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To that end, HUC-JIR is stepping up
recruitment. Alumni are asked to seek
out and encourage young members of
their congregations or communities who
might make good rabbis. And HUC-
JIR is looking to hook interested Jewish
students on college campuses.
The past few years, HUC-JIR has
been ordaining between 40 and 50 rab-
bis per year. This spring, 45 rabbis were
ordained, 28 in New York and 17 in
Cincinnati.
HUC-JIR rabbinical students spend
their first year studying in Jerusalem.
They can continue their studies at any
of the school's three U.S. campuses.
However, until this year, students who
chose Los Angeles for their second and
third years had to relocate to Cincinnati
or New York for years four and five.
"A number of our students are [older]
students, and to ask them to spend a
year in Israel, then to bring them back
[to Los Angeles] for two years and then
ask them to move again was too much,"
Rabbi Zimmerman said.
California residents, knowing they
can spend four straight years in Los
Angeles, will be rriore likely to apply for
the program, he added.
The Conservative movement's
University of Judaism is the only accred-
ited rabbinical school currently ordain-
ing rabbis west of the Mississippi, doing
so at its L.A. campus since 1996.
There are other institutions, includ-
ing the Academy for Jewish Religion
slated to open in Los Angeles in the fall,
but most are not accredited. "The more
Torah study centers the better," Rabbi
Zimmerman said. "I wish them well.
But the problem is that they are not
accredited. We need to make sure the
standards are high."
Founded in 1875, HUC-JIR is the
nation's oldest institution of higher
Jewish education. In 1954, the school
established its L.A. campus, eventually
offering programs in communal service,
education and Judaic studies.
Having an ordination process in Los
Angeles will benefit synagogues in
Southern California as well as the Bay
Area by providing interns, assistants and
fill-in rabbis to lead services.
The rabbinical students "serve
between 250 and 300 synagogues in the
movement in some way or another,"
Rabbi Zimmerman said.
Bringing in more scholars and build-
ing up school resources such as the
library will create an academic environ-
ment that will pulsate its influence, he
said. "The impact will go well beyond
just the students." Cl
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Located on Mullett Lake's beautiful Silver Beach
just minutes off of 1-75 and only ten minutes
from Cheboygan, Grand Resort offers you a day,
afternoon or evening of family fun.
Evening r
Activities
Programming runs from July 10 - August 13.
Please stop by anytime,
but call to make reservations first!
1-75 N. Exit 313, Topinabee, Right turn, 7 miles
5910 Birchwood Drive Mullett Lake, MI 49761
For more info: 248.627.2821 ask for Harvey www.tamarackgrandresort.com
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