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To inquire about the Rabbinical Program, contact Rabbi Melissa Heller, Director of Admissions and Recruitment, at MHeller@RRC.edu or 215.576.0800 ext. 123.
Main Number: 215.576.0800
Google Map: 1229 Church Road, Wyncote, PA 19095
To hire a rabbinical student to serve your community or organization, or to support your life-cycle needs, please email Rabbi Linda Holtzman.
To obtain your transcript, please contact the Director of Academic Administration. The transcript fee is a $25.
Faculty and Staff Directory
| Bob Bershad, Esq. | Assistant Vice President for Communications | 215.576.0800 ext. 148 | BBershad@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Barbara E. Breitman, D.Min. | Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling, Co-Director of Training, Jewish Spiritual Direction Program | 215.576.0800 | BBreitman@RRC.edu |
| Mary Buhring, M.B.A. | Director of Academic Administration | 215.576.0800 ext. 138 | MBuhring@RRC.edu |
| Robert Chavez | Director of Operations | 215.576.0800 ext. 111 | RChavez@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Rabbi Gail Diamond | Support Support, Israel Program | RRCIsrael@gmail.com | |
| Reena Sigman Friedman, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History | 215.576.0800 ext. 251 | RFriedman@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Ph.D. | Former Director, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives; Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies | NFuchs-Kreimer@RRC.edu | |
| Sharon Gershoni, Ph.D. | Instructor of Modern Hebrew | SGershoni@RRC.edu | |
| Rabbi Elisa Goldberg | Pastoral Care Specialist | 215.576.5210 ext. 159 | egoldberg@therra.org |
| Joel Hecker, Ph.D. | Chair, Department of Modern Jewish Civilization; Associate Professor of Jewish Mysticism | 215.576.5210 ext. 217 | JHecker@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Melissa Heller | Director of Admissions and Recruitment | 215.576.0800 ext. 123 | MHeller@RRC.edu |
| Erin M. Hess | Archivist | 215.576.0800 ext. 258 | EHess@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Linda Holtzman | Acting Director of Rabbinic Formation and Student Life | 215.576.0800 ext. 149 | LHoltzman@RRC.edu |
| S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D. | Professor of Bible | 215.576.0800 ext. 220 | TKamionkowski@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Alan LaPayover | Library Director | 215.576.0800 ext. 234 | ALapayover@RRC.edu |
| Sarra Lev, Ph.D. | Chair, Department of Rabbinic Civilization; Associate Professor of Rabbinics | 215.576.0800 ext. 256 | SLev@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Mordechai Liebling |
Former Director, Social Justice Organizing Program; Instructor Emeritus of Practical Rabbinics |
MLiebling@RRC.edu | |
| Rabbi Vivie Mayer | Director, Mekhinah Year Program and Beit Midrash | 215.576.0800 ext. 132 | VMayer@RRC.edu |
| Julia Paddison | Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs | 215.576.0800 ext. 145 | JPaddison@RRC.edu |
| Diana Phillips | Administrative Assistant, Rabbinic Formation, Recruitment, Admissions and Student Life | 215.576.0800 ext. 145 | |
| Rabbi Amber Powers | Executive Vice President | 215.576.0800 ext. 150 | APowers@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Micah Schriftman | IT Specialist | 215.576.0800 ext. 108 | MSchriftman@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Rabbi Jacob Staub, Ph.D. | Chair, Department of Medieval Jewish Civilization, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality, Co-Director, Jewish Spiritual Direction Program, Director of Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations | 215.576.0800 ext. 119 | JStaub@RRC.edu |
| Elsie R. Stern, Ph.D. | Vice President for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor of Bible | 215.576.0800 ext. 310 | ERStern@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi David A. Teutsch, Ph.D. | The Louis and Myra Wiener Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and Senior Consultant to Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics and for Congregational Services | 215.576.0800 ext. 253 | DTeutsch@RRC.edu |
| Cheryl Tyson | Director of Human Resources and Administration/Title IX Coordinator | 215.576.0800 ext. 130 | CTyson@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Rabbi Mira Beth Wasserman, Ph.D. | Director of the Center for Jewish Ethics; Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literature | 215.576.0800 ext. 252 | MWasserman@RRC.edu |
| Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D. | President | 215.576.0800 ext. 129 | OfficeOfThePresident@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
| Cyd Weissman | Vice President for Innovation and Impact | 215.576.0800 ext. 257 | CWeissman@ReconstructingJudaism.org |
