Fall 2023 RRC Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students
Are you thinking about becoming a rabbi? Do you want to learn more about RRC?
Join us to experience our Deeply Rooted and Boldly Relevant program and community.Our Institute program takes into consideration that participants are stretched across time zones (and that we spend a lot of time on Zoom!) Join us for as much of the program as you can attend. Attendees will be sent a final schedule.
Rabbi Shira Stutman (’07): Hanukkah celebrates a Jewish victory, but this year the rebuilding matters more
It’s about that moment immediately after the Jews won — when, surveying the damage in their country and among their people, they realized how much work there was still to be done, and then chose to get up and start doing it. It is, in other words, the perfect allegory for the United States in 2020.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing In recent years, Internet peer-to-peer file-sharing programs have made it easy to download and share music, movies and software files. This has become a problem for institutions because it encourages behavior that violates copyright law and causes Internet traffic congestion. It is the College’s policy: To respect our community’s rights to privacy […]
The Well & Jewish News’ 36 Under 36: Rabbi Ari Witkin (’19)
The great joy of his job is supporting Metro Detroiters leadership in the work of building and strengthening our community. In addition to his role at Federation, he currently serves as the part-time rabbi of Temple Beth Israel in Bay City.
Reconstructionist congregations partner across the miles – Rabbi Nitkin-Kaner (’16) and Rabbi Weissman (’17)
Little did these two rabbinical students imagine that within a decade they would bring together their Reconstructionist congregations — one located in Ann Arbor and one in Attleboro, Massachusetts — for joint worship services and holiday celebrations on a platform called Zoom.
You Should Know …. Rabbi Alex Weissman
Rabbi Alex Weissman remembers walking into the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote for the first time. It was November 2010, and he was a 27-year-old Tufts University graduate who had held a few jobs with community and service-minded organizations, like the Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies & Training in New York City.
Rabbinic Students Help Keep Judaism Alive Behind Prison Walls
Serving Jewish prisoners in state prison, rabbinic students find new perspectives on freedom and responsibility.
New Sacred Music Inspired By COVID – Rabbinical Student, Solomon Hoffman
Solomon Hoffman’s foray into COVID sacred music came out of his experience as a hospital chaplain in New York City during the height of the virus’s outbreak.
Credits from Partner Institutions
Students have the opportunity to earn credit at partner institutions to fulfill their degree requirements or to pursue a dual degree. Students may also transfer credits from other institutions and apply them to their degree requirements. For details and guidance, please contact Rabbi Melissa Heller at 215.576.0800 ext. 123 or MHeller@RRC.edu. Partner Institutions Students wishing […]
Rabbi Adler (’18) Appointed at Belle Mead Synagogue
Congregation Kehilat Shalom, a Reconstructionist congregation in Belle Mead, has appointed Rabbi Jacob Best Adler, a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. As a student, Adler co-wrote “The Hamilton Haggadah” with a classmate. The two rewrote Lin-Manuel Miranda’s famous songs to tell the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. The project went viral the week before Passover in 2016, and received national media coverage.
