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About the Joint Commission:

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The Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education is a joint program of the CCAR and the HUC-JIR Alumni Association. Its purpose is to create, promote and implement programs of sustaining education for the Reform Rabbinate. The Joint Commission has reached over 500 HUC-JIR alumni and CCAR members through its Online and On-Site programs.

The Joint Commission is chaired by Irwin Zeplowitz (C'84) for the CCAR and by David Aaron (C'83) as vice-chair for HUC-JIR. Ellen Nemhauser (N'93) is its director. The Joint Commission also works closely with Gregg Alpert, Director of the HUC-JIR Department of Distance Education.

The Joint Commission is working closely with Gregg Alpert, the Director of the HUC-JIR Department of Distance Education, and his staff on both current and future projects.

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Contact Information

Contact the Rabbi Ellen Nemhauser at the Joint Commission office with queries or comments:

  Email: enemhauser@huc.edu      
  Phone: (513) 221-1875 ext. 3397   Fax: (513) 221-1520

For technical support, please contact Gregg Alpert, Director of HUC-JIR's Department of Distance Education:

  Email: galpert@huc.edu
  Phone: (213) 749-3424 ext. 4236

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Commission Members

The following colleagues and scholars form the membership of the Joint Commission for Sustaining Rabbinic Education:

CCAR Chair:

Irwin Zeplowitz, C'84
The Community Synagogue, Port Washington, NY
rabbiz@commsyn.org

HUC Vice-Chair: David Aaron, C'83
Bible and History of Interpretation, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati
daaron@huc.edu
Director: Ellen Nemhauser, N'93
enemhauser@huc.edu

Herman J. Blumberg, C'61, Temple Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA
Susan B. Carvutto, C'77, Temple Beth El, Augusta, ME
Bill Cutter,
C'65, Education & Hebrew Literature, HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
Larry Englander, C'75, Solel Congregation of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
Tamara Eskenazi,
Bible, HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
James Kessler, C'72, Temple B'nai Israel, Galveston, TX
Richard Levy,
C'64, School of Rabbinic Studies, HUC-JIR, Los Angeles
Barbara Metzinger
'95, N Temple Emanu-El, Beaumont TX
Aaron Panken,
N'91, Dean, HUC-JIR, New York
Rachel T. Sabath-Beit Halachmi, N'95, CLAL, New York
Richard Sarason, C'74, Rabbinic Literature & Thought, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati
Michal Shekel, N'90, Temple Har Zion, Ontario, Canada
Besty Torop, C'90, Congregation Beth Shalom, Brandon, FL
Marty Weiner, C'64, Sherith Israel Congregation, San Francisco, CA

Ex-Officio Members:
Herbert Bronstein, C'57 North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, IL
Norman Cohen, N'71, Provost of HUC-JIR
Janet Marder,
NY'79, President CCAR, Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos Hills, CA
Paul Menitoff, C'70, Executive Vice President, CCAR
Jack Luxemburg, C'76, Temple Beth Ami, Rockville, MD

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Related Links

Central Conference of American Rabbis - http://www.ccarnet.org

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion - http://www.huc.edu

Union of American Hebrew Congregations - http://www.uahc.org

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The Joint Commission is sponsored by
the Central Conference of American Rabbis &
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in partnership with HUC-JIR's Department of Distance Education.