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Since 1980, rabbinic students at HUC-JIR/LA have enrolled in special classes to prepare them for visiting the sick (bikkur cholim) as one of a rabbi’s primary mitzvot. Students have also held clinical apprenticeships at major hospitals in Los Angeles, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica Hospital and City of Hope. The College-Institute is committed to training within the context of traditional rabbinic study. Occasionally, rabbinic students are joined in healthcare work by colleagues from the HUC-JIR School of Jewish Communal Service.
Mr. Kalsman passed away shortly before the first conference to bear his name, but his legacy and spirit carry on. Lee Kalsman lead her family— her children and grandchildren— in the development of this center for public discourse and spiritual care, before she died in September 2003.
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Rabbi Bill Cutter on the Institute’s origins. (click picture to view highlights). |