Kol hakavod Rabbi Miriam Geronimus (’21)
Geronimus chose to pursue rabbinic studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinic College because of its combined focus on Jewish history, culture, and spirituality. As a longtime spiritual seeker with an academic orientation, she found the rabbinic program that would work for her. She particularly appreciated the RRC’s emphasis on practical rabbinics.
RRC Online Open House
You Are Invited to our Online Open House! Join us to learn more about becoming a rabbi at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Meet admissions staff and faculty Learn about our program and community Hear from current students and alumni about how RRC has prepared them to lead and to serve Ask questions in smaller breakout […]
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Shir Hadash chosen for new rabbinic internship program
Shira Singelenberg is a native of Bethesda, Md. She said she grew up in an environment that fostered curiosity and questioning and one in which Shabbat dinner was a revered and memorable time. She received her BA degree from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where she majored in history with a minor in medieval and early studies.
You Should Know…Rabbi Kami Knapp Schechter
Rabbis are usually the ones stewarding congregants through life cycle events, such as births, deaths, coming of age and marriage, but what happens when a rabbi goes through those same monumental life moments?
Congregation Or Shalom Rabbi Kami Knapp Schechter, who just turned 40, is returning to her synagogue on May 22 after maternity leave, having given birth to twins three months ago.
After years of pressure from advocates, Pa. House advances gift ban – Rabbi Michael Pollack (’17)
After years of pressure from advocates, leaders in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled state House are indicating they might be willing to substantially tighten the law governing legislative gifts.
Michael Pollack, a Philadelphia rabbi, has spent the last three years nonviolently agitating for a gift ban with the group March on Harrisburg.
Admissions Overview
Find resources below to help you learn more about the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. https://youtu.be/1NvCkLDnN64 Are you RRC Ready? Let’s have a conversation. Please contact Rabbi Melissa Heller, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, at any time with questions, setting up a time to visit, or starting the process of joining our community. Contact Rabbi Melissa Heller […]
Closing Circle Music Collaboration 5780 – Eilecha (from Psalm 30) by Adam Cerino Jones
In May 2020, three of our rabbinic students, Koach Baruch Frazier, Solomon Hoffman and Adam Cerino Jones, gathered video and audio from other members of College community to create this beautiful musical piece.
Rabbi Janine Julia Jankovitz Pastor
Janine Julia Jankovitz Pastor is an alumna of Temple University with a bachelor’s degree in Jewish studies and a minor in English, focusing on creative writing. She was a Yiddish Book Center 2013 Tent Creative Writing fellow and a 2019 State of Formation blogging fellow. Janine has worked as a Jewish educator for more […]
Asher Chaim Sofman
A lifelong Reconstructionist, Asher Chaim Sofman sees his oncoming rabbinical career as an opportunity to foster belonging through the whole-hearted sharing of beliefs, wisdom and practice across multiple civilizations. He was one of the pioneer campers at Camp Havaya — then Camp JRF — in 2002 and hopes to re-experience the transformative welcome of summer camp in the communities he serves. Before enrolling at RRC, he studied creative writing and world literature at Brown University, earning a B.A. with honors in Literary Arts. In a reversal of traditional Jewish American migration patterns, he left his sunny South Floridian birthplace (unceded Seminole territory) to put down roots in his ancestral homeland, New Jersey (unceded land of the Lenni-Lenape).
