Thursday, February 10, 2000
HUC offers degrees in Jewish law, ethics
BY BEN L. KAUFMAN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Hebrew Union College confirmed this week that it has created a Ph.D. and M.A. in Jewish law and ethics in cooperation with the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
“It will be a phenomenal mix,” program coordinator Jonathan Cohen said. “That is huge. They will enrich each other.”
Official enrollment begins in the fall.
Degrees will be open to HUC rabbinic and graduate students and UC law and graduate students.
The curriculum will be like none other, Dr. Cohen said, because HUC offers “a Jewish law specialization on the basis of the wider perspective of ethical issues ... This is what this place is about.”
He said HUC is the ideal home for such a cooperative graduate degree because its ethos embraces “the openness of our tradition to the world.” It also values a “critical approach to our tradition” and the “examination of legal issues from a specifically ethical perspective.”
HUC is an international Reform seminary and a fully accredited graduate school.
Doctoral students will take six classes at UC law school, six joint UC/HUC classes and the remaining 12 at HUC. Master's candidates will take three classes at the law school, three joint classes and nine at HUC.
Dr. Cohen said students will benefit from a comparative perspective of Jewish and common law throughout the program, not in just one course.
Dr. Cohen is responsible for the joint HUC/UC class each semester, and administers the programs.
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