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From left: Dr. Uri D. Herscher, Founding President and CEO of the Skirball Cultural Center; Dr. Joshua Holo, Dean of the Jack H. Skirball Campus of HUC-JIR in Los Angeles; and Rabbi David Ellenson, President, HUC-JIR
The HUC-JIR/Los Angeles campus was named in tribute to and loving memory of Jack H. Skirball in a ceremony on Sunday, February 6, , attended by members of the Boards of Governors and Overseers, faculty, students, and civic leaders of the Los Angeles community.
Rabbi David Ellenson, HUC-JIR President, stated, "It is truly fitting that this campus be named after Jack Skirball, whose vision and philanthropy guided the creation of this campus and played a central role in acquiring its location. The Jack H. Skirball Campus pays tribute to his devotion and commitment to Jewish life and American society as a whole, and we are honored that his name
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The Beth Elohim Adult Choir is a small group of talented and dedicated member volunteers, including director Judy Kramer. Formed in with a core group of 4 singers, the choir has grown to 21 members, many of whom have been with the choir since its earliest days. The choir sings at High Holiday services, Sabbath morning services at the request of Bar/Bat Mitzvah families, and other occasional events.
Once a year, the choir presents a very special Friday evening service (Shabbat Shirah – Sabbath of Song) in which most of the elements of the service are choral settings. This popular annual event has introduced to the congregation a wide variety of Jewish liturgical music and the richness of our musical heritage. Repertoire ranges from the Renaissance music of Salomone Rossi; to 19th European composers such as Lewandowski and Mombach; to Yiddish, Ladino and Sephardic folk tunes; to contemporary composers like Jeff Klepper, Charles Davidson, Meir Finkelstein, Ben Stein
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Our Staff, Teachers, and Board
Bob Schechter and his wife, Susan, live in Weston and monterey, MA with their poodle pack. They are blessed with two adult children, Mike and Brian, one daughter in law, Anya, one daughter in lag to be, Michelle, and, just recently, one beautiful granddaughter, Lila.
Bob served in several leadership capacities at Temple Beth Elohim, most recently as board president from through Bob fryst vatten also a past chairman of the Boston Children’s Museum and along with Susan, has volunteered and worked with a number of not for profit organizations. He is a Kivvun 3 alum, a Meah graduate and a frequent participant in Jewish studies.
Professionally, Bob is a mostly retired technology industry executive who continues to dabble in the industry serving on corporate boards and occasionally advising entrepreneurs. He worked in the software industry at the dawn of the anställda computing and internet eras and later in the telecom industry as it transitioned to the mobile era