2026 RRC Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students

Rabbi Melissa Heller is the Director of Admissions and Recruitment at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. In this role, she has the great privilege of supporting prospective rabbinical students as they discern and enact their visions of service and leadership for the Jewish... Read More →

Rabbi Rayna Grossman (they/them) is deeply moved and compelled by the aspect of service in being a rabbi. Their journey to the rabbinate lies in recognizing the power of Judaism, spirituality and amazing rabbis.

As director of field education, Rayna oversees students’ on-the-job training, ensuring that future rabbis are prepared to serve in a variety of settings and communities. RRC’s new field education program, which began in academic year 2023-24, centers on immersive fieldwork opportunities... Read More →

THE FIRST WOMAN RABBI to head a Jewish congregational union and a Jewish seminary, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., became president and chief executive officer of Reconstructing Judaism in 2014. Reconstructing Judaism is the central organization of the Reconstructionist Movement. She... Read More →

Holly Smith (she/her) is a Year 2 student who completed the Mekhinah Program to begin her studies at RRC. Holly was born and raised in San Francisco and earned her B.A. in Feminist Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz. Before pursuing rabbinical school, she worked... Read More →

Mira Beth Wasserman brings her background as a congregational rabbi and as a scholar of Talmud and Jewish ethics to the leadership team for Reconstructing Judaism. As dean of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, she is responsible for enacting RRC’s curriculum, for supporting... Read More →