Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., was inaugurated as the 12th President in the 139-year history of HUC-JIR on June 8, 2014, at Cincinnati’s landmark Plum Street Temple. The Inauguration was attended by the leadership of the global Reform Movement and featured the participation of alumni, faculty, students, Board members, and leaders of the Union for Reform Judaism and Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Read Rabbi Panken's Inauguration Address

Read the Inauguration Program

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Andrew R. Berger, a prominent civic and communal leader of Cincinnati, Ohio, was inducted as the Chair of the Board of Governors of HUC-JIR at its meeting in Cincinnati on June 9, 2014. Berger begins his tenure on July 1, 2014, succeeding Irwin Engelman.

Leaders of the North American Reform Movement gathered in Cincinnati for the Joint Meeting of the Boards of Governors and Overseers at HUC-JIR, the Union for Reform Judaism Board of Trustees, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis Board of Trustees, and for the Inauguration of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D.

HUC-JIR bestowed 129 degrees at Graduation and Ordination Ceremonies in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York on the Class of 2014's cadre of new Jewish professional leaders for the Reform Movement.

Join us on Shabbat afternoon on July 5 at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem for our annual Alumni Gathering with local and visiting alumni, a delegation of 100 members of the American Conference of Cantors, and the entering class of the Year-In-Israel Program.