The Pines School of Graduate Studies
Students at the Pines School of Graduate Studies are in the process of completing their Master’s and Doctoral programs on our Cincinnati campus making use of the extraordinary resources for study, research, and publication, including our renowned Klau Library, Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, and Skirball Museum. The School is no longer accepting new students.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
The Pines School of Graduate Studies: Mission Statement
- Trains scholars of diverse faiths and backgrounds in those areas of Judaic, Hebraic, and Cognate Studies, from antiquity through the modern era, that are supported by our faculty;
- educates its students to produce and publish scholarship at the highest critical levels, using contemporary methodologies in the areas of historiography, philology, philosophy, and literary and cultural criticism;
- actively encourages its students to develop as teachers;
- is committed to the study and mastery of primary sources in their original languages and emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to the study of history and religion;
- supports a diversity of scholars, students, and instructional staff committed to academic freedom and rigor.
Our Impact
Learn About Our Impact-
Alum
I learned from HUC-JIR to bring academic scholarship to the study of religious texts. These skills are crucial for exploring where things have been in the past and how to interpret religious texts ethically in the present and future.
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Alum
HUC-JIR provides a unique experience, not only with its rigorous academic environment, but also with its warm and welcoming interfaith community. I pray HUC-JIR continues to write its glorious history, and make this world a better place.
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Student
I originally went to college for a Bible degree because I wanted to be a minister at a Christian congregation. I ended up loving the academic study of the Bible, especially reading the Bible in its original languages and understanding it in its original context.
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Student
Academically, I’m fascinated by the Hebrew Bible, and I care deeply about promoting positive and informed relationships between Jews and Christians.
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Alum
HUC-JIR helped me understand the different stages of Hebrew and Aramaic, the allegorical interpretation of Scripture by Philo of Alexandria, translating and interpreting a treatise, and more, to understand early rabbinic literature and liturgy.
Our Impact
Learn About Our Impact
Alum
I learned from HUC-JIR to bring academic scholarship to the study of religious texts. These skills are crucial for exploring where things have been in the past and how to interpret religious texts ethically in the present and future.
Alum
HUC-JIR provides a unique experience, not only with its rigorous academic environment, but also with its warm and welcoming interfaith community. I pray HUC-JIR continues to write its glorious history, and make this world a better place.
Student
I originally went to college for a Bible degree because I wanted to be a minister at a Christian congregation. I ended up loving the academic study of the Bible, especially reading the Bible in its original languages and understanding it in its original context.
Student
Academically, I’m fascinated by the Hebrew Bible, and I care deeply about promoting positive and informed relationships between Jews and Christians.
Alum
HUC-JIR helped me understand the different stages of Hebrew and Aramaic, the allegorical interpretation of Scripture by Philo of Alexandria, translating and interpreting a treatise, and more, to understand early rabbinic literature and liturgy.
Student & Faculty Community
Featured Faculty
Rabbi David H. Aaron, Ph.D.
Professor of Hebrew Bible and History of Interpretation
Martin Cohen, Ph.D.
Adolph S. Ochs Professor of History
Daniel Fisher-Livne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and the Languages of the Near East
Rabbi Joshua D. Garroway, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies/Professor of Early Christianity and the Second Commonwealth
Kristine Garroway, Ph.D.
Professor of Bible
Alyssa Gray, J.D., Ph.D.
Emily S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair in Rabbinics; Professor of Codes and Responsa Literature
Jason Kalman, Ph.D.
Gottschalk-Slade Chair in Jewish Intellectual History; Co-Director, HUC Press
Adam Kamesar, D.Phil.
Professor of Judaeo-Hellenistic Literature
Rabbi David Levine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Talmud and Halacha
Rabbi Haim Rechnitzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Jewish Thought
Rabbi Richard Sarason, Ph.D.
Director, Pines School of Graduate Studies; The Deutsch Family Professor of Rabbinics and Liturgy
Rabbi Joseph Skloot, Ph.D.
Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual History
Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D.
Executive Director Emeritus of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives; Edwin M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History
