Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. It is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Graduates of the five-year program are required to spend one of the five years studying in Israel before graduating. Graduates receive the title of rabbi and a Master of Arts degree in the Hebrew language. RRC also offers a masters degree program and coordinates a cantorial program with nearby Gratz College.

The College also operates three program centers: Kolot, for gender and women's studies; the Center for Jewish Ethics, for Jewish ethics studies; and Hiddur, for studies on aging and Judaism.

The college was founded in 1968 by the founder of the Reconstructionist movement, Mordecai Kaplan, and was based in two brownstone buildings at 2308 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September 1982, the college moved to its current location at the former Curtis Mansion on Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote. The college's main building is 27,500 square feet and is red-brick, slate-roofed, and an example of Georgian architecture. It includes classrooms, a lounge, faculty and administrative offices, the Goldyne Savad Library Center, the Mordecai M. Kaplan Archives; a chapel; a media center, and conference rooms.

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• Official website

Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania

Cheltenham • Elkins Park • Glenside • La Mott • Laverock • Melrose Park • Wyncote

Educational Institutions: Arcadia University • Cheltenham High School • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Tyler School of Art • Westminster Theological Seminary

Points of Interest: Beth Sholom Synagogue • Curtis Hall Arboretum • Wall House

See also: Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

Colleges and Universities in Metropolitan Philadelphia

Arcadia University • Art Institute of Philadelphia • Bryn Mawr College • Cabrini College • Chestnut Hill College • Cheyney University • Curtis Institute of Music • Delaware Valley College • Drexel University • Eastern University • Gratz College • Gwynedd-Mercy College • Haverford College • Holy Family University • Immaculata University • La Salle University • Lincoln University • Manor College • Moore College of Art and Design • Neumann College • Peirce College • Penn State Abington • Penn State Delaware County • Penn State Great Valley • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Philadelphia Biblical University • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine • Philadelphia University • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • The Restaurant School • Rosemont College • Saint Joseph's University • Swarthmore College • Temple University • Thomas Jefferson University • Tyler School of Art • University of the Arts • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia • University of Pennsylvania • Ursinus College • Valley Forge Christian College • Villanova University • West Chester University • Westminster Theological Seminary • Widener University