Ordination Program Faculty

Berner, Leila Gal, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1989, ALEPH, 2009, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1986, Medieval Jewish History, Affiliated Professor of Women¹s Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia

Gross, Victor, Rabbi, ALEPH, 1998, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987, Philosophy of Education, Adj. Fac., Religious Studies, Naropa, Adjunct Fac, Jewish Ed., Graetz College, Instructor, Adult Ed., University of Haifa

Kaplan, Laura Duhan, Rabbi, Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, 2005, Ph.D., Philosophy and Education, Claremont Graduate University, 1991, Professor Emerita, UNC Charlotte, Sessional Lecturer, Vancouver School of Theology, University of British Columbia

Prager, Marcia, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1989, Smicha from R’ Zalman Schechter-Shalomi, 1990, Director and Dean of the ALEPH Ordination Programs, Rabbi, P'nai Or Jewish Renewal Congregation of Philadelphia, PA, Rabbi, P'nai Or Jewish Renewal Congregation of Princeton, NJ

Silvern, Steven B., Rabbi, Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal, 2001, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin (Madison), 1977, Child Development, Professor Emeritus Auburn University

Wiener, Shohama Harris, Rabbi, Academy for Jewish Religion, 1986, D.Min., New York Theological Seminary, 1992, Head of Spiritual Direction and Development Aleph Ordination Programs, Rabbi of Temple Beth-El of City Island, Bronx, NY

Adjunct Faculty:

Milgram, Goldie, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1993, D.Min., New York Theological Seminary, 2003, Director, ReclaimingJudaism.org & Bmitzvah.org, Dean of Prof. Dev., The Academy for Jewish Religion

Waskow, Arthur O., Rabbi, ALEPH ordination, 1995, Ph.D., Univ of Wisconsin (Madison), History, 1963, Shalom Center Director, Visiting Professor of religion at Swarthmore, Vassar, Drew, Temple

Harry Zeitlin, Rabbi, Va'ad HaRabbonim d'America, 1996, BA, Yale College 1974, Rabbi, Congregation Beth Ha'Ari, Seattle

Zevit, Shawn Israel, Rabbi, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, 1998, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, Director of Outreach and Tikkun Olam, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College