Carole B. Balin, , Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
• Published June 3, 2022
Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary, her 35 male classmates spontaneously rose to their feet to acknowledge her historic feat.
For nearly 2,000 years, the position of rabbi...
(JTA) – Hebrew Union College will officially stop ordaining rabbis in Cincinnati, the Ohio city where the Reform seminary was founded in 1875.
The seminary’s board of governors voted Monday in New York City to approve a strategic plan that centers...
By Carolyn Conte, Baltimore Jewish Times
• Published April 23, 2020
Andrew Rehfeld is marking his first year as the 10th president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.A Baltimore native, Rehfeld was born at Sinai Hospital, then moved away to Atlantic City and Philadelphia. As a teenager, he returned to...
A full weekend celebration is planned as United Hebrew installs Rabbi Brigitte S. Rosenberg as the fifth senior rabbi in the large Reform congregation’s 174-year history at a special Shabbat service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, followed by an Oneg...
