MA IN APPLIED RABBINIC THEOLOGY (RABBINIC STUDENTS ONLY)

The MA in Applied Rabbinic Theology provides those studying for Rabbinic Ordination with the opportunity to combine the study of biblical and rabbinic texts at MA level with commensurate congregational and pastoral work and analysis, thus heightening the synergy between them. In addition, students will have the opportunity to study creative and comparative liturgy, Jewish responses to theodicy and readings in modern Jewish thought.

The MA in Applied Rabbinic Theology will be awarded to students who have successfully completed 180 credits. 60 credits are awarded for a dissertation of 20,000 words and the remaining 120 credits are obtained through the completion of modules. There are 195 contact hours. This course usually takes twenty months to complete.

This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University and you will receive a Middlesex award on successful completion.

Leo Baeck College is a pre-eminent institution of Jewish scholarship and learning open to all.

The College campus is situated on a seven-acre site in the heart of North London with good transport links to central London and the rest of the UK.

On site, LBC occupies the Grade II* listed Manor House where classrooms, seminar rooms, student study rooms and offices are located. The Manor House is also home to the Leo Baeck College Library, which contains one of the most outstanding Judaica collections of its kind in Europe.

The College building is part of the larger Sternberg Centre for Judaism site which includes the Akiva Jewish Primary School, Shofar Day Care Centre, the headquarters of the Movement for Reform Judaism, New North London Synagogue,a bookshop specialising in Judaica, a café and a mikveh.