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The Straus-Amiel Rabbi Emanuel Rackman Program 
For Practical Rabbinics

The Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary is producing a new breed of rabbi who is as fluent in secular studies as in Jewish law. These modern leaders and educators receive their practical rabbinic training in the Straus-Amiel program, where they are given the skills and tools to effectively serve in the modern, heterogeneous Jewish communities of today’s Diaspora. The highly motivated participants in the one-year program are talented individuals between the ages of 25-35, with academic backgrounds in addition to their Halachic knowledge, fluency in a second language, teaching experience, and a modern, Zionist outlook. On average, 30 graduates of this program are placed throughout the world each year. Over 150 Ohr Torah Stone rabbis and educators - characterized by a dynamic synthesis of Jewish values, tolerance and kindness - are inspiring and energizing communities spanning the globe, effectively communicating the Ohr Torah Stone principles of unity.

For further details regarding the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary's Straus-Amiel program for Practical Rabbinics, or regarding placement of candidates for Diaspora communities, please contact program director Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum at strausrabbis@ohrtorahstone.org.il