I was to say the least, concerned. Among the two thousand Pennsylvania Special Olympics athletes, plus coaches, parents and volunteers streaming by, so far nary a Jewish star or kippah to easily indicate someone to interview for this paper. Wait, wait, Lior Liebling's name is on the participant list. I know him; he's Jewish. We're in the same congregations and he was the star in Praying with Lior, a film that documented his bar mitzvah as a person with Down Syndrome.
(Philadelphia) An accrual of timely major changes in clergy training at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) became apparent at the 2010 ceremonies graduating new rabbinic and cantorial clergy, and masters degree students. RRC is the seminary and movement founded upon the rational teachings of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan. His articulate demystification of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people afforded the conceptual grounding for the evolving nature of contemporary Jewish practice and clergy training.
Photo: Michael Gross confirmed as a rabbi during RRC graduation tallit ceremony
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