IMSA to Host Eighth Annual Horwitz Lecture

For Immediate Release, March 2000
For comment, contact Brenda Buschbacher at (630) 907-5033

MEDIA ADVISORY: Photography is permitted during the lecture. Videotaping and audiorecording are only permitted during the first 25 minutes of the lecture. If you would like to attend, please contact Brenda Buschbacher no later than April 3, 2000. Media will be required to wear an IMSA press badge (can be obtained at front desk).

IMSA TO HOST EIGHTH ANNUAL HORWITZ LECTURE

AURORA — Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, widely regarded as one of the most creative religious writers in America, will present the eighth annual Richard L. Horwitz Lecture on Ethics at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

The lecture is entitled "Invisible Lines of Connection: Social Responsibility and Cowardice." Seating is limited and reservations are required. Contact the IMSA Office of Institutional Advancement at (630) 907-5033 to make reservations.

The lecture series is held in memory of Auroran Richard Horwitz, IMSA’s first legal counsel, who died in August 1990. Lectures are presented by prominent leaders in education, government and the private sector for IMSA faculty, staff, alumni and seniors, and friends and family of Richard Horwitz.

Rabbi Kushner has served as rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, for the past 27 years. Prior to assuming his present pulpit, Kushner served as rabbi at Congregation Solel in Highland Park, Illinois. Through his lectures, articles and 10 books, he has helped shape the present agenda for personal and institutional spiritual renewal.

For more than a decade, he has served on the faculty of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. A well-published author, his most recent books include Eyes Remade for Wonder (1998) and Invisible Lines of Connection (1996). Kushner will be available for a book signing immediately following the lecture. Copies of his books also will be available for purchase.

The Horwitz lecture is supported by the Richard L. Horwitz Ethics Lecture Fund within the IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education. The IMSA Fund is a not-for-profit corporation that enlists investments of corporate, foundation and individual donors in the Academy. These investments support curriculum development projects, statewide outreach programs, minority recruitment programs, laboratory equipment purchases, facility enhancements, special student activities and a permanent endowment.

Located in Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) is an internationally-recognized pioneering educational institution created by the State to develop talent and stimulate excellence in teaching and learning in mathematics, science and technology. IMSA's advanced residential college preparatory program enrolls 650 academically talented Illinois students in grades 10-12. More than 14,000 teachers and 20,000 students in Illinois and beyond have benefited from IMSA's professional development and enrichment programs. IMSA serves the people of Illinois through innovative instructional programs, public and private partnerships, policy leadership and action research.