2026 RRC Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students

2026 RRC Online Institute for Prospective Rabbinical Students

12:00pm EST

Opening Session: Welcome and Program OverviewRabbi Melissa Heller (RRC '08) • Rabbi Rayna Grossman (RRC '17) • Rabbi Deborah Waxman (RRC '99) • Holly Smith • Rabbi Mira Wasserman

1:30pm EST

Meet the RRC StudentsHolly Smith • Lucy Berman • Adina Ikeman • Jodi Rosenfeld

3:00pm EST

Choose Your Own Civilizational Adventure: Faculty Text StudyRabbi Mira Wasserman • Rabbi William Plevan (JTS '02) • Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi, Ph.D.

4:30pm EST

Affording your RRC Education: How Students from Diverse Backgrounds Make it WorkRabbi Amber Powers (RRC '02)

5:45pm EST

Meet the Rabbis: Panel and Conversation with RRC GradsRabbi Melissa Heller (RRC '08) • Rabbi Marisa Elana James (RRC '16) • Rabbi Beryl Trauth-Jurman (RRC '24) • Sandra Lawson

8:45am EST

Monday Morning Torah StudyNora Chernov

9:45am EST

Resources & Strategies for Learning Hebrew before Rabbinical SchoolTamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D.

11:00am EST

Co-creating Community through a Reconstructionist Framework- Text Study and Conversation about RRC’s Values and CultureRabbi Alex Weissman (RRC '17) • Annie Prusky • Holly Smith

12:30pm EST

Field Education, Internships and Supervision: Student Panel and Discussion GroupsRabbi Rayna Grossman (RRC '17) • Lucy Berman • Emma Fischer • Noah Dor Lind • Bridget Siegel-Fultz

3:45pm EST

Opportunities for Spiritual Growth at RRC: Student Panel and ConversationRabbi Alex Weissman (RRC '17) • Marques Hollie • Molly Schulman • Erin Viola • Jesse Weil

5:00pm EST

Closing ProgramRabbi Melissa Heller (RRC '08) • Holly Smith