Old Stomping Grounds

By Jeremy Fine
Published on March 4, 2013

The Holy Job Interview

By Jeremy Fine
Published on February 10, 2013

Orthodox woman to head ‘transdenominational’ rabbinical school

Published on January 16, 2013

An Orthodox woman was named the president of a "transdenominational" rabbinical school in Southern California.

Orthodox woman, a first

Published on January 16, 2013

In a groundbreaking appointment, the Academy for Jewish Religion, California (AJR,CA), has selected Tamar Frankiel as its new president, making her the first Orthodox woman to lead an American rabbinical school. Frankiel, 66, is a professor of comparative religion and an expert on Jewish mysticism.

Leading feminist theologian to be ordained … at last

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 9, 2012

In the first few weeks of Rachel Adler’s rabbinic internship at Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), Rabbi Lisa Edwards had a hard time introducing Adler. For decades, Edwards had quoted Adler; she had taken classes with Adler and had been deeply influenced by Adler’s acclaimed works on Jewish feminism and feminist theology.

Academy of Jewish Religion offers alternate path to rabbinate for 16 new grads

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on June 7, 2007

This year in Los Angeles, the Reform Movement's Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Region ordained 16 new rabbis. The Conservative Movement's Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies ordained 10. And the Academy for Jewish Religion, California (AJR, CA) ordained 11. Never heard of the AJR, CA? You're not alone. Just six years old, it remains unknown to many in the Jewish community, though its impact is growing rapidly.

The Next Battle

By Jacob Neusner
Published on December 14, 2000

The next chapter in the struggle for normality in Judaism on the part of gay men and lesbians will take place within Conservative Judaism over admission to rabbinical school.