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As Ohio again tries to block closure of Reform seminary, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati

JL;DR SUMMARY A legal battle is unfolding in Ohio as the state's Attorney General, Dave Yost, has filed a second lawsuit to prevent the closure of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's historic Cincinnati campus. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityLawsuitReform JudaismHebrew Union CollegeOhioRabbinical EducationCincinnatiCollege For Contemporary JudaismRabbi Sally PriesandDave Yost

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
"The attorney general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nations largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its historic Cincinnati campus a divisive move that has also prompted the creation of a new rabbinical school in the city."
New York, United States
"focus on their other campuses in New York and Los Angeles,"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"focus on their other campuses in New York and Los Angeles,"

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