The mission of Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary is to bring the Jewish community around the world together.
Our vision is to provide the very best in practical, distance learning-based rabbinical education. PRS is the only rabbinical school with a distinct focus on helping students launch innovative Jewish projects around the world. By simultaneously incubating future rabbis and future Jewish organizations, we are creating maximum benefit to Jewish life.
Our educators span the religious spectrum and we appreciate the diversity of voices we provide to our students. We are especially seeking those educators who can translate complex subjects and materials into practical, useful skills our students will need.
While we actively recruit rabbis, cantors, and Jewish studies professors, we are open to those with nontraditional backgrounds who can show that their educational and work experience translates into higher education.
Available positions
Asynchronous Course Instructor (Contract)
Pluralistic Rabbinical Seminary is seeking Jewish educators for adjunct course development for our rabbinical smicha program. Course materials are presented using self-guided podcast-based units, video, handouts, and outside resources. Courses we’re seeking instructors to develop include:
- American Jewish Literature
- Modern Hebrew Literature and Poetry
- Halachic Literature (Surveys of Shulchan Aruch, Mishneh Torah, etc.)
- Feminist Jewish Thought
- Modern Torah Commentaries
- Prayer in Rabbinic Literature
- Septuagint
- Apocrypha
- Machzor
- Genesis Rabbah
- Overview of Jewish Languages and Their Histories
- Jewish Bioethics
Each course will be six units and include the following:
- Either video or audio lectures
- Required reading lists and/or supplementary readings (.pdf handouts)
- Quizzes for each unit. This is a mix of true/false, multiple choice (a question with more than one answer) and single answer questions, not essay or other things that need to be graded by a person. Please provide an answer key/rubric for your quizzes
Course instructors will not be teaching courses live or required to participate in any other activities at PRS.
Compensation is $750.00 USD per course. Those living outside the USA will receive a pay increase relative to their country’s currency. We welcome the opportunity to have one instructor create all courses. However, we encourage instructors to focus on those courses they are most interested and passionate about.
We believe in academic freedom and will not place any mandates on what is taught or not in your course.
Contact Information
Persons interested in developing courses for PRS as Course Instructors should send a resume and email to prs@jewishpluralism.org
Please put “Asynchronous Course Instructor” in the subject line.