The Jewish Institute of Religion was an educational establishment created by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in 1922 in New York City . While generally incorporating Reform Judaism , it was separate from the previously established Hebrew Union College . It sought to train rabbis "for the Jewish ministry, research, and community service." Students were to serve either Reform or traditional pulpits.
31-622: Huc or HUC may refer to: Évariste Régis Huc (1813–1860), French Roman Catholic missionary in China, Tartary and Tibet Hebrew Union College , the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas Honker Union , a hacker group in China Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra , a university hospital in Coimbra, Portugal Hydrologic unit code ,
62-470: A Master of Hebrew Letters and ordination as the men received, since the faculty felt it was not yet time for women's ordination as rabbis. Motivated largely by budgetary difficulties, Wise accepted the prospect of JIR's merger with HUC once the biblical archaeologist Nelson Glueck assumed the presidency. Negotiations were completed in 1948 and in 1950 the two schools merged. In 1954 a school in Los Angeles
93-558: A five-year graduate program, conferring the degree of Master of Sacred Music in the fourth year and ordination as cantor in the fifth year. Cantorial School at HUC-JIR begins in Jerusalem and continues for the next four years in New York. While in Israel, students study Hebrew, and Jewish music, and get to know Israel. Cantorial students study alongside Rabbinical and Education students. In New York,
124-601: A hydrological code used by the United States Geological Survey Huc, a village in Todirești, Vaslui , Romania Highly urbanized city, a legal class of cities in the Philippines Huc, a hydrogenase in bacteria Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title HUC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
155-771: Is a Jewish seminary with three locations in the United States and one location in Jerusalem . It is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis , cantors , educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism . HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio , New York City , Los Angeles , and Jerusalem . The Jerusalem campus is the only seminary in Israel for training Reform Jewish clergy. HUC
186-876: Is assigned practica (mini-recitals) during the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year of school culminating with a Senior Recital (based on a thesis) during the 5th year. Rabbi David Ellenson, then president of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, announced on January 27, 2011, that the School of Sacred Music would be renamed the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music in honor of Debbie Friedman . The renaming officially occurred on December 7, 2011. HUC has both male and female students in all its programs, including rabbinic and cantorial studies. Julia Ettlinger (1863-1890) became its first female student in 1875. As of January 2022, it has 839 women rabbinical graduates. (See Women rabbis ). The first female rabbi to be ordained by HUC
217-642: Is independent of HUC, however, both organizations continue to collaborate on select programs and exhibitions. The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion also manages the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and Skirball Museum in Jerusalem. The Jewish Language Project (JLP), run by Professor Sarah Bunin Benor at HUC–JIR, is a research program dedicated to the preservation of Jewish diasporic languages. The project also seeks to raise awareness among Jewish communities about Jewish languages around
248-471: Is separately cataloged. Hebrew Union College operates Hebrew Union College Press , a university press , through which it releases Jewish Studies-related publications. The Dr. Bernard Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York presents exhibitions highlighting Jewish history , culture, and contemporary creativity. Since its founding in 1983 as the Joseph Gallery,
279-589: Is the Jewish English Lexicon , an online dictionary of words derived from various Jewish languages that Jews use when they are speaking English. Other initiatives concern endangered Jewish languages and feature documentation to preserve terms and phrases. A related project is the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon , an online dictionary and text database of different Aramaic varieties. Notable faculty members have included Judah Magnes , who
310-467: The "question whether the pulpit shall be free or whether the pulpit shall not be free, and, by reason of its loss of freedom, reft of its power for good", led to the establishment of his Free Synagogue in 1907. Wise remained president until 1948, and housed JIR next to his Free Synagogue on West 68th Street. He hoped that its graduates would generate other Free Synagogues "animated by the same spirit of free inquiry, of warm Jewish feeling, and of devotion to
341-619: The Board of Governors at HUC voted to shutter the residential rabbinical program in Cincinnati by 2026 due to financial troubles and falling enrollment. Also in 2022, HUC for the first time granted a certificate of ordination to a nonbinary candidate. The cantorial school of the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion was founded in 1947. The school is located on the New York campus of HUC-JIR at One West Fourth Street. It offers
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#1732844340950372-462: The College-Institute includes Schools of Graduate Studies, Education, Jewish Non-Profit Management, sacred music , Biblical archaeology and an Israeli rabbinical program . The Los Angeles campus operates many of its programs and degrees in cooperation with the neighboring University of Southern California , a partnership that has lasted over 35 years. Their productive relationship includes
403-556: The HUC was uncomfortable with giving women the same title as men. In 2012 she wrote to Rabbi David Ellenson, HUC's then president, requesting that he address the discrepancy, which she said was "smacking of gender inequality." In 2021, following new reports about sexual abuse by former HUC president Sheldon Zimmerman and recently-deceased professor Michael Cook, three separate Reform organizations began internal investigations of sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination . HUC retained
434-492: The Reform movement's traditional "morenu harav," or "our teacher the rabbi," while female candidates' certificates only used the term "rav u’morah," or "rabbi and teacher." Sally Priesand herself was unaware that her certificate referred to her any differently than her male colleagues until it was brought to her attention years later. Rabbi Mary Zamore, executive director of the Reform movement's Women's Rabbinic Network , explained that
465-485: The building until 1997, when the Ramaz School , in an expansion deal for itself and York Prep School , bought the building and traded it with York for their prior campus on the block of Ramaz. As of 2009, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion is an international seminary and university of graduate studies offering a wide variety of academic and professional programs. In addition to its Rabbinical School,
496-427: The cause of social regeneration." JIR from the start inclined to Zionism, in contrast to HUC, which at the time did not favor Jewish nationalism. In 1939 Helen Levinthal became the first American woman to complete the entire course of study in a rabbinical school, which she did at JIR. However, she only received a Master of Hebrew Letters (and a certificate recognizing her accomplishment) upon graduation, rather than
527-476: The creation of the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement , an interfaith think tank through the partnership of HUC, USC and Omar Foundation. CMJE holds religious text-study programs across Los Angeles. Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk was appointed as HUC's sixth president, following the death of Nelson Glueck . As president, Gottschalk oversaw the growth and expansion of the HUC campuses, the ordination of Sally Priesand as
558-469: The first female rabbi in the United States, the investiture of Reform Judaism's first female hazzan and the ordination of Naamah Kelman as the first female rabbi to be ordained in Israel. In 1996, Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman was appointed as the 7th President of the College-Institute. He was succeeded in 2000 by Rabbi David Ellenson as the 8th President. The 9th president of HUC-JIR, elected in 2014,
589-445: The law firm Morgan Lewis , who conducted 170 interviews addressing incidents beginning in the 1970s. The report described the culture at the school's campuses as a " good old boys " mindset demonstrating favoritism towards cisgender men , particularly at the Cincinnati and Jerusalem campuses. It found that students and administration were reluctant to confront professors over repeated incidents of harassment and discrimination, as many of
620-485: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HUC&oldid=1144419696 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hebrew Union College The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC , HUC-JIR , and The College-Institute )
651-609: The museum has grown physically to encompass 5,000 square feet (460 m ) of exhibition space, expanding to include the Petrie Great Hall, Klingenstein Gallery, Heller Gallery and Backman Gallery. The Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles originally housed The Skirball Museum. The museum collection moved to the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles when the Center opened in 1996. The Skirball Cultural Center
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#1732844340950682-502: The perpetrators are or were revered scholars in their field, and complaints were often swept under the rug. Former professors Steven M. Cohen , Michael Cook , and Stephen Passamaneck , Director of Litiurgical Arts and Music Bonia Shur , and former presidents Alfred Gottschalk and Sheldon Zimmerman were reported to be the subject of repeated credible allegations of sexual harassment. The report recommended renaming or removing endowed chairs , scholarships, statues, and buildings that honor
713-466: The program includes professional learning opportunities as a student-cantor, in which students serve congregations within and outside of the NY area. The curriculum includes liturgical music classes covering traditional Shabbat, High Holiday and Festival nusach, Chorus, Musicology, Reform Liturgy and Composition; Judaica and text classes such as Bible, Midrash and History; and professional development. Each student
744-583: The rival Reform Jewish Institute of Religion (JIR) in New York. JIR was previously affiliated with the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue next door. Additional campuses were added in Los Angeles in 1954, and in Jerusalem in 1963. In 1979, HUC moved its New York campus from the original JIR building to 1 West Fourth Street in Greenwich Village . The Jewish Association for Services for the Aged took over
775-477: The time, Reform rabbis were split over the question of whether the Jewish dietary restrictions were still applicable. Some of the more traditionalist Reform rabbis thought the banquet menu went too far, and were compelled to find an alternative between Reform Judaism and Orthodox Judaism . This was a major cause of the founding of American Conservative Judaism . In 1950, HUC gained a second campus when it merged with
806-545: The world, both those that are endangered and those that are emerging. The JLP was launched in 2020 and its activities include convening organizations and scholars to document endangered Jewish languages and created collaborative dictionaries for emerging Jewish languages. JLP's initiatives include the creation of a comprehensive resource on Jewish languages in the form of a series on online dictionaries, with information on over 30 different languages, including their history, grammar, vocabulary, and cultural significance. Most prominent
837-399: The wrongdoers. The school's current president and board both stated that they would make teshuvah (repent), work to prevent such incidents, and revise policies for handling misconduct complaints. The HUC library system contains one of the most extensive Jewish collections in the world. Each campus has its own library: The three U.S. campuses share a catalog, but the Jerusalem collection
868-410: Was Sally Priesand , ordained in 1972, the only woman in a class with 35 men. The first female cantor to be invested by HUC was Barbara Ostfeld in 1975. After four years of deliberation, HUC decided to give women a choice of wording on their ordination certificates beginning in 2016, including the option to have the same wording as men. Up until then, male candidates' certificates identified them by
899-483: Was Rabbi Aaron D. Panken , Ph.D. A noted authority on rabbinic and Second Temple literature, with research interests in the historical development of legal concepts and terms, Rabbi Panken was killed in a plane crash on May 5, 2018, while piloting a single-engine Aeronca 7AC over New York 's Hudson Valley . Andrew Rehfeld was elected the 10th president on December 18, 2018, and inaugurated at Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati on October 27, 2019. On April 11, 2022,
930-815: Was also the founding chancellor and president of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rabbi Abraham Cronbach , Rabbi Tamara Cohn Eskenazi , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Leo Baeck , Gerald Bubis , Nelson Glueck , Moses Buttenweiser , Eugene Borowitz , Jacob Z. Lauterbach , Lawrence A. Hoffman , Louis Grossmann , Moses Mielziner , Julian Morgenstern , Rabbi Alvin J. Reines , Steven Windmueller , Debbie Friedman , Rachel Adler and Carole B. Balin , as well as Sami Rohr Choicie Award for Jewish Literature and National Jewish Book Award recipient Sarah Bunin Benor . 31°46′34″N 35°13′22″E / 31.77611°N 35.22278°E / 31.77611; 35.22278 Jewish Institute of Religion Wise's early support for Zionism, and his dispute with Reform hierarchy over
961-608: Was founded in Cincinnati in 1875 under the leadership of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise . Jacob Ezekiel was Secretary of the Board, registrar, and treasurer from the College's inception until just before his death in 1899. The first rabbinical class graduated in 1883. The graduation banquet for this class became known as the Trefa Banquet because it included food that was not kosher , such as clams , soft-shell crabs , shrimp , frogs' legs and dairy products served immediately after meat. At