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Harvey Bock, adjunct lecturer in Hebrew (left), helping second year students Jeremy Fierstien and Julia Appel study the Talmud at Hebrew College in Massachusetts last month. (AP) Last update - 11:51 19/03/2008 Multi-denominational rabbinical school to graduate its first class By The Associated Press Tags: rabbinical, Jewish  NEWTON, Massachusetts - She is a former Jewish matchmaker raised in a strict Orthodox tradition in South Africa who still keeps kosher and observes the Sabbath. He is a carpenter whose expansive spiritual search included years in a remote interfaith meditation community in New Mexico. At The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, Judith Ehrlich and Stephen Landau make perfect classmates. Advertisement The school is the country's only full-time, accredited transdenominational rabbinical school, and this spring, Ehrlich and Landau will be part of its first graduating class. "There's an openness here to the wisdom that comes from everywhere," Landau said. "It makes you learn about how the world really is instead of shutting your eyes to people who don't agree with you." Hebrew College president David Gordis opened the seminary there five years ago as denominational labels were becoming less relevant in American religious life, including within the Jewish community. He believed rabbis needed a deeper understanding of the full range of Jewish thought. "Practical training can't be measured until after graduates go out and prove themselves," Gordis said. But he said was excited about the school's start. "Everything in life is an experiment," he said. Related articles: A living Talmud encyclopedia U.K. Jewish school sued for barring pupil over conversion In the U.S. the new spirituality leads into the rabbi's office Israel's Conservative seminary says no to homosexual students Bookmark to del.icio.us   My three homelands French Vogue chose Lizzie Doron as one of Israel's influential authors. President Barghouti Jailed Tanzim leader says he's considering running in next PA presidential elections.   1.   Clearly We Won`t Accept These "McRabbis" 06:06  |  Yishai Kohen 19/03/08   2.   aint no orthodox there 06:08  |  david 19/03/08   3.   Semicha 09:24  |  Joe 19/03/08   4.   #1 - Joe 10:02  |  Yitz 19/03/08   5.   #1 Yishai Kohen and religious freedom 11:03  |  SJ 19/03/08   6.   #1 Yishai Kohen and religious freedom 11:07  |  SJ 19/03/08   7.   Harassed not by gay men but more that gay men 11:54  |  Di 19/03/08   8.   No 7 12:30  |  Leah123 19/03/08   9.   I would not want this "kind" of surgeon, piano teacher... 13:00  |  sptz 19/03/08   10.   israeli conversion system 13:04  |  felix 19/03/08   11.   response to #9 13:45  |  jew 19/03/08   12.   Here are few thoughts 14:40  |  A Thinker 19/03/08   13.   May You Continue to Prosper and Grow!! 15:45  |  Yaakov Sullivan 19/03/08

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