Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, seen in a video from Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, where he was senior rabbi from 1985 to 1996. (Screen shot from Vimeo via JTA)
February 17, 2023, 12:24 pm
Former Reform movement leader Sheldon Zimmerman expelled from rabbinical association
Zimmerman, 81, served as president of the rabbinical association for two years, and later as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has announced plans to accept students with non-Jewish partners. (Photo by ajay_suresh, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
November 9, 2021, 4:16 pm
6 men and a ‘good old boys’ culture harmed students at Reform movement’s rabbinical school, report concludes
“The pain that many witnesses have harbored based on their experience at HUC — some for decades — was palpable,” the report says.
By Philissa Cramer and Asaf Shalev
Rabbi Alicia Harris holds a shofar that has been in her family for six generations. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Alicia Harris
January 1, 2021, 9:24 am
New rabbi assumes first pulpit in the midst of COVID-19
Rabbi Alicia Harris describes challenges, responsibilities and the need to keep dancing during a pandemic
By Adam Reinherz
Rabbi Natalie Louise Shribman. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Natalie Louise Shribman
October 26, 2020, 12:30 pm
‘It’s just a whole other level’: Rabbi starts career during pandemic
Rabbi Natalie Shribman begins rabbinate by imparting lessons learned years ago.
By Adam Reinherz
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