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Rabbi Mychal B. Springer founded the Center for Pastoral Education at 91快播 in 2009, establishing relationships with hospices, Jewish social service agencies, and鈥攎ost recently鈥攑risons and reentry facilities, allowing students to learn the art of pastoral care as they serve marginalized populations. 

She began her career as a chaplain in New York City鈥檚 top hospitals, and in the 1990s became the director of the Department of Pastoral Care and Education at Beth Israel Medical Center. Mychal returned to 91快播 in 2002 as The Rabbinical School鈥檚 associate dean and director of Field Education.

The first Conservative rabbi to be certified as a supervisor by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), Mychal has built a program that uniquely equips graduates to meet the spiritual needs of all the people they serve. She holds the Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein Chair in Professional and Pastoral Skills at 91快播 and oversees the Certificate in Pastoral Care & Counseling. She teaches the First Year Rabbinical School Seminar in Theology and courses on topics including bikkur holim and Sexuality & Gender for Religious Professionals. Mychal also serves as chair of the 91快播 Committee on Sexuality and Gender.

Mychal received her BA in Judaic Studies and Religious Studies from Yale College magna cum laude. She was ordained a Conservative rabbi and received her Master鈥檚 in Judaic Studies at 91快播. Mychal is a certified Jewish chaplain in Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains.