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2025 Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award Luncheon

2025 Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award Luncheon

Mar 27, 2025

The Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award Luncheon was held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, honoring Neil Barr, Chair and Managing Partner, Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, and Thomas J. Reid, Chief Legal Officer at Comcast Corporation.

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Prof. Yemima Hadad (Leipzig University) Visits JTS to Lecture on Margarete Susman, Hannah Arendt, and Martin Buber

Prof. Yemima Hadad (Leipzig University) Visits JTS to Lecture on Margarete Susman, Hannah Arendt, and Martin Buber

Mar 19, 2025

JTS welcomed Prof. Yemima Hadad for a lunchtime lecture entitled “Pregnancy as a Political Metaphor: Margarete Susman and Hannah Arendt Giving Birth to Revolution in Times of War,” which presented material from her new work in feminist philosophy.

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The World’s Oldest Jewish Book on Display at The Jewish Theological Seminary   

The World’s Oldest Jewish Book on Display at The Jewish Theological Seminary   

Mar 18, 2025

The Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ) will be featured in the exhibit “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book,” on display from March 19–July 17.

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Upcoming Events

Mar 30

List College Spring Open House and Shadow Day 2025

JTS | Admissions

Explore life as a List College student in our dual-degree programs with Columbia University and Barnard College.

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Mar 31

JTS MFA in Writing: The Power of Storytelling (New date!)

Online | What’s Next? New Ways of Engaging Jewish Sources

This session is a special preview of JTS’s new MFA in creative writing, which will foster an inclusive community of writers from around the world.

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Apr 1

Israel at a Crossroads: Navigating Religion, Democracy, and Justice

JTS | Public Lectures & Events

This convening explores the challenges Israel faces in pursuing justice, inclusion, and healing in the wake of profound trauma. 

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Apr 23

Staged Reading: Der Nes in Geto (The Miracle in the Warsaw Ghetto) 

JTS | Community Events | Public Lectures & Events

In observance of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and JTS will present a reading of the inspiring play Der Nes in Geto (The Miracle in the Warsaw Ghetto), which was written and produced in New York in the autumn of 1944, just 18 months after the historic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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May 29

Fundamentals of Biblical Hebrew: Reading and Pronunciation

Online | Biblical Hebrew

In eight live online sessions, learn to read Biblical Hebrew consonants and vowels with confidence.

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