Fast Facts
We are on a quest to create a kind of Judaism that is spiritually compelling and intellectually honest, deeply rooted in the sources of tradition, and driven by a spirit of religious creativity and the constant question of how the new Judaism will emerge.
Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
Founded
Hebrew College was founded in 1921.
Affiliation
Hebrew College is a pluralistic institution, open to all forms of Jewish expression, commitment and practice. We welcome diverse perspectives on any given Jewish topic, both to encourage a dynamic exchange and to foster respect for other points of view. The College is not formally affiliated with any religious institution or denomination.
Location and Campus
Hebrew College is located in the Greater Boston area — one of the leading regions of Jewish innovation and entrepreneurship and home to Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), a progressive federation encompassing a wide range of Jewish religious and social-justice institutions, affiliated and independent congregations, day schools and supplementary Jewish schools that are at the forefront of Jewish education. The Hebrew College campus, designed by Moshe Safdie and Associates, sits on nearly 7 acres on a hillside in Newton Centre, MA and is composed of four interconnected buildings, totaling 72,000 square feet.
Status
A private, not-for-profit, graduate degree-granting institution, Hebrew College offers programs leading to rabbinical and cantorial ordination, master’s degrees and a joint doctoral degree with Lesley College and provides non-degree community adult, youth and professional development study opportunities.
President
Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Annual Budget
$10.6M (FY2017)
Note: Requests for the College’s audited financial statements should be directed to the President’s Office.”
Students
- Graduate Degree/Certificate:164 — 65 full-time and 99 part-time
- Non-degree: 225
- Adult Learning: 1,530
- Youth Education: 217 — 104 Prozdor, 67 Makor, 62 JTFGB
Faculty and Staff
- Full-time faculty: 7
- Adjunct faculty: 150
- Full-time staff: 40
- Part-time staff: 18
Gann Library
90,000 volumes
Graduate Schools and Programs
- Rabbinical School
- School of Jewish Music
- Jewish Studies Program
- Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education
Degrees Offered
- Rabbinic Ordination
- Cantorial Ordination
- Rav-Hazzan Ordination
- Master of Jewish Education
- Dual Degree: Master of Jewish Education/Master of Arts in Jewish Studies
- Master of Arts in Jewish Studies
Certificate Programs
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- Jewish Sacred Music
(Currently not accepting applications. New program launch in fall 2020.)
- Jewish Sacred Music
Community Learning Opportunities (Non-Degree)
- Hebrew Language (Ulpan)
- Rabbinical, Cantorial, and Graduate Education School courses
- Ani Kinor – אני כינור: Prayer Leader Summer Institute
CJP Supported Programs
- Open Circle Young Adult Learning Series (Eser)
- Open Circle Jewish Learning
- Me’ah: Classic, Select, and Online
- Parenting & Grandparenting Through a Jewish Lens
Professional Development: Centers & Institutes
- Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership
- The Hebrew College Innovation Lab
- Early Childhood Institute
- Prayer Leader Summer Institute
- Congregational Education Initiative (CEI)
Youth-Education Programs
- Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB)
- Kivunim (gap-year)
- Makor (middle school)
- Prozdor (high school)
Accreditation
Hebrew College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
College Partners
- Bishvil-Haivrit Program
- Boston Theological Institute (BTI)
- Camp Yavneh
- Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)
- Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
On Torah Commentary
Watch, listen and read the words of Torah emerging from the students, faculty and alumni of our school. May they draw you more deeply into sensitive listening, probing questioning and humble speaking of Torah and Jewish living.
Hebrew College on Facebook
"Mr. Trump must understand that we American Jews, fully engaged in the democratic process that is this nation’s pride, are not one-issue voters. All that we have achieved in this country has been due to the equal playing-field created by America’s welcoming of ethnic and religious diversity," writes The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College Rector Rabbi Art Green in response to yesterday's news.
"Putting the broken tablets in the Ark of the Covenant is to put our failure at the heart of our relationship with God," writes The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College's Rabbi Ebn Leader in this week's #70FacesofTorah.
Holding The Shattered Tablets - Hebrew College
Parashat Ekev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25) In this week’s parsha Moshe recounts the story of the ten commandments. But he does notMazal Tov Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal Weber, Rab`19 on your new position!
Melrose, Temple Beth Shalom welcome Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal
Successor to Rabbi Arnold Fertig has spent a lifetime steeped in Jewish culture.Registration is open!Registration in now open: hebrewcollege.edu/community-learning/professional-development/past-conferences-and-seminars/
Infromation about sessions and speakers will be available soon.
Kol HaKavod #HebrewCollege alum Cantor Vera Broekhuysen (pictured in this The Boston Globe article) for your inspiring work and presence at last weekend's Tisha b'Av immigration event in Boston.
Jewish groups lament immigration crisis during protest at Boston office - The Boston Globe
Hundreds gathered outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building to mark the saddest holiday of the Jewish calendar with a lamentation for the suffering of undocumented immigrants.