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Hebrew Union College

a latino man in a kippah sits in his car, covered in snow
Posted inNews

Ex-Marine student rabbi turns heads in Montana

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 25, 2020September 16, 2020
Andrew Rehfeld delivers his inaugural address as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2019. /Courtesy of HUC
Posted inU.S.

Reform seminary inaugurates first non-rabbi as president

by JTA October 29, 2019
Michael Chabon at home in 2016 (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inLocal Voice

On Michael Chabon and preaching to the wrong choir

by Tom Herz June 14, 2018
Michael Chabon at home in 2016 (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inNews

With talk of inmarriage and Israel, Chabon’s speech to new rabbis ruffled some feathers

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 25, 2018May 29, 2018
Michael Chabon
Posted inOpinion

Why we invited a critic of Israel to speak at a rabbinic ordination

Rabbi David EllensonJoshua Holo by Rabbi David Ellenson and Joshua Holo May 25, 2018May 29, 2018
Rabbi Aaron Panken, the president of Hebrew Union College who died recently in a plane crash, leads a Torah procession at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Photo/Courtesy of HUC)
Posted inJewish Life

Local Reform leaders remember ‘irreplaceable’ HUC president

by Dan Pine and JTA May 7, 2018May 7, 2018
The menu of the original Trefa Banquet (Photo/Courtesy American Jewish Archives)
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What really happened at the original Trefa Banquet?

Jonathan D. Sarna by Jonathan D. Sarna January 16, 2018January 17, 2018

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