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Hebrew College, which sold its Newton Centre, Massachusetts campus in 2018, is now the second major rabbinical school in the United States to do away with rules barring students from dating or marrying non-Jews. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hebrew College)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Boston’s Hebrew College will now ordain rabbis whose partners are not Jewish

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Hebrew College will begin admitting and ordaining rabbinical students in interfaith relationships, according to new admissions standards revealed on Tuesday. The decision makes the pluralistic seminary outside of Boston the […]

Ezra Furman performs at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London, Nov. 14, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Robin Little-Redferns-Getty Images)
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Ezra Furman is a mother, a queer role model, a Shabbat-observant indie rocker — and, now, a rabbinical student

by Ella Rockart and JTA September 3, 2021April 4, 2022
a seated smiling old man with a beard and colorful kippah
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Rabbi Art Green (still) believes Hasidic ideas are key to a vibrant modern Judaism

by Ben Harris and JTA October 19, 2020October 19, 2020
In August, Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will take up the position of president of Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
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Rabbi Daniel Lehmann named Graduate Theological Union president

by J. Staff May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Rabbinical students at Hebrew College near Boston, including Gita Karasov, left, are creating a video that shows women, transgender and non-binary Jews demonstrating how to wear tefillin. (Photo/JTA-Dena Trugman)
Posted inJewish Life

Learning to wear tefillin from women and transgender Jews

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

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