Rabbi Amy Bernstein, ’97, Chosen to Lead SoCal Board of Rabbis
Rabbi Amy Bernstein was installed on January 16, 2019 as the president of The Board of Rabbis of Southern California for a two-year term.
โWhat It Means to Be Human in an Algorithmized Worldโ
Legal scholar, philosopher and policy analyst Nathalie Smuha spends a lot of time thinking, writing and advising about artificial intelligence. Namely, Smuha believes that societyโs increasing reliance on algorithms presents pressing legal and moral questions โ 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.ย She beamed, smiling and immediately embraced us. โWelcome,โ she said, โwelcome to Sixth and I.โ
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 RRCโs 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.ย
The Forward Spotlights Rabbi Darby Leigh (’08)
โThis has been 1000% my experience,โ he continued. โI have continuously been aware on a daily basis of living in a society that is not set up to meet my needs. But this is true for so many people โ gay, trans-, bi-. If youโre a person of color here you are not living in a world set up for you. If you are a person with a disability you know this society was not set up for youโ
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.
Harassment Free Environment & Title IX: Summary of Reporting Mechanisms and Resources
Every member of our community has the right to work and study in a setting free of harassment. Reconstructionist Rabbinical Collegeโs Harassment-Free Environment policy addresses both Title IX and other offenses which may constitute harassment.
Student Activism
Rabbinical voices are needed inย progressive movements everywhere. Students from the College take action on a variety of issues both within and beyond the Jewish world.ย As a rabbi, you will have have an important role to play in the fight for local, national and global justice, and weโll help you get ready. For more than […]
What Graduates Have to Say
What Our Graduates Have to Say: โI really have loved being a student at the College because the faculty really believes in each of our abilities to become the best rabbis we can be, and the most authentic rabbis for each of us personally. Our teachers see us in all of our complexity, and that […]
