Hebrew College Will Admit Rabbinical Students in Interfaith Marriages

Hebrew College in Massachusetts announced that it will now admit students to its rabbinical programs even if they are in interfaith relationships, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported.

Previously, such students could not be admitted.

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College’s president, announced the change in an email to students and graduates on Tuesday evening. She said the decision, which followed a year and a half of review, came amid a broad revision of the seminary’s “guiding principles for admission and ordination.”