AGC Did You Know

Founded in 1875 in Cincinnati (OH), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, the first permanent Jewish institution of higher learning in the New World,
is the nation's oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic,
spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism.

HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as
rabbis, cantors, educators, and communal service professionals, and offers graduate
and postgraduate degree programs to scholars of all faiths. With centers of learning
in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR's scholarly
resources comprise renowned library, archive, and museum collections, biblical
archaeology excavations, and academic publications. HUC-JIR invites the
community to an array of cultural and educational programs that illuminate Jewish
identity, history, and contemporary creativity, and foster interfaith and multiethnic
understanding.

Today, 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, the College-Institute
includes Schools of Graduate Studies, Education, Jewish Nonprofit Management,
Sacred Music, and Biblical Archaeology.

Source (data):       http://huc.edu/
Source (images):   https://www.facebook.com/HUCJIR

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Posted April 2013