RRC Security Report 2021-2022
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The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is the sole seminary of the Reconstructionist movement.
Field Experience
Immersive Field Work through the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College The William H. Fern Program in Field Education gives students extensive experience in a wide range of rabbinic settings, allowing them to develop the skills they will need as rabbis while still in rabbinical school. In the early years of the program, students begin to develop rabbinic […]
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Post-Graduate Employment Graduates serve in a wide variety of roles and locations. Find out where our graduates serve. Graduation Data for June 2023 The Higher Education Opportunity Act of Aug.Β 14, 2008 requires certain disclosures. The following information and language is available here pursuant to and as prescribed by this law. Number of white female graduates: […]
CompetenciesΒ for the 21stΒ Century RabbinateΒ
RRCβs curriculum cultivates theΒ competencies that 21st century rabbis need to help individuals and communities use the riches of Jewish tradition to make meaning, connect to the holy and bring themselves, their communities and the world to greater justice and peace: Be a vessel of TorahΒ Articulate the perspective of Judaism as a dynamic religious civilization; […]
You Should Know⦠Rabbinical Student Stephanie Breitsman, Inspector of Torah Scrolls
The rabbi in training at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote just felt βanxious around Torah,β she said. Like the people at synagogue who are afraid to volunteer to lift the Torah during services, she was worried she would drop it and offend God β¦ or something like that.
βWhat It Means to Be Human in an Algorithmized Worldβ
Legal scholar, philosopher and policy analyst Nathalie Smuha spends a lot of time thinking, writing and advising about artificial intelligence. Namely, Smuha believes that societyβs increasing reliance on algorithms presents pressing legal and moral questions β and governments, corporations and citizens are not paying enough attention.
Hate Knocks on the Door: What to do when your synagogue is vandalized? – Rabbi Shira Stutman (’07)
The door flew open, and there was Rabbi Shira Stutman.Β She beamed, smiling and immediately embraced us. βWelcome,β she said, βwelcome to Sixth and I.β
Learning on the Job: RRC Students Provide Spiritual Counseling and Jewish Experience Online
As the coronavirus pandemic forced nearly all communal life online, RRC students drew on every aspect of their training and RRCβs support to serve in a radically changed environment.
Rabbi Moti Rieber (’04) quickly takes reins as interim in Topeka
As most congregations can attest, it was hard enough preparing a virtual experience during the High Holidays this year. But try doing it with a temporary spiritual leader who has been on the job for only a matter of weeks. That was exactly the situation at Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka. Congregation president, Alan Parker, said the experience turned out fantastically thanks in large part to interim rabbi, Moti Rieber, who lives and worships in Overland Park.Β
