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 New Rabbis Ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Ordination Ceremony in Cincinnati Nineteen HUC-JIR students were ordained at Plum Street Temple on Saturday May 31, 2008. Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., President of HUC-JIR, blessed the new rabbis at the Convocation marking the 133rd academic year. Rabbi Naomi Levy, Author and Faculty, Wexner Heritage Foundation and Academy of Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, delivered the Ordination Address. Fifty-five rabbinical students were ordained this year at HUC-JIR's Ordination ceremonies: 18 in New York (May 4), 18 in Los Angeles (May 18), and 19 in Cincinnati. HUC-JIR's newly ordained rabbis will be joining over 50 congregations throughout the United States and Canada, and a congregation in Auckland, New Zealand.  Cincinnati Rabbinical Class of 2008 with HUC-JIR Faculty Rabbi Rena Arshinoff Rabbi Erica Lynn Seager Asch Rabbi Benjamin Aaron Bar-Lev Rabbi Laura Alison Baum Rabbi Anna Gray Beroll Rabbi Ana Benay Bonnheim Rabbi Noah Abraham Chertkoff Rabbi Mitchell Robert Delcau Rabbi Adam Benjamin Grossman Rabbi Carmit Harari Rabbi Amy Beth Hertz Rabbi Loren Filson Lapidus Rabbi Micah Eric Lapidus Rabbi Craig Jordan Lewis Rabbi Emily Ilana Losben Rabbi Ari Rosenberg Rabbi Daniel Aaron Schwartz Rabbi Anthony Brian Stoller Rabbi William Samuel Tepper Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate and post-graduate programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly resources comprise renowned library and museum collections, the American Jewish Archives, biblical archaeology excavations, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the community to an array of cultural and educational programs which illuminate Jewish history, identity, and contemporary creativity and which foster interfaith and multiethnic understanding. Visit us at www.huc.edu |
