Hebrew Union College

As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College’s restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges

Ohio Attorney-General Dave Yost takes legal action to prevent the closure of Hebrew Union College’s Cincinnati campus, citing donor intent and history.

The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019.
A photo of Andrea Weiss, former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60

Six new Israeli Reform rabbis, all women, were ordained last year at the Hebrew Union College Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem.

Female rabbi on healing Israel: Authority means service, not power - opinion

Hannah and Ally Karpel-Pomerantz met as rabbinical school classmates at Hebrew Union College. They are set to be ordained at the end of the school year.

Surging LGBTQ enrollment in Jewish seminaries signals ‘astounding’ shift in US rabbinate


In NYC, 24 women artists celebrate 24 women rabbis who blazed a trail

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnatti’s New York City branch is celebrating the milestone with an exhibit at its Dr. Bernard Heller Museum.

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Rabbi Michael Cook, who helped Jews navigate the New Testament, dies at 79

Cook said his career “coincided with a time in which navigating Christian America had become increasingly difficult for Jews due to the burgeoning of assimilation and intermarriage.

Rabbi Michael Cook teaches a class at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 2016.

American Jewish Archives receives $500,000 grant

Adding the vast Jewish Federation of North America collection to AJA’s archive will make Cincinnati home to the world’s largest cataloged collection on American Jewish history

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is seen in Cinncinati, Ohio.

Magazine dismisses Jewish sociologist amid sexual misconduct allegations

The claims of inappropriate behavior against Steven M. Cohen span decades and come from women who have worked with or associated professionally with him.

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