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Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi

Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi will be the next head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the first Black Jew to hold the top position at a rabbinical school.
Posted inReligion

For the first time, a Black Jew will lead an American rabbinical school

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA June 21, 2021

The Reconstructionist movement has chosen a Jew of color to lead its rabbinical college, a first for a major American Jewish movement. Hebrew Bible scholar Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi, who is […]

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