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Mayerson Hall at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
June 13, 2026, 9:56 am
Hebrew Union College claims Ohio’s charity law suit violates its First Amendment rights
Move is latest battle between Reform rabbinical seminary and state AG’s office, which accuses HUC of violating nonprofit law by shuttering degree-granting programs on Cincinnati campus
By Andrew Lapin
Opponents of Hebrew Union College's decision to stop ordaining rabbis at its Cincinnati campus rally in front of one of the school's buildings, April 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Lew Ebstein via JTA)
May 29, 2026, 3:48 pm
Rabbinical school turf war brews in Ohio over Hebrew Union College’s assets
College for Contemporary Judaism, which aims to become new home for liberal rabbinical students in Midwest, files motion in state lawsuit in hopes of taking over Cincinnati campus
By Andrew Lapin
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons)
April 16, 2026, 9:37 am
New rabbinical school arises in Cincinnati as Hebrew Union College sued over closure
College for Contemporary Judaism centers around liberal Judaism, commitment to backing Israel, and serving US Jews between the coasts where rabbinical access is limited
By Andrew Lapin and ToI Staff
A photo of Andrea Weiss, former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Ellen Dubin via JTA)
March 5, 2026, 2:29 pm
Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60
Former Hebrew Union College provost, the first-ever woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement, is praised by colleagues for bringing her ‘whole heart’ to everything she did
By Grace Gilson
The World Union for Progressive Judaism's 2023 Connections conference in Jerusalem (WUPJ)
October 21, 2025, 5:02 pm
Marking global centennial, Reform movement aims to build bridges, strengthen Israel ties
At its biannual conference in Jerusalem, the World Union for Progressive Judaism will repoen its Beit Shmuel headquarters as a cultural center and event space
By Zev Stub
Michael Marmur, a Reform rabbi based in Jerusalem and associate professor at Hebrew Union College, in his office on June 10, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
July 12, 2025, 7:30 am
New book by Reform rabbi broaches the most indigestible of Jewish questions
In ‘Living The Letters – An Alphabet of Emerging Jewish Thought,’ Israeli scholar Michael Marmur says future of Jewish state, modern Judaism keep him up at night
By Rossella Tercatin
An entry to the Skirball campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, California, October 15, 2012. (Kiddo27/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA-4.0)
February 28, 2025, 1:35 pm
Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus, in Reform flagship’s latest downsizing
Sale to neighboring University of Southern California, an academic partner since 1972, follows move to smaller facility in Manhattan and end of rabbinical program in Cincinnati
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam, May 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
September 22, 2024, 2:55 am
LA and Jerusalem rabbis tapped to support German rabbinical schools
Rabbis Bradley Shavit Artson, Yehodaya Amir set to lead seminaries associated with the University of Potsdam in a move criticized as endangering ‘the unity of the Jewish community’
By Toby Axelrod
Andrew Rehfeld delivers his inaugural address as president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 27, 2019. (Courtesy of HUC)
June 21, 2024, 10:06 am
Hebrew Union College rabbinical school to admit students in interfaith relationships
Policy change brings seminary in line with norms across Reform movement, where intermarriage is common; students with children must pledge to raise them as Jews
By PHILISSA CRAMER
The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. HUC's board of directors is considering a new proposal to stop admitting rabbinical students to its Cincinnati campus. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons/ via JTA)
June 8, 2024, 6:45 am
Ohio court bars cash-strapped Hebrew Union College from selling rare books
State AG who requested court order argues sale ‘would not only betray donor trust but also may violate legal restrictions’; seminary denies planning sale
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi David Ellenson is serving as HUC interim president. (Courtesy of HUC via JTA)
December 8, 2023, 3:21 am
Rabbi David Ellenson, former head of Reform seminary and admired mentor, dies at 76
Renowned historian, adviser and confidant, who served as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 12 years, passes away of heart ailment
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin and his fiancee Shira pose before Rosh Hashanah 2023 at Kibbutz Hannaton in the Jezreel Valley of Israel. (Courtesy Kaplan-Lipkin via JTA)
October 11, 2023, 6:19 am
US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help
Most programs were just getting underway when Hamas launched its massive onslaught of terror, forcing many pupils to consider their options amid an uncertain future
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman, seen in a video from Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, where he was senior rabbi from 1985 to 1996. (Screen shot from Vimeo via JTA)
February 15, 2023, 3:55 am
Ex-Reform movement chief expelled from rabbinical group after allegations reexamined
Sheldon Zimmerman, who previously led movement’s flagship institutions, ousted from Central Conference of American Rabbis over sexual misconduct allegations first made 20 years ago
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 21, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons/ via JTA)
April 12, 2022, 5:46 pm
Hebrew Union College to end rabbinical program in Cincinnati
Seminary approves plan to enroll all students at HUC’s campuses in New York and Los Angeles; move comes after years of declining revenue and enrollment
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Newly ordained rabbis from Hebrew Union College's class of 2013 in Cincinnati celebrate with their ordination certificates outside the historic Plum Street Temple. (Janine Spang/JTA)
March 24, 2022, 8:40 am
Hebrew Union College may stop ordaining Reform rabbis in Cincinnati after 147 years
As the movement’s students flock to its branches on the coasts, the HUC board is set to vote next month in NYC on a proposal to replace the current program with a low-residency one
By Andrew Lapin
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