An American Jewish Visionary

The Life and Career of

Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler

FEATURED GUEST

Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat

May 29, 2025 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m

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@ The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the

American Jewish Archives

A Division of Hebrew Union College

3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220

This Event is Co-Sponsored by:

Throughout his life and career, Alexander Schindler was a leading voice in the issues and concerns of his time. Schindler served as President of the UAHC (now the URJ) for over 20 years and used his platform as a Reform rabbi and as a visionary leader to advocate for both Jewish and secular causes -- ranging from Israel to the environment, gender and equality issues, civil rights, interfaith dialogue, gay rights, the peace movement, Soviet Jewry, and many others.

Our program will feature distinguished panelists who had the privilege of knowing Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler personally: Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, Dr. Gary P. Zola, and his daughter, Rabbi Judy Schindler. These esteemed individuals will share their unique insights and personal reflections. Additionally, they will present documents from the newly launched website, which hosts the Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler digital collection where you can do a full search of materials that can be reviewed and downloaded. In addition, Dr. Dana Herman, Associate Director of the AJA will provide introductory remarks.

You won't want to miss this informative event!

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SCHEDULE

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Keynote & Panel Discussion

5:30 - 6:00 p.m. — Light Refreshments

MEET OUR PANELISTS:

Featured Guest: Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat

Stuart E. Eizenstat currently serves as chair of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council since 2022 and served from 2001-2004. During his public service in six presidential administrations, Ambassador Eizenstat served as chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Carter and held a number of key roles in the Clinton Administration, including Ambassador to the European Union; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Under Secretary of State for Ecomonic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Rabbi Judy Schindler

Rabbi Judy Schindler is an activist, author, professor, rabbi, mother, and wife. Rabbi Schindler is the Sklut Professor of Jewish Studies and Social Justice Lead and Jewish Scholar-in-Residence of the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center at Queens University of Charlotte (which she helped build as founding Director from 2016 to 2024). The day following our event Rabbi Schindler will receive her doctorate in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Her dissertation is on “Pioneering Documents of Interfaith Dialogue: Christian and Jewish Milestones in Reaching Out to the Religious Other.” Her research was in large part based on digital collections housed at the American Jewish Archives. She is the daughter of the late Rabbi Alexander Schindler who was president of the Union for Reform Judaism 1973-1995.

Dr. Gary P. Zola

Dr. Gary P. Zola served as the executive director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) from 1998 through June of 2023. Currently, Dr. Zola is the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience & Reform Jewish History, Emeritus, at Hebrew Union College. Dr. Zola has been honored with national appointments, including being selected by President Biden in 2023 as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Notably, in April 2011, President Obama appointed Dr. Zola to the Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad, marking a historic moment as the first faculty member of Hebrew Union College to receive such recognition from a U.S. president.