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Certified Chaplain Requirements: Your Guide to Clinical Care and Excellence AlumniFacultygraduates

Certified Chaplain Requirements: Your Guide to Clinical Care and Excellence

In the diverse landscape of spiritual care, chaplains play a pivotal role in providing emotional and spiritual support to individuals in hospitals, prisons, military units, and various other settings. The journey to becoming a certified chaplain is one of deep personal commitment, rigorous education, and extensive clinical training. The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) is dedicated to guiding aspiring…
AJRCA
March 6, 2024
Rabbinical Schools
Rabbinical Schools: A Closer Look at Spiritual Training Facultygraduates

Rabbinical Schools: A Closer Look at Spiritual Training

In the landscape of Jewish education, rabbinical schools hold a pivotal role in shaping the spiritual leaders who guide communities through the cycles of life, learning, and faith. The Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA) stands as a beacon of innovative spiritual training, rooted in the rich soil of Jewish tradition while reaching forward to meet the evolving needs of…
AJRCA
March 6, 2024
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
Meet the (Returning) Faculty: Rabbi Daniel Bouskila 5 questions withFacultymeet the new faculty 21-22Sept-21-Jun-22

Meet the (Returning) Faculty: Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

With the start of the 2021-22 school year upon us, we are highlighting new and returning members of our faculty. Click here to see all of the posts in this series. Today we're talking with returning faculty member, Rabbi Daniel Bouskila, who will be teaching Intro to Rabbinic Literature and Talmud with Advanced Commentaries this fall.
AJRCA
August 13, 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