Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary

PRS founder Rabbi Sandy Zisser and cohost Rabbi Patrick Beaulier give you an intimate look into what it takes to create a rabbinical seminary in the age of Covid. You’ll meet the educators, students and creatives who make it all possible.

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Episodes

Monday May 02, 2022

This week we sit down with Heather Miller, a current student at the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary. Besides being a student at PRS, Heather is also a synagogue president, school administrator, and most importantly a mother of two!
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Thursday Apr 21, 2022

Alumni time! Recent PRS graduate Rabba Amanda currently serves as a chaplain resident at Emory University healthcare while she pursues board certification through Neshama: the National Association of Jewish Chaplains and launching her PRS innovation project: Sinai Pastoral Care, a concierge-style spiritual and pastoral care service. Rabba Amanda talk about what being a student at PRS is like, especially when moving twice with two kids and pursing chaplaincy at the same time
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Thursday Apr 14, 2022

What is true freedom? Surprise…it’s God! A Passover message in less than five minutes.
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Monday Apr 11, 2022

PRS Talmud instructor and text electives educator Rabbi Eric Wasser sits down with Rabbi Sandy to talk about teaching old ideas in new mediums and share a few stories of his time at PRS
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Sunday Apr 03, 2022

Starting a pluralistic rabbinical seminary is no easy task. The rabbis reflect on the past two years of ups and downs, including what they would do differently if they had the choice.
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Monday Mar 28, 2022

How do you build a multinational Jewish nonprofit from your kitchen? Rabbi Sandy interviews Rabbi Patrick on the history of the PunkTorah network of websites, his most controversial moments of his career, and whether he’ll ever live down being “Patrick Aleph, the tattooed rabbi”.
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Monday Mar 21, 2022

Rabbi Patrick interviews Rabbi Sandy for a candid look at his life, what brought him to the independent rabbinate, and his hopes for the future.
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022

Happy Purim with Rabbi Sandy! Rabbi Sandy shares a Purim message along with some teachings about the holiday. Text can be found on Sefaria.org
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Monday Mar 14, 2022

The rabbis reflect on the fateful day they said, “let’s do this” and started the Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary.
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Monday Mar 07, 2022

Rabbis Sandy & Patrick talk about why PRS was so badly needed, the problems they attempt to solve with an online rabbinical seminary.
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Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary (PRS) is the very best in practical, distance learning based rabbinical education. PRS is the only rabbinical school with a distinct focus on helping students launch innovative Jewish projects around the world. By simultaneously incubating future rabbis and future Jewish organizations, we are creating maximum benefit to Jewish life. Visit us at JewishPluralism.org to apply for our rabbinic cohort or join our Community Bet Midrash.

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