Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer, Ph.D.,
Director, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, RRC.
A 1982 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Fuchs-Kreimer holds an M.A. from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the Temple University Department of Religion. She has led the RRC Religious Studies Department (now called the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives) since 1991. She is a board member of the Interfaith Center of Philadelphia and Metanexus Institute for Science and Religion. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Jewish Social Studies, Religious Education, Cross Currents, Lilith and The Reconstructionist.
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Rabbi Melissa Heller
Rabbi Melissa Heller, Program Manager, Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, Adjunct Faculty, RRC
Heller received her Masters of Arts in Hebrew Letters and rabbinic ordination from RRC in 2008. She also holds a BA in History, with a concentration in Jewish Studies, from Binghamton University. In addition to her work as Program Manager for the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives, she also teaches courses in history and text at RRC. Heller also serves as adjunct faculty at the Lutheran Theological Seminary of Philadelphia and Temple University. She has served as a teacher, chaplain and organizational manager in a variety of settings.
