鲸鱼传媒

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Centennial SealFounded

鲸鱼传媒 was founded in 1921. Visit our Centennial page.

Mission

Reimagining Jewish learning and leadership for an interconnected world. Making our lives more meaningful, our communities more vibrant, and our world more whole.

Affiliation

鲸鱼传媒 is a pluralistic institution, open to all forms of Jewish expression, commitment and practice. We welcome diverse perspectives on any given Jewish topic, both to encourage a dynamic exchange and to foster respect for other points of view. The College is not formally affiliated with any religious institution or denomination. Read the College’s Mission Statement.

Location and Campus

鲸鱼传媒 is located in the Greater Boston area — one of the leading regions of Jewish innovation and entrepreneurship and home to Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), a progressive federation encompassing a wide range of Jewish religious and social-justice institutions, affiliated and independent congregations, day schools and supplementary Jewish schools that are at the forefront of Jewish education.

overview of new campus

In January 2023, 鲸鱼传媒 relocated from Newton Centre to a new shared campus (pictured above) at 1860 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02466. The new shared campus offers an inspiring model for Jewish communal sustainability, inclusion, and innovation and builds on the strength of our collaboration with our new shared campus partners: ,听 , , J, 听, and the

鲸鱼传媒 offers formal academic classes on campus. Informal community classes and programs take place on campus, as well as at synagogues and other off-campus locations. Matriculated 鲸鱼传媒 students are permitted to take academic courses through partner institutions of the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (10 Theological Institutions in Boston Area), and can听apply the听credit towards a 鲸鱼传媒 degree.听听Matriculated 鲸鱼传媒 MJED students who are also enrolled in the听Pardes听Institute of Jewish Studies take courses both at 鲸鱼传媒 and at听Pardes听Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem).

Status

A private, not-for-profit, graduate degree-granting institution, 鲸鱼传媒 offers programs leading to rabbinical and cantorial ordination, and master鈥檚 degrees in Jewish education and Jewish studies, and provides non-degree community adult,听youth听and professional development study opportunities.

President

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld

Annual Budget

$9.3MM (FY`24)
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Annual Impact Reports

Students

    • Graduate Degree Students: 103 鈥� 77 full-time and 26 part-time
    • Tamid Adult Learners: 1,545
    • MaTaRoT Students: 116
    • Gap-Year Students: 74
    • Wexner Fellowships (12-year total): 17
    • 92% retention rate for first-year graduate students returning for their second year (includes all new student cohorts enrolling between fall 2019 through fall of 2023)
    • 75% of new ordination students graduated within 6-7 years (includes all new student cohorts first enrolling between fall 2009 through fall of 2019)
    • 89% of graduate degree-seeking students are receiving some form of fellowship, scholarship or need-based grant from 鲸鱼传媒

Alumni

  • Rabbinical student placement rate: 100%
  • Rabbis working in pulpits:听 Reform movement synagogues (27%),听 Conservative movement synagogues (33%), independent synagogues (29%), Reconstructionist movement synagogues (11%)
  • Number of states where rabbinical & cantorial alumni work: 22
  • Number of countries where alumni work: 4
  • Alumni employers: synagogues, Jewish day schools, Hillels, Jewish communal/nonprofit organizations, assisted living/hospital chaplaincy
  • Alumni positions: spiritual leaders (rabbis, cantors, rav-hazzanim), executive directors, pastoral counselors, scholars, educators and heads of school, musicians, artists, social activists, community organizers
  • Loan default rate: 4.1% (Cohorts = classes of 2019 to 2021). Source: .

Faculty and Staff

  • Faculty: 9
  • Part-time faculty for accredited graduate programs: 21
  • Part-time faculty for community education programs:听 54
  • Full-time staff: 31
  • Part-time staff: 11

Gann Library

15,000 volumes

Graduate Degrees Offered

Community Education Opportunities听(Non-Degree)

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Professional Development: Centers & Institutes

Teen Learning Programs

Accreditation

鲸鱼传媒 is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).

College Partners

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  • 听(CJP)

On Torah Commentary

Watch, listen and read the words of Torah emerging from the students, faculty and alumni of our school. May they draw you more deeply into sensitive listening, probing questioning and humble speaking of Torah and Jewish living.

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