Dr. Tamar Frankiel, AJRCA Dean of Academic Affairs, was an invited presenter at Limmud at Warwick University in the UK, December 25-30, 2010. She presented two sessions on Jewish mysticism, "Jewish Prayer and the Four Worlds," and "The Worlds of Your Dreams" and one session on women's issues. She was also a co-presenter in a session on new inter-religious activities, and participated in a debate on "The Challenge of Atheism." Dedicated to Jewish learning in all its diversity, Limmud began in the UK thirty years ago and there are now over 50 Limmud groups around the world.

On January 2, 2011 Cantor Nate Lam, Dean of AJRCA's Cantorial School, along with alums Cantors Phil Baron,'05 and Paul Buch, '05 and  AJRCA cantorial students, Sandy Bernstein, Marcus Feldman and Sarah Fortman were soloists in the Cantors of the Western Region concert "An Evening of Song and Spirit" at Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles. They were joined by Cantor Rebekah Mirsky, '10 and cantorial student Rachel Neubauer in the choir. The concert was the precursor to the Mid-Winter conference sponsored by CAWR (Cantors Assembly Western Region), ACC (American Conference of Cantors) and GTM (Guild of Temple Musicians) held in Palm Springs, CA from January 3^rd to 5^th.

Faculty member, and former president and provost of AJRCA,

Rabbi Mordecai Finley, PhD, has been invited to write a regular web log in the Huffington Post on the spiritual, psychological and moral dimensions of divorce, a new "shelf" on the HuffPost.

On Sunday, January 2nd, the first interfaith "Storahtelling" program in Colorado took place at Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, CO. Rabbi Birdie Becker, '10 co-produced and presented "Face to Face," a creative adaptation of Chapter 32 in Genesis, serving as the centerpiece of the congregation's worship service that morning, and attended by over 350 people during two separate services. Storahtelling is a fusion of storytelling, Torah, contemporary performance art and traditional ritual theater. It has grown into an international network of educators and artists. Rabbi Becker became one of seven 'Mile High Storahtelling Mavens', trained individuals who bring innovation to the Torah service, in 2008. In addition to being the Program Director for "Storahtelling Colorado," Rabbi Becker serves as Rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, CO.