Labor and Faith Leaders Rally in Support of Immigrants
Rabbi Mordecai Liebling joined with labor and faith leaders in support of immigrants in an August 15 rally in Philadelphia that drew thousands.
On Juneteenth, Joy and Grief Mingle for Black Jews – Rabbinical Student Koach Frazier
When Koach Baruch Frazier prepares their seder plate, they nestle beets next to okra, blackeyed peas, eggs boiled in hibiscus tea, hot red peppers, baked sweet potato and cornbread, all arranged in a plate set next to a kiddush cup fizzing with red soda, in observance of Juneteenth.
Rabbi Michael Perice (’20) Shares Experience of Opiate Addiction to Help Others
Rabbi Michael Perice, a 2020 RRC graduate, recently told his congregation the story of his four-year struggle with opioid addiction and his celebration of 10 years of sobriety. His motive: to break down the stigma of addiction and inspire others to get help.
Incoming rabbi looks forward to meeting congregants in person – Rabbi Mikey Hess Webber (’21)
Rabbi Mikey Hess Webber has served as Columbia Jewish Congregation’s rabbinic intern for nearly a year and is now about to become the congregation’s new rabbi and spiritual leader, but she has yet to meet her new congregation face to face.
Rabbi Sandra Lawson (’18) Profiled by Student News Magazine
Rabbi Sandra Lawson, ’18, who serves as associate chaplain for Jewish life and Jewish educator at Elon University in North Carolina, was recently featured in an in-depth video segment produced by Elon News Network, the university’s student-run organization.
Rabbi returns home to become health care chaplain – Rabbi Rachel Davidson (’21)
For Cleveland native Rabbi Rachel Davidson, the road to chaplaincy is leading right back to Cleveland as a chaplain resident at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center near University Circle. “When I had the calling to the rabbinate, I felt specifically really pulled to becoming a health care chaplain,” Davidson told the Cleveland Jewish News June 21. “To become a chaplain, you need training after seminary, so I’m starting that next level of training.”
Faculty Member Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer Publishes Book on Peace Through Multifaith Understanding
Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Ph.D., a longtime faculty member of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College who founded the institution’s multifaith studies department, has published a new book, Strangers, Neighbors, Friends: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace.
Meet the young Jews chanting ‘Never again!’ and blocking streets to shut down Trump’s camps
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on Never Again Action’s July 2019 demonstrations against refugee detainment camps, featuring rabbinical student Lizzie Horn.
Solomon Hoffman
Solomon Hoffman grew up in Port Washington, N.Y., experiencing the joy of Judaism through family celebrations, klezmer ensembles and the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore (RSNS). Solomon has loved bringing people together through music from a young age and studied in the Juilliard pre-college program for composition. He earned a B.A. in Music and Psychology at Columbia University, where he composed “The Varsity Show” musical. After college, Solomon continued to develop music, theater and dance projects, founding The Songwriter’s Orchestra and Café Music at Dolphin. Solomon also returned to RSNS as an educator and musical director. As he began to find more meaning through Jewish activism, education and practice, he chose to pursue the rabbinate.
Watch & Listen: Let Silence be Praise for God
Reconstructionist Judaism offers a spiritual and communal home to all who seek connection and meaning. And the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College trains diverse and dynamic rabbis who make Jewish experiences accessible to all.Take, for example, Rabbi Adam Cerino Jones. Growing up in an interfaith home, he did not see a place for himself in any Jewish community until a Hillel rabbi convinced him that not only could he lead an authentically Jewish life, but he could also be a rabbi.
