RRC Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students
The 2026 Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students is currently underway and has reached capacity. While registration is now closed, there are still opportunities to learn more about Reconstructionist rabbinical education and connect with the RRC community.
For information about upcoming programs and other ways to explore RRC, please contact Rabbi Melissa Heller at MHeller@rrc.edu.
Visit Us Anytime
Prospective students are welcome to visit during the academic year. You can sit in on classes, tour our campus, meet students, and speak with College faculty and administration. To plan a visit, contact Rabbi Melissa Heller, director of admissions and recruitment, at MHeller@RRC.edu.
See our campus
RRC is housed in a redbrick, slate-roofed Georgian mansion built as a summer home for the Curtis family, who were the one-time publishers of The Saturday Evening Post. The main building — Ziegelman Hall — houses classrooms, the student lounge and the kitchen, and administrative offices. Adjoining Ziegelman Hall is the Goldyne Savad Library Center, which houses the Mordecai M. Kaplan Library, the Ira and Judith Kaplan Eisenstein Reconstructionist Archives and faculty offices.
Meet with Rabbi Melissa Heller, Director of Admissions and Recruitment
A central part of any visit will be meeting with Rabbi Heller for an informal conversation to explore your interest in rabbinical school and ask questions about the things that matter to you. What it is like to live and study here? What are your goals, as a student or as a rabbi? To schedule a visit, contact Rabbi Heller via email or (215) 576-5250.
Meet students, faculty and graduates
Everyone — faculty, staff and students — at the College shares a commitment to Jewish learning that includes the powerful texts and magnificent history we have inherited, alongside the unfolding challenges and blessings of the current moment. Graduates of RRC live and serve around the country, in Israel and across the globe; ask Rabbi Heller to help you find a Reconstructionist rabbi or community near you.
