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AJRCA Announces Rabbi Joshua Hoffman as New President and CEO AdministrationAlumniFacultynewsSept-22-Jun-23timely topics

AJRCA Announces Rabbi Joshua Hoffman as New President and CEO

LOS ANGELES, October 19, 2022 – The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) has announced a new President and CEO of the seminary and graduate school which recently moved to the campus of Loyola Marymount University. Rabbi Joshua Hoffman will succeed retiring President Rabbi Mel Gottlieb who has led the Academy for much of the last 20 years. “We are…
AJRCA
October 19, 2022
LMU and Academy for Jewish Religion California Launch Partnership to Develop Academic and Interfaith Initiatives AdministrationAlumniFacultytimely topics

LMU and Academy for Jewish Religion California Launch Partnership to Develop Academic and Interfaith Initiatives

LOS ANGELES, November 3, 2021 -- A new partnership between Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and the Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) will bring scholars from both faith traditions together in the same location, opening the door to inter-religious dialogue, collaborative teaching and learning opportunities, and interfaith community-building initiatives. AJRCA, a transdenominational graduate seminary dedicated to the training of rabbis,…
AJRCA
November 3, 2021
AJRCA Names New Deans of the Rabbinic and Cantorial Schools AdministrationAlumniFacultytimely topics

AJRCA Names New Deans of the Rabbinic and Cantorial Schools

The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) announced today that both its Rabbinic and Cantorial schools will have new deans when the 2021-22 school year begins on August 1, 2021. After being on faculty since 2018, Rabbi Dr. Tal Sessler has been named Dean of the Rabbinic School. Long time faculty member, and recent AJRCA rabbinic graduate, Rabbi Cantor Sam…
AJRCA
June 28, 2021
AJRCA Partners with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab to Improve Chaplaincy Education AdministrationeventsFacultynewstimely topics

AJRCA Partners with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab to Improve Chaplaincy Education

Rabbi Rochelle Robins Vice President AJRCA, Dean of the Chaplaincy School Earlier this year, Rabbi Rochelle Robins, AJRCA Vice President and Dean of the Chaplaincy School, represented the Academy among an incredibly diverse group of educators, chaplains, and chaplaincy administrators at the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab's (CIL) opening conference in Boston. The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab sparks practical innovation in spiritual care…
AJRCA
October 13, 2019
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb’s Speech at LMU Mass – Aug 25, 2019 AdministrationeventsFacultynewstimely topics

Rabbi Mel Gottlieb’s Speech at LMU Mass – Aug 25, 2019

HINEI MAH TOV U’MAHNAIM (Psalm 133:1) AUGUST 25TH, 2019 HOW GOOD IT IS TO DWELL TOGETHER WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS? What is good? 1) Togetherness; and 2) overcoming doubt thru communication, honesty and authenticity-expressing doubt leads to discovering the Light in the darkness. Thank you for inviting me to share a message of faith as we, my brothers and sisters…
AJRCA
August 25, 2019