AJRCA

01/05/2026

06/06/2025

AJRCA alum, Rabbi/Cantor Dr. Linda Bernstein's Mitzvah Power Academy series is beautifully celebrated in the San Diego Jewish World! Read more about this series and her amazing accomplishments.

Her latest venture is a Mitzvah Power Academy series written for 5- to 10-year-old-readers in which children known as the Haverim Heroes perform good deeds at home, in school, in their community, in space, and during time-travel adventures in which they interact with Jews of the past. [Donald H. Har...

06/05/2025

ICYMI: Recent AJRCA ordinee, Cantor Jenni Asher is featured in Haaretz! We are so proud of her accomplishments!

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06/04/2025

We are so proud of our special partnership with LMU, and grateful for their friendship, and commitment to Jewish life and learning on campus.

"In 2021 a partnership was launched between LMU and the Academy for Jewish Religion California (AJRCA), bringing interfaith scholars together for transformative dialogue, collaborative teaching and learning, and community-building initiatives."

Click the link to read more!

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03/24/2025

Have you registered for this week's virtual Spring Open House yet? We hope to see you there! You will have the opportunity to learn about our programs, meet students and faculty, and even attend a class.

There are two options to join - Thursday, March 27 and Sunday, March 30. Click below to register!

Learn more about our academically rigorous, spiritually […]

03/18/2025

Please join us this week for our Spiritual Care and Education Seminars!

The theme is The "Art" of the Matter: The Integration of Art in the Provision of Spiritual Care.

Learn more and register via the link below.

  AJRCA Spiritual Care and Education Seminars […]

02/24/2025

ICYMI: This thought provoking article by AJRCA alum Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon was published in J. Weekly last week!

MISHPATIM: The prohibition against boiling a kid in its mother’s milk never made sense to this rabbi — until a party about 20 years ago.

02/10/2025

ICYMI: We are so proud of AJRCA alum Jacqueline Rafii for the joy and music she brings to Valley Beth Shalom!

“We want to celebrate Jewish culture and its richness, bring the community together and uplift it.”– Jacqueline Rafii

12/23/2024

Torah Travels: A Psycho-Spiritual Journey Through the Weekly Torah Portion

10/20/2024

ICYMI: Read Rabbi Cantor Eva Robbins' beautiful contribution to the Sukkot edition of Table for Five!

Four Types Of Jew

10/07/2024

As we grieve those we lost on October 7th, 2023, and reflect on all we have endured since then, we offer this collection of writings and words of comfort by members of NAJC.

We are deeply grateful to Rabbi Lynn Liberman and Allison Atterberry for compiling this special collection.

09/30/2024

L'Shana Tova from all of us at AJRCA!

We invite you to read a special message, along with this week's d'var Torah, written by AJRCA President Rabbi Joshua Hoffman.

Wishing you and your loved ones a sweet new year!

Greetings, Learnings, and Invitations to Support our Work!   The Academy for Jewish Religion California wishes you and your family an abundance of blessings and joy as the new year begins. We pray the