Nothing substitutes for a visit to RRC – it’s the best way to get to know us. You will have an opportunity to sit in on classes, tour the library and main building, meet students, and chat with faculty and staff. To schedule a visit, contact the dean of admissions and recruitment. The college is accessible by car or public transportation. Please check directions to RRC before your visit.

Attend the Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students

This important program, scheduled every fall, is presented for serious candidates who want to learn more about RRC. The 2008 Institute will be held November 5-7. Applications are now being accepted and the deadline is September 22. You can e-mail the dean of admissions (apowers@rrc.edu) for more information or to request an application.

The program includes opportunities to sit in on classes, meet current students and faculty, learn about student life at RRC, celebrate Shabbat with a Reconstructionist community, and get the information you need to decide about rabbinical school. See a sample program.

Participants will be offered home hospitality with RRC students. There is no charge for the program and travel subsidies are available.

Sit in on Classes

You will have an opportunity to observe first-hand the intimate setting and seminar-style classrooms, led by highly regarded scholars dedicated to ensuring positive, interactive learning experiences. Classes rarely exceed 15 students. Instruction is rigorous, and discussions are lively and informal, designed to engage students and faculty on a personal level. Listen to what our faculty, students and alumni have to say about their classroom experience.

(WMV FILE | 1,189 KB) - Jacob Staub, Ph.D.
(WMV FILE | 1,273 KB) - Lori Lefkovitz, Ph.D.
(WMV FILE | 1,386 KB) - Rabbi David Dunn Bauer
(WMV FILE | 1,463 KB) - Rabbi Shira Stutman
(WMV FILE | 1,415 KB) - Rabbi Benjamin Barnett

Meet with the Dean of Admissions and Recruitment

During your visit, you will meet with the dean of admissions and recruitment. This will give both of you an opportunity to explore your interest and commitment to rabbinical study. You will have a chance to ask questions about the Reconstructionist approach to education, title and degree programs, the rabbinical program of study, student life and other matters of mutual interest and importance.

Tour the Facility

Our facilities are housed in a redbrick, slate-roofed Georgian mansion originally built for the Curtis family, publishers of the Saturday Evening Post. Located within Ziegelman Hall are classrooms, administrative staff and a language and media laboratory. An adjoining building houses the state-of-the-art Goldyne Savad Library Center and Ira and Judith Kaplan Eisenstein Reconstructionist Archives and faculty offices.

Meet Students, Faculty and Graduates

Our students, faculty and alumni are a diverse group of individuals who share a passion for Judaism and religious studies, spirituality and learning. The following portraits demonstrate the richness of our student body and faculty and the range of experience they bring to the classroom.

Darby Leigh
Ari Hendin
Isabel de Koninck
Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D.
Rabbi Michal Woll
Rabbi Nancy Epstein