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)
Students
- Graduate Degree/Certificate:164 — 65 full-time and 99 part-time
- Non-degree: 225
- Adult Learning: 1,530
- Youth Education: 217 — 148 Prozdor and 69 Makor
Faculty and Staff
- Full-time faculty: 7
- Adjunct faculty: 227
- 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
Community Learning Opportunities (Non-Degree)
- Hebrew Language (online & on campus)
- Rabbinical School courses
- School of Jewish Music courses
- Ani Kinor – אני כינור: Prayer Leader Summer Institute
CJP Supported Programs
- Eser — Young Adult Learning Series
- Open Circle Learning
- Me’ah: Classic, Select, and Online
- Parenting Through a Jewish Lens
Professional Development: Centers & Institutes
- Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership
- Early Childhood Institute
- Prayer Leader Summer Institute
- Congregational Education Initiative (CEI)
Youth-Education Programs
- Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB)
- Kivunim
- 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
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Mazel tov to Dr. Rachel Adelman who has earned tenure with the faculty at Hebrew College! Dr. Adelman is a prolific scholar, a gifted poet, and a world class teacher and friend. Per her words in the Beit Midrash today, we feel very lucky to be part of her home.
We are pleased to announce that leah goldstein, director of Hebrew College's Jewish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston (JTFGB), will receive the Esther Award for Leadership & Philanthropy at our annual spring fundraiser Hebrew College Live! Stories in Honor of Our Teachers.
Leah has guided the teen philanthropy program, now in its fourth year, which teaches Jewish high school students to learn the ins and outs of professional philanthropy and grant-making through a Jewish lens, and allocate grants to effect real change in the causes they care about most. #JTFGB #Prozdor
Learn more about Hebrew College Live at hebrewcollege.edu/live
Learn more about JTFG at hebrewcollege.edu/jtfgb
"On this Pesach, a holiday in which we celebrate the asking of questions, may we dare to ask the questions to which we don’t yet have answers and may we seek out a Torah Hayim, a living Torah that is capable of holding complexity and nuance as we wrestle to find answers," writes Hadar's Rabbi Avi Strausberg, Rab`15. #70FacesofTorah #Pesach
A New Torah Will Go Forth or, How To Sit With All Of Our Unanswered Questions - Hebrew College
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First Day of Pesach How do you shecht a Leviathan? Just like us, the rabbis wrestled with their own pressing questionsSummer Ulpan is enrolling now. Classes run June 17-July 26. #dontputitoffanymore #learntospeakhebrew
Download our flyer: hebrewcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ULPAN_Flyers_Summer_0416.pdf
Ulpan: Intensive Hebrew On Campus - Hebrew College
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This full-language program uses the linguistic-immersion method developed in Israel. It teaches grammar, reading comprehension & conversation skills.