Exploring The Future Of Social Change: CLAL Convenes Leading Social Advocates to Examine the Impact of Key Trends on Efforts to Build a Better Society (5-15-02)

Judy Epstein, International Conference Brings Together Leaders From The World’s Religious Traditions (5-2-02)

Judy Epstein, Furthering The U.K. Connection (4-19-02)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Helps To Create New Vision For Downtown New York (4-10-02)

Judy Epstein, Nightwords, A Powerful Liturgy On The Holocaust, Now Available With CLAL Commentary on Audiocassette (3-25-02)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Convenes Experts To Examine The Future Of Education And Cultural Transmission (3-14-02)

Judy Epstein, CLAL To Join Symposium On Judaism And Civic Participation In American Life  (3-8-02)

Judy Epstein, Remembering and Rebuilding: CLAL to Join a Neighborhood Conversation on Healing (2-22-02)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield To Speak At National UJC Young Leadership Conference In Washington, D.C. (2-8-02)

Judy Epstein, Exploring The Future Of Family And Tribe: CLAL Convenes Experts to Examine the Impact of Key Trends on the Family and Community (1-18-02)

Judy Epstein, New Chairman Appointed At CLAL, Thomas Katz   to Lead the Organization into the New Century (1-10-02)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Forms International Collaboration With Rabbis (12-21-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Interns Program Breaks New Ground (11-30-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Goes to Israel (11-9-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Receives Grant To Explore The Future Of Religion In America: Will Examine Religious Leadership and Jewish Life in an “Open Source” World (10-26-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Awarded Grant For Jewish Spiritual Guidebook For Palliative Care (10-19-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Issues New Year’s Challenge: Can We Both Unite to Support Israel and Encourage a Healthy Debate on its Future? (9-7-01)

Judy Epstein, Playing the Jewish Futures: A CLAL Retreat in Aspen (7-26-01)

Judy Epstein, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard Gives Keynote Address at Hunter School of Social Work

Judy Epstein, National Unity Shavuot -- 5761

Judy Epstein, Building the U.K. Connection

Judy Epstein, Jewish Leadership in the 21^st Century (4-23-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Rabbi Steve Greenberg Featured in Award Winning Film on Being Gay and Orthodox (4-16-01)

Judy Epstein, Author Bruce Feiler Recounts Personal Journey in Researching New Book Walking the Bible (4-02-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Retreat Explores Changing Role of Rabbis in a New Era: Promoting Pluralism And Diversity Among Religious Leaders (3-5-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL’s Rabbinic Internship Program Opens New Doors (2-23-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Joins the Freedom Forum for a Debate on the Internet and the Democratization of Religion (1-29-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Convenes Dialogue on Judaism, Business and the Environment  (1-21-01)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Convenes Diverse Experts to Explore Future of Religion, Ethnicity and Civic Engagement

Judy Epstein, CLAL Convenes Young "Silicon Alley" Entrepreneurs for Dialogue on Ethical, Communal and Spiritual Reinvention (12-1-00)

Judy Epstein, CLAL Participates in International Conference on New Approaches to Leadership (11-22-00)

Judy Epstein, Connecting Jewish Identity and Public Life in San Diego (11-10-00)

Judy Epstein, Is It A Mitzvah To Vote? CLAL Breakfast to Explore the Changing Role of Religion in Public Life (10-12-00)

Judy Epstein, Urging Jewish Unity in the New Year, CLAL Challenges Rabbis to Call Colleagues in Branches Other than Their Own Before the Holiday (9-25-00)

Judy Epstein, Sacred Days CAlendar Marks Sacred Days of Life (9-18-00)

Judy Epstein, CLAL to Speak on the Spiritual Impact of New Technologies at the Aspen Institute (7-20-00)

Judy Epstein, Culture and Continuity through the Centuries: CLAL Lead’s Tour of Jewish Museum (6-30-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, New Media, Fast Companies and Old-Time Religion: CLAL Assembles Experts for Seminar on Jewish Future (6-15-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL's Second Annual "National Unity Shavuot" to feature Web Site Planning Guide and Learning Events Nationwide (5-22-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Future Rabbis Share Professional Challenges at Second Student Chevra (4-5-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Kula Urges 'Technology of the Spirit' in Address to High Tech Conference (3-7-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Rabbis Cross Boundaries at CLAL Leadership Retreat (3-7-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL in the News (1-10-00)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Honored by RRC for Advancing Cause of Jewish Pluralism in America (12-6-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Faculty to Lead Shabbaton at G.A. Meeting in Atlanta (11-16-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Rabbis-to-Be from Every Jewish Denomination Meet for Evening of Joint Study and Dialogue (11-28-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL-HIAS Summit on World Refugee Problems (11-2-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Medical Ethics Symposium Features CLAL Scholar (10-09-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Finding Meaning inThe Life and Death of a Shtetl (9-28-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Public Forum: Imagining the Jewish Future (9-13-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Creates National Unity Shavuot (5-3-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Spring Update (3-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Rabbinic Retreat Creates Interdenominational Conversation (2-22-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Launches Initiative to Foster Dialogue (2-8-99)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, CLAL Marks 25th Anniversary with Celebration (10-29-98)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sh'ma is Changing Hands (9-10-98)

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Spotlight on CLAL/Press Releases CLAL Establishes Internet Presence (4-3-98)

Other More from CLAL (Archives)

Aliza Kaplan, Season I of Building Bridges: Abrahamic Perspectives on the World Today with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield - now available on the CLAL website (7-13-07)

Aliza Kaplan, Irwin Kula is featured in the documentary Secrets of the Code (6-29-07)