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and are eligible for membership in the [6]American Conference of
Cantors.
In order to be accepted to the SSM, applicants must demonstrate:
Musical Competence:
A trained singing voice, an undergraduate degree (preferrably a
BA with a major in music), competency in sight reading, ear
training, keyboard harmony, and music theory.
Hebrew Competence.
All cantorial students are expected to have completed at least
one year of college Hebrew. All candidates participate in the
first-year Hebrew immersion program at the HUC-JIR campus in
Jerusalem.
Personal characteristics.
Candidates for admission are expected to be committted Jews and
to possses the necessary character and personality traits. They
should enjoy public performance, engaging others in the act of
worship, teaching adults and children, and dedicated to a life
of learning and discovery.
To apply, applicants require a autobiographical perspective on their
life and the reasons for selecting the cantorate in addition to the
usual transcripts, references, and medical forms. The process also
includes an audition and a formal interview, as well as a
psychological assessment. Information on the program can be found at
[7]http://www.huc.edu/catalog/smny.html
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Subject: Question 18.6.4: The Rabbinate: What is the course of study for
cantors?
Answer:
The course of study is four years. The first year is in Jerusalem, and
involves 18 hours per week of Hebrew instruction. There are also
classes that introduce classical texts. Students also study
cantillation, the Jewish Choral literature, and the liturgical modes
on which traditional Nusach is based.
In years two through four, there is indepth study of the year and life
cycle musical liturgy, as well as the history, structure, and theology
of the liturgy. The Reform musical heritage is studied, as well as
study of art music in Ladino, Yiddish, and Hebrew; the art and content
of Jewish concert programming; music for all ages in the religious
school. There is also study of Judaica: the traditional Jewish texts
in light of the scientific investigation of modern times. There is
study of theology: Buber, Kaplan, Heschel, Rosenzweig, and others.
There is study of history: talmudic, medieval, or modernity. There are
also coures in professional development: working in a professional
setting, education principles and techniques, teaching and integration
of music, organizing and directing volunteer choirs, the principles of
counseling, making hospital calls, helping people with crisis. In the
second and third years, students also have fieldwork opportunities.
For more information, write:
HUC-JIR Brookdale Center
School of Sacred Music
Office of the Director
One West 4th Street
New York NY 10012
USA
Information on the program may be found on the web at
[5]http://www.huc.edu/catalog/smny.html.
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Subject: Question 18.6.5: The Rabbinate: What other courses of study are
available?
Answer:
In Los Angeles, the HUC-JIR Irwin Daniels School of Jewish Communal
Service offers the following programs:
1. DOUBLE MASTERS
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Master of
Social Work (24 months, 90 credits). Joint with USC or
Washington Univ, St. Louis)
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Master of
Public Admin. (24 months, 82 credits)
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Master of
Science in Gerontology (24 months, 86 credits)
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Communications
Management (24 months, 82 credits)
2. SINGLE MASTERS
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service (54 credits). A
concentration in synagogue management is also available.
3. JOINT MASTERS
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Master of Arts
in Jewish Education (24 months, 110 credits)
+ Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service and Master of Arts
in Judaic Studies (24 months, 110 credits)
The two programs above also require a year's residency in Israel.
Courses in these programs include the Jewish Family and Jewish
Community; Jewish Communal Institutes; Biblical and Rabbinic Sources;
Jewish History; Fund Raising and Financial Resource Development;
Trends in Modern Judaism; Contemporary Jewish Isuses; the Development
of the American Synagogue; Management Information Systems; Organizing
and Facilitating Support Groups; Understanding Communal Themes Through
Traditional Sources; Leadership and Organizational Management;
Planning, Allocating, and Decision Making in the Jewish Community;
Fiscal Management; Jewish Components of Community Practics; Jewish
Social and Political Policy; Boundaries of Normative Jewish Behavior;
and other similar courses.
Graduates of these programs work in federations, centers, Jewish
family services, camps, Bureaus of Jewish education, congragations,
etc.
For those interested in education, the HUC-JIR Rhea Hirsch School of
Education offers a course of study designed for those interested in
careers in Jewish education.
For information on either of these programs, write to:
HUC-JIR
3077 University Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90007-3796
In addition, the Cincinatti branch of HUC-JIR is home for the School
of Graduate Stuides, which is a leading center for study and research
in the areas of the Bible, ancient Near Eastern languages, Hellenistic
studies, Jewish religious thought, philosophy and history. For more
information, write:
HUC-JIR
3101 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45220
USA
Information on all of HUCs programs can be found at
[5]http://www.huc.edu/catalog/progs.html
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Subject: Question 18.6.6: The Rabbinate: Can Reform Rabbis be sanctioned for
their beliefs?
Answer:
No. There is no ideological sanction process in the CCAR, although
some in the CCAR would like to institute one for rabbis who
co-officiate with Christian clergy at weddings. Of course, there is
always the community. Rabbis usually have beliefs in congruence with
the congregation or community that continues to pay their contract. In
congregations, belief differences often lead to heated temple board
meetings, and potentially, the Rabbi moving to a different community.
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Subject: Question 18.7.1: For Further Information: How do I contact the main
organizations in Reform Judaism?
Answer:
In North America:
[5]Union of American Hebrew Congregations
[6]Central Conference of American Rabbis
838 Fifth Street
New York NY 10021-7064
+1 212 249 0100
A list of regional offices may be found at
[7]http://uahc.org/offices.html.
[8]World Union for Progressive Judaism
838 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
phone: (212)650-4090
fax: (212)650-4099
[9]Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
HUC-JIR HUC-JIR, Brookdale Center
3101 Clifton Avenue One West 4th Street
Cincinnati OH 45220 New York NY 10012
USA USA
+1 513 221-1875 +1 212 674 5300
HUC-JIR HUC-JIR
3077 University Avenue 13 King David Street
Los Angeles CA 90007 94101 Jerusalem
USA ISRAEL
+1 213 749 3424 +972 2 232 444
In the United Kingdom:
[10]Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues (ULPS)
The Montague Centre
21 Maple Street
London, W1P 6DS
ENGLAND
+1 0171-580-1663 (Voice)
+1 0171-436-4184 (FAX)
[11]http://www.ulps.org/
[12]Reform Synagogues of Great Britain ([13]http://www.refsyn.org.uk)
In Australia and New Zealand: The [14]Australian and New Zealand Union
for Progressive Judaism ([15]http://www.anzupj.com.au).
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Subject: Question 18.7.2: For Further Information: How do I find a Reform
congregation?
Answer:
If you are in Northern America and have web access, visit the UAHC web
page, where you will find a [5]congregation list at
[6]http://www.uahcweb.org/conglist.html. Otherwise, contact your local
[7]regional council ([8]http://www.uahcweb.org/offices.html).
Outside of North America, contact the [9]World Union for Progressive
Judaism ([10]http://rj.org/wupj). They will be happy to provide the
names and addresses of synagogues anywhere in the world in response to
inquiries. In those places where there may be no liberal synagogue,
they will be happy to send whatever information they have, from other
sources. Please contact their office, preferably by mail, fax or
e-mail, at:
World Union for Progressive Judaism
838 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
phone: (212)650-4090
fax: (212)650-4099
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Subject: Question 18.7.3: For Further Information: Are there any Reform
Rabbis on the network who will answer questions?
Answer:
Yes. First, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations operates a
service called "Ask the Rabbi". It invites visitors to the [5]UAHC
website to pose questions about Judaism and Jewish life to be answered
by a rabbi, or cantor or Jewish educator. It was initiated by the
UAHC-CCAR Joint Commission on Synagogue Affiliation, and its
realization was coordinated by Jonah Pesner, and is administered by
Larry Raphael of the UAHC Department of Adult Jewish Growth.
Additionally, here is a list of Rabbis willing to answer questions:
Rabbi Herbert Brockman <[6]Ravtzvi@aol.com>
Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden CT, USA
Rabbi Michael Feshbach <[7]RABBIF@Aol.Com>
Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Rabbi Mark Glickman <[8]mglickman@foxinternet.net>
Temple Israel, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Rabbi Mark Aaron Kline <[9]RabbiMarc@aol.com>
Beth Israel Congregation, Florence, South Carolina, USA
Rabbi Howard Jaffe <[10]HLJaffe@Aol.Com>
Mtn. Jewish Comm. Ctr., Warren, New Jersey, USA
Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff <[11]rabbi@templeisrael.org>
Temple Israel of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Rabbi Kerry Olitzky <[12]olitzky@huc.edu>
[13]Hebrew Union College
Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld <[14]JSHLR@Acad1.Alaska.Edu>
Cong. Beth Shalom, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Rabbi John Sherwood <[15]rabjms@earthlink.net>
Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emet, Woodland Hills, California, USA
Rabbi Don Weber <[16]75065.263@Compuserve.Com>
Temple Rodeph Torah, West Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
Rabbi Stephen Weisman <[17]sweisman@s850.mwc.edu>
Fredricksburg, Virginia, USA
Rabb Jim Egolf <[18]RavJim@aol.com>
Congregation Beth Shalom of the Woodlands, Texas, USA
Reform rabbis who want to be added to this list should contact the FAQ
maintainer at [19]maintainer@scjfaq.org.
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Subject: Question 18.7.4: For Further Information: How do I start the
conversion process?
Answer:
This varies from place to place and rabbi to rabbi. Most larger cities
have a community class. Smaller cities rely on the rabbi. In any case,
contact the rabbi at your congregation or a local congregation. If
there is no rabbi contact the local congregation and they will put you
in touch with someone.
If you need help, or are unsure about walking into the synagogue,
there are some rabbis on the net who will be glad to talk to you about
this important step. You can contact any of the rabbis listed in
[5]18.7.3 above; in particular, you might want to contact Rabbi Arthur
Nemitoff <[6]apn@shore.net>. Rabbi Nemitoff is the immediate past
chair of the CCAR Committee on Conversion and a member of the
UAHC/CCAR Commission on Reform Jewish Outreach. He can also be reached
at:
Temple Ohabei Shalom
1187 Beacon Street
Brookline, Massachusetts, 02146 USA
617-277-6610 Voice-synagogue
617-277-7881 FAX
Another rabbi who has expressed interested in talking to individuals
interested in conversion is Rabbi John Sherwood
<[7]rabjms@earthlink.net>. Rabbi Sherwood is Past President of the San
Fernando Valley Interfaith Council, and has been an adjunct professor
at St. John's Roman Catholic Seminary teaching a graduate course on
Judaism to men studying for the priesthood. He is also the author of a
curriculum for Introduction to Judaism. Another resource is Rabbi Don
Weber <[8]75065.263@compuserve.com>, +1 908 972-2595. Rabbi Weber is
on the UAHC Regional Outreach Committee, and has spoken on conversion
at HUC and at meetings of the Reform Rabbinate. He is a member of the
NJARR beit din, and says that he follows quite traditional practices
regarding conversion.
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Subject: Question 18.7.5: For Further Information: I'd like to do some
further reading. Where do I start?
Answer:
The best place to start is with the [5]Reform Reading List, available
at [6]http://www.scjfaq.org/rl/jlu-index.html
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Subject: How do I obtain copies of the FAQ?
Answer:
There are a number of different ways to obtain copies of the FAQ:
* WWW. If you are reading this on Usenet, and would like to see an
online, hyperlinked version, go visit [2]http://www.scjfaq.org/.
This is the "web" version of the FAQ; the version posted to Usenet
is generated from the web version. Note that the www.scjfaq.org
version is a copy of the actual master version; if you want to
access the master, visit [3]http://master.scjfaq.org/.
* Email. Scjfaq.org also provides an autoretriever that allows one
to obtain a copy of the FAQ by return Email. To use the
autoretriever, you send a retrieval request to
[4]archives@scjfaq.org with the request in the body of the
message. A more reliable way to retrieve these files is through
the [5]FAQ autoretriever
([6]http://www.mljewish.org/bin/autoresp.cgi). For the FAQ, the
request has the form:
send faq partname
For the reading list, the request has the form:
send rl partname
"Partname" is replaced by the name of the part, as shown in the
general index. The following is a short summary of the mapping to
partnames for the FAQ:
+ [7]01-FAQ-intro: Section [8]1: Network and Newsgroup
Information.
+ [9]02-Who-We-Are: Section [10]2: Who We Are
+ [11]03-Torah-Halacha: Sections [12]3, [13]4: Torah; Halachic
Authority
+ [14]04-Observance: Sections [15]5, [16]6, [17]7, [18]8:
Jewish Holidays; Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut; Sabbath and
Holiday Observance; Woman and Marriage
+ [19]05-Worship: Sections [20]9, [21]10, [22]11: Jewish
Worship; Conversion, Intermarriage, and "Who is a Jew?";
Miscellaneous Practice Questions
+ [23]06-Jewish-Thought: Section [24]12: Jewish Thought
+ [25]07-Jews-As-Nation: Section [26]13: Jews as a Nation
+ [27]08-Israel: Section [28]14: Jews and Israel
+ [29]09-Antisemitism: Sections [30]15, [31]16, [32]17: Churban
Europa (The Holocaust); Antisemitism and Rumors about Jews;
Countering Missionaries
+ [33]10-Reform: Section [34]18: Reform/Progressive Judaism
+ [35]11-Miscellaneous: Sections [36]19, [37]20: Miscellaneous;
References and Getting Connected
+ [38]12-Kids: Section [39]21: Jewish Childrearing Related
Questions
+ [40]mail-order: Mail Order Judaica
The following is a short summary of the mapping of partnames for
the Reading Lists:
+ [41]general: Introduction and General. Includes book sources,
starting points for beginners, starting points for non-Jewish
readers, General Judaism, General Jewish Thought, General
Jewish History, Contemporary Judaism, Noachide Laws, Torah
and Torah Commentary, Talmud and Talmudic Commentary,
Mishnah, Midrash, Halachic Codes, Becoming An Observant Jew,
Women and Judaism, and Science and Judaism.
+ [42]traditional: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle,
Holidays. Includes Traditional Liturgy; Traditional
Philosophy and Ethics; Prayer; Traditional Practice; The
Household; Life, Death, and In-Between; and The Cycle Of
Holidays.
+ [43]mysticism: Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism. Includes
Academic and Religious treatments of Kabbalah, Sprituality,
and the Jewish notion of the Messiah.
+ [44]reform: Reform/Progressive Judaism
+ [45]conservative: Conservative Judaism
+ [46]reconstructionist: Reconstructionist Judaism
+ [47]humanistic: Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic
Judaism)
+ [48]chasidism: Chassidism. Includes general information on
historical chassidism, as well as specific information on
Lubavitch (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other
approaches.
+ [49]zionism: Zionism. Includes Zionism and The Development Of
Israel, The Founders, Zionistic Movements, and Judaism in
Israel.
+ [50]antisemitism: Antisemitism. Includes sections on
Antisemitism, What Led to The Holocaust, Medieval Oppression,
Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing with Hate Groups),
Judaism and Christianity, and Judaism, Freemasonry and other
rumors.
+ [51]intermarriage: Intermarriage. Includes sections on "So
You're Considering Intermarriage?", The Traditional
Viewpoint, Conversion, and Coping With Life As An
Intermarried.
+ [52]childrens: Books for Jewish Children. Includes sections
on Birth and Naming, Raising a Child, Family Guidebooks,
Upsheren, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, Holiday Books for
Children, Liturgy for Children, Bible and Torah for Children,
Jewish History for Children, Jewish Theology for Children,
Israel, Learning Hebrew, and Jewish Stories.
Alternatively, you may send a message to
[53]mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the following line in the body
of the message:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
Where (portionname) is replaced by the appropriate subdirectory
and filenames; for example, to get the first part of the reading
list, one would say:
send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
* Anonymous FTP: All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists
are archived on [54]rtfm.mit.edu and are available for anonymous
FTP from the pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ directory (URL
[55]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ/).
Similarly, the parts of the reading lists are stored in the
pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists directory (URL:
[56]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lis
ts). Note that the archived versions of the FAQ and reading lists
are the posted versions; that is, they are each one large ASCII
file.
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Subject: Credits for the Reform/Progressive FAQ
The Reform FAQ portion of the S.C.J FAQ was developed and is
maintained by Daniel Faigin ([2]maintainer@scjfaq.org). Other
contributors include Nicholas Aleksander, J. T. Galkowski, Ruth
Heiges, Chris Newport, Tony Reese, Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld, Rabbi Ian
Morris, Rabbi Josh Segal, and Rabbi John Sherwood. This posting is
dedicated to Rabbi Mordecai Soloff ZT"L and Rabbi Alfred Wolf: two men
responsible for my committment to serious Reform Jewish.
Comments and corrections are welcome. Please send them to the
maintainer, [3]maintainer@scjfaq.org or [4]faigin@acm.org; do not post
them. Unlike other portions of the S.C.J FAQ, this posting does not
reflect the traditional viewpoint; it specifically reflects the
viewpoint of the Reform Movement of Judaism. However, to the best of
the maintainer's knowledge, the posting does not contain any "bashing"
of other Jewish movements.
A special thank you... Special thanks for her patience and
understanding go to my wife, Karen, who put up with me hiding at the
computer for the two months it took to complete the July/August 2000
remodel of the entire soc.culture.jewish FAQ and Reading Lists. If you
think the effort was worth it, drop her a note c/o
[5]maintainer@scjfaq.org.
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Please mail additions or corrections to me at faigin@pacificnet.net.
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