Jewish Journal

50-year Partnership Between HUC and USC Renewed

The 50-year partnership between Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and the University of Southern California (USC) has been renewed for the next 25 years. “This partnership ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Hebrew Union College ordains six new rabbis in Jerusalem, bolstering Israeli reform movement

Six new Israeli reform rabbis were ordained at HUC-Jerusalem, joining 142 alumni serving 50+ communities across Israel as a part of a growing movement in Israeli society. Hebrew Union College-Jewish ...
The Forward

Short on students, Reform Judaism’s seminary introduces remote ordination program

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the flagship rabbinical school of Reform Judaism, will allow students to pursue ordination remotely, the school announced Tuesday, part of a program ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Hebrew Union College could stop ordaining Reform rabbis in Cincinnati after 147 years

The board of directors for Reform Judaism’s historic seminary is set to vote next month in New York on a proposal to stop enrolling rabbinical students in Cincinnati, citing declining enrollment.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As Ohio again tries to block closure of Reform seminary, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati

The attorney general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nation’s largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its historic Cincinnati campus — a divisive move that has ...