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In Chancellor Eisen's article—"Moses, Pharaoh, and the Candidates"—on huffingtonpost.com, he compares the leadership of Moses with that of Republican presidential candidates.

Pregnant Pause

Rabbi Mychal Springer is quoted in tablet.com's article "Pregnant Pause," about superstition during pregnancy.

Examining Unconventional Judaism at UCLA

"800,000: That's the number of Jews who come in contact with Orthodox Judaism annually," Dr. Jack Wertheimer is quoted as telling a symposium in February at UCLA. His presentation is summarized in the article "Examining Unconventional Judaism at UCLA."

Justice Breyer at JTS

JTS's Justice Stephen G. Breyer lecture, "Making Our Democracy Work," is covered by the New Jersey Jewish News in "Justice Breyer at JTS."

The Voices Of Terezin

The Jewish Week writes about "Praying for Our Lives," which premiered on February 4 at Symphony Space in Manhattan. The Cassatt Quartet commissioned and performed this new piece by JTS Assistant Adjunct Professor Gerald Cohen, who was inspired by music written at Terezin.

Pastoral Education Edges Into Mainstream

Rabbi Mychal Springer, director of JTS’s Center for Clinical Pastoral Education, is quoted in the Jewish Week’s “Pastoral Education Edges Into Mainstream.” The article reports on the field of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), which Dr. Springer helped to pioneer; the recent UJA-Federation of New York CPE conference, at which Dr. Springer spoke; and the news that JTS has made CPE mandatory for all incoming rabbinic students.

Day School Numbers Not So Bad

Writing in the Forward about survey data from the AVI CHAI Foundation, Dr. Jack Wertheimer suggests that the declining “Day School Numbers [Are] Not So Bad,” and the system itself is not in decline.

Framing the Training for Our Emerging Jewish Experiential Educators

A recent article on ejewishphilanthropy.com—“Framing the Training for Our Emerging Jewish Experiential Educators”—describes the approach that Dr. Jeffrey Kress and Program Coordinator Mark S. Young took when designing and implementing The Davidson School’s first-year seminar in Experiential Learning for its master’s program in Jewish Experiential Education.

Tim Tebow and the Lessons of Hanukkah

Siddur: 'Thank God for Making Me a Woman'

From Darkness to Light: Entering Holy Time

In “From Darkness to Light: Entering Holy Time,” Dr. Eitan Fishbane says that “the candles we light at this darkest time of the year also remind us of our yearning to reconnect with the Source that is all light, the great and unified flame of Being that ignites unique sparks of spiritual awareness in each of us.”

Schechter Institute Opens New Jerusalem Campus

The JTA reports in “Schechter Institute Opens New Jerusalem Campus” that the Schecter Institute, built on JTS-owned property, will now house the largest master's of Jewish Studies program in Israel.

Acts of Kindness, Acts of Shame

Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi, principal of the Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School of The Jewish Theological Seminary, wrote an op-ed piece called “Acts of Kindness, Acts of Shame” for the Jewish Week. In it she talks about bringing lessons from real life to her students at Ivry Prozdor: some stories of altruism and some that cause consternation to the Jewish community.

Promoting Men's Jewish Engagement

US Social Work Students Visit Israel

The Pilgrim Family: A Jewish Perspective On Thanksgiving

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of JTS, gives thanks that Thanksgiving is an American holiday that Jews can fully participate in.

Read Chancellor Eisen's latest for The Huffington Post, "Finding the Joys of Jewish Community at Camp Ramah"

Chancellor Arnold Eisen for The Huffington Post, "Finding the Joys of Jewish Community at Camp Ramah"

Appreciating, and Learning to Talk About, Israel

Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen's Yom Ha'atzma'ut Article in The Jewish Week

Schechter Day Schools Reinvent Identity

Solomon Schechter Day School Association introduces renewed focus on how its schools prepare students to engage the world.

JTS Alumna Nehama Gleiberman Teller at 100: Still a Gitte Neshumah

JTS Alumna Nehama Gleiberman Teller Recalls Her Years at 3080 Broadway

Unveiled

A collection of ketubbot at New York’s Jewish Museum prompts The Jewish Theological Seminary’s chancellor to consider marriage contracts from medieval times to our own

The Whimsy, Confusion and Hope of Purim

Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen’s Purim Article in The Huffington Post

Chancellor Eisen Responds to the Draft USCJ Strategic Plan

Presidents and Providence

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of JTS, discusses God's action in history in a piece written for Presidents' Day.

The Confounding, All-Penetrating and Revolutionary Voice of God

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of JTS, discusses the meaning of the Covenant at Mount Sinai.

Talmud: The Back Story

Dr. Shamma Friedman is profiled in this piece on his efforts to research and illuminate the history of the Talmud.

King and Heschel: A Politics of Prophecy

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of JTS, explores the partnership of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr.

Art Intended to Make the End of Life Beautiful

The New York Times Profiles JTS Artist-in-Residence Tobi Kahn

A Jew at Christmas

Professor Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of JTS, discusses what it means for him to be a Jew at Christmas.

Because Pluralism Is Our Fundamentalism

Professor Burton Visotzky is photographed in New York Magazine: “Reasons to Love New York”

The Red Bridle

Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky discusses why we are commanded not to look away from poverty.

Small-City Congregations Try to Preserve Rituals of Jewish Life

Rabbi Mychal Springer is quoted in this article

Why a Jewish Seminary Must Find Common Ground With Islam

Chancellor Arnold Eisen Discusses The Need for Interreligious Dialogue and Partnership

Seminal Moment at JTS for Muslim-Jewish Relations in America

Article on the landmark "Judaism and Islam in America Today: Assimilation and Authenticity" event at JTS

At Conservative Seminary, Getting Beyond Park51

Panel featuring JTS chancellor and faculty, along with Islamic academics and laity, draws 700.

Pastoral Care: Crucial Learning We Often Overlook

Rabbi Mychal Springer is cited in this article about the power of emotional learning in CPE programs.

Grant Enables Third Judaic Studies Post at Portland State

JTS alumnus Loren Spielman (GS '10) is hired at Portland State University and cites The Graduate School as a fundamental part of his training for this new role.

Newly Ordained Find the 2010 Spiritual Job Market a Tough Place To Sell Their Wares

Dean Daniel Nevins is quoted in this article, which mentions that nearly all of the 2010 JTS Rabbinical School graduates have been able to find employment.

The Cost of Being Jewish

Chancellor Arnold Eisen and Dr. Jack Wertheimer are quoted in this piece about the rising costs of synagogue membership, day school tuition, and summer camp.

Grant Pushes Historic Partnership of Seminaries

An article about the Jim Joseph Foundation’s recent $15 million grant to JTS, HUC, and YU; Chancellor Eisen is quoted.

Goodbye Wissenschaft, Hello Relevance

Brandeis professor Jonathan Sarna praises JTS’s new strategic plan

Growing Up, Kagan Tests Boundaries of Her Faith

Professor Shuly Schwartz, Dean of List College, is quoted in this piece about Supreme Court Justice nominee Elana Kagan’s Jewish upbringing.

How does a rabbi get involved in dialogue with Muslims?

An interview with Burt Visotsky about his work with the Muslim community

Yiddish studies center to open in Israel

A press release announces David Roskies appointment as the head of the new Yiddish studies center at Ben Gurion University in Israel