The Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) is a rabbinical school based in Yonkers, New York, founded on a pluralistic approach to Judaism."About Us". www.ajr.edu. Accessed 2023-10-04.Wiener, S. (1997). A rabbinate for Clal Yisrael: The academy for Jewish religion. Sh'ma. 27/528. 6-7. The rabbinical school was the first to appoint a Jewish woman as its president.Rammenzweig, G. (1995). Church and Conflict in the Process of Pastoral Training. European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe, 28(1), 73–77.
History The Academy for Jewish Religion was founded in 1956 as a rabbinical school. Initially called the Academy for Liberal Judaism (and then the Academy for Higher Jewish Learning), it was granted a charter to ordain rabbis by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
As of 2023, there were 19 part-time faculty members and 62 students.
Accreditation AJR is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. It is currently the only Jewish organization out of the 280 ATS-accredited seminaries and divinity schools."Accreditation - Academy for Jewish Religion." Academy for Jewish Religion. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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