The oldest U.S. Jewish seminary, Hebrew Union College, shuts down a rabbinical program

Hebrew Union College, the oldest Jewish seminary in the United States, was established in 1875 in Cincinnati by the founder of Reform Judaism in North America. The college has other campuses, but its rabbinical program in Cincinnati will shut down and graduate its last four students at the end of the first week in May. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The final class of students at the first permanent Jewish institution of higher learning in America will graduate this weekend. …