Hebrew Union College, founded by Reform Jews in Cincinnati in 1875, is the oldest Jewish seminary in North America.

        In 1950, HUC merged with a newer liberal seminary, the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, and became HUC-JIR.

        In Cincinnati, the heart of the institution and historic home of its presidents, it remains known simply as HUC with a campus on Clifton Avenue in Clifton.

        It opened campuses in Los Angeles (1954) and Jerusalem (1963).

        Today, HUC trains rabbis, cantors, educators and other Jewish communal professionals for Jews worldwide.

        Its Ph.D. program prepares Jewish and non-Jewish scholars for universities and seminaries.

        This year, HUC had 65 rabbinical students in Cincinnati, 72 in New York, 28 in Los Angeles, and 54 - some American - in Jerusalem.

        Overall, in its many programs and four campuses, HUC has about 1,500 students.

        Cincinnati remains its historic center, but its major museum is in Los Angeles and the provost and many administrators are in New York.

        In Cincinnati, the campus houses rabbinical training, graduate programs, a major library and rare books collection, a museum, and the American Jewish Archives.

        HUC in Cincinnati also is home to the Academy for Adult Interfaith Studies, which offers short courses to the public, a Center for the Study of Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems, a Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, and the HUC Archaeology Center.

Police data scattered, error-filled
Police creating new system
Justice Dept. officials returning to investigate
Three found dead after shootout
School plan faces Supreme Court test
Gay Pride Parade today
Taft's vetoes anger GOP
Body of 4th drowning victim found
Building an agenda for HUC
About Hebrew Union College
What good are naming rights?
Kick the mob out of council meetings
Speaking to council is not a right
Wyoming High alumni visit homes of their youth
Brownfields redeveloped
Civil War comes to life in Ohio
Covington seen as 'economic opportunity'
GOP no slouch at raising taxes
Deputy Sheriff, wife shot to death
Groups promote safe boating
Local Digest
Louisville's new council map shown
'Pioneers' pitch in at Taft High School
Rare heart ailment strikes 3 horses in southern Ohio
Retired officer dies in car wreck
Set-aside proposed to fix riot damage
Warren Co. revels in past