AJS Directory of Programs in Jewish Studies

Institution:	Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Location:	Los Angeles, CA
Type of Institution:	private
Department/ Program:	various programs
Director:	Steven Windmueller
Website:	http://www.huc.edu/about/center-la.shtml
Contact:	malbert@huc.edu 213-749-3424

Degrees Offered:
Doctor of Philosophy
Masters
Bachelors

Program Description:
The Los Angeles School occupies a five-acre site in the center of the city, adjacent to the University of Southern California. It is the academic center established in 1954 to strengthen and provide leadership for the proliferation of Jewish communities and Reform congregations throughout the Western United States. The Los Angeles School now provides the full four stateside years of the rabbinical program, following the Year-in-Israel Program that is mandatory for all first-year rabbinical students. The first rabbinical ordination at the Los Angeles School is scheduled to occur in the spring of 2002. With its Rhea Hirsch School of Education (founded in 1970 to train educational leadership for the Reform Movement) and School of Jewish Communal Service (founded in 1968 as the first professional school of Jewish communal service in the United States), the Los Angeles School serves as the Reform Movement's location for advanced graduate study in Jewish education and Jewish communal service. Students from these two professional schools have served hundreds of Reform congregations and Jewish communal organizations and agencies as part of their clinical training and internships. The Jerome H. Louchheim School of Judaic Studies functions as the undergraduate Judaic Studies department for the University of Southern California; the Edgar F. Magnin School of Graduate Studies offers graduate programs in Judaica and provides continuing education for alumni. The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health is a center for the exploration of religion, healing, and ethics for religious and health professionals.

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