A plan for Jewish leadership education for careers in the rabbinate and other Jewish professional and lay positions was presented today at the Rabbinical Assembly convention being held here by Rabbi Moshe Davis, dean of the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
The plan, which has been tested for one year in 35 congregations throughout the country, provides for education in the local communities under the close supervision of the Teachers Institute and the Seminary. Based on the experiences of the 160 young men and women who pioneered the Jewish Leadership Training Fellowship, the program will provide for studies in the Bible, Talmud, Hebrew language, Jewish history and other subjects which will be taught by local rabbis.
The project conducted by Rabbi Morris Silverman of the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, Conn., was singled out by Dr. Davis as a model. The original plan was evolved by Rabbi Robert Gordis, president of the Rabbinical Assembly, Dr. Davis, Dr. Mordecai Kaplan, former dean of the Teachers Institute, and other Jewish educational leaders.
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