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The Jewish Theological Seminary
The Jewish Theological Seminary is offering a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) to
seminarians of all faiths during the summer (end of May to beginning of August). Specific
dates are available on the website of the Center for Pastoral Education. The program is fully
accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). There are five positions
available for chaplain interns, who will complete their clinical hours at Zicklin Jewish Hospice
Residence in Riverdale, New York, Jacob Perlow Hospice and Metropolitan Jewish Hospice.
This program is possible thanks to the generous funding by the Caring Commission of UJA-
Federation of New York.
Structure of the CPE Program
• The unit of CPE consists of 300 hours of clinical work with hospice patients and their
families and 100 hours of supervision.
• Interns will work at their clinical placement sites on Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:00
a.m. – 6 p.m., and Fridays, 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Interns will meet at JTS on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for
intensive educational programming and supervision. The educational components of
CPE include student presentations of verbatims—written reports of individual visits with
patients, with extensive attention paid to pastoral skills, pastoral identity, and pastoral
theology.
• Students will also participate in weekly individual supervision and regular Interpersonal
Relations seminars (IPR). IPR is an open-agenda seminar in which students focus on
developing interpersonal skills by engaging in an in-the-moment learning process, with
an emphasis on recognizing feelings and learning how to journey deeply with others.
• In addition, students are offered didactics (learning seminars) on a variety of topics
related to pastoral care, with contributions by academic faculty members.
• ACPE is grounded in the reflective practitioner model of learning, which helps students
integrate their identities and prior knowledge with the new insights that emerge in the
process of practicing pastoral care.
A single unit of CPE is appropriate for any seminarian interested in developing skills for
helping people in crisis. The program emphasizes pastoral skill building, the formation of a
pastoral identity, and the articulation of a theology that emerges out of encounters with
suffering. This learning is helpful to clergy who plan to serve in a wide array of settings.
For comprehensive information about Clinical Pastoral Education, please go to the website of
the ACPE.
Center for Pastoral Education
www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Center_for_Pastoral_Education.xml
3080 Broadway
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New York, NY 10027
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Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisors
Rabbi Mollie Cantor is a supervisory education resident at JTS. Until 2010 she served as the
pediatric chaplain at the Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai Medical Center, where she
was a member of the pediatric palliative care team, providing spiritual care to patients and
families of all religious and cultural backgrounds. Previously, she served as chaplain at
Calvary Hospital, which specializes in pain and palliative care for people with advanced
cancers. Rabbi Cantor was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
and completed her chaplaincy training at the Healthcare Chaplaincy in New York.
Rabbi Mychal B. Springer is director of the Center for Pastoral Education and the Helen Fried
Kirshblum Goldstein Chair in Professional and Pastoral Skills at JTS. She earned her BA from
Yale College (1987) and was ordained and earned a master's degree in Judaic Studies at
JTS (1992). Rabbi Springer is a certified supervisor in the ACPE and a certified Jewish
chaplain. She has experience supervising Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, Episcopalian,
Buddhist, and Muslim clergy, chaplains, and students.
Tuition and Academic Credit
• CPE tuition for the summer unit is $750.
• Thanks to the generosity of UJA-Federation of New York, participants will receive a
$2,500 stipend for tuition and living expenses.
• Students at JTS earn academic credit for the unit of CPE by registering for PAS
7431/7432, the Kaplan Pastoral Internship Program.
Application Process
• Applications are available at www.jtsa.edu/CenterforPastoralEducation.xml.
• The applications deadline is November 1, 2011. Submit applications to Rabbi Mollie
Cantor at mocantor@jtsa.edu or at Center for Pastoral Education, The Jewish Theological
Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027.
• Qualified applicants will be interviewed by Rabbi Cantor, supervisory education resident,
followed by an interview with a hospice site supervisor.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Rabbi Cantor at mocantor@jtsa.edu.
Levels I, II, and Supervisory CPE at the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS, is accredited by
the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, www.acpe.edu, 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite
103, Decatur, GA 30033-4635; phone: (404) 320-1472.
The Center for Pastoral Education at JTS receives generous funding from the Charles H.
Revson Foundation and the Booth Ferris Foundation.
Center for Pastoral Education
www.jtsa.edu/Academics/Center_for_Pastoral_Education.xml
3080 Broadway
Brush 507
New York, NY 10027
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