Reena Sigman Friedman, Ph.D.

Dr. Reena Sigman Friedman is associate professor of Modern Jewish History at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, as well as adjunct professor of Jewish History at Gratz College. She is the author of These Are Our Children: Jewish Orphanages in the United States, 1880-1925, several encyclopedia entries and numerous scholarly articles. Dr. Friedman lectures widely on topics relating to various aspects of American Jewish history.

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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