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JTS Names Its Graduate School for Gershon Kekst, Former Board Chairman

Feb 12, 2016

The Graduate School will be named the Gershon Kekst Graduate School in honor of its longtime leader, advisor, and supporter, Gershon Kekst.

The Jewish Theological Seminary Confers 103 Degrees at 2015 Commencement

The distinguished graduates are the newest JTS cohort of professional and lay leaders set to serve around the globe as rabbis, educators, cantors, scholars, and community leaders.

Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor, JTS, Shares 2015 Commencement Remarks

Remarks from Chancellor Eisen at JTS’s 2015 commencement.

JTS Alumni and Student Named to the Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” List of Visionary Leaders

The Jewish Week’s eighth annual “36 Under 36” list of rising Jewish innovators features JTS alum Ira Stup (LC ’09) and current student Raysh Weiss.

JTS Partners with Congregation Chevrei Tzedek to Expand Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Lead

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is pleased to announce an important partnership with Congregation Chevrei Tzedek of Baltimore, Maryland as part of the Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Leadership, a joint project between JTS and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

JTS’s 2015 Honorary Degree Recipients Share Remarks

Watch JTS’s 2015 Honorary Degree Recipients.

Alan Levine Named Chair of the JTS Board of Trustees, Succeeding Abby Joseph Cohen

Alan Levine, a partner in the international law firm of Cooley LLP and a leading trial lawyer in the United States, has been named Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), effective July 1. He succeeds Abby Joseph Cohen, who has served as chair of the JTS Board since 2009. Mr. Levine joined the JTS Board in 1998 and assumed the role of vice chair in 2009.

Six JTS Alumni Awarded Seeds of Innovation Grants

Feb 11, 2016

The Project supports alumni who are pioneering new ideas that foster Jewish engagement.

JTS to Establish the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is pleased to announce the creation of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts in honor of Gilda and Henry Block and in memory of their dear friend, Kenneth Kolker (z”l). Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, director of Liturgical Arts at JTS, will serve as the Center’s director. Expected to open this fall, the Center will be an incubator for inventive forms of prayer and liturgy, building community through learning and meaningful shared experiences.

Art Exhibition at JTS Will Explore Transformations in Identity and Contemporary Jewish Life

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is pleased to announce the opening of Traversing Tradition: Transformation in and of Contemporary Jewish Life, the fourth visual arts exhibition in the JTS Arts Advisory Board’s ongoing initiative to create and sustain arts programming at JTS. Installations in a wide range of media–including video, photography, and neon–by artists Tamar Ettun, Jake Levin, Angela Strassheim, Silvio Wolf, Gil Yefman, and Sarah Zell Young will explore personal and cultural transformations, drawing inspiration from Jewish texts and traditions associated with dietary laws, prayer, birth, and death. On view beginning September 10, 2015, the exhibition will emerge in two stages during the academic year as JTS begins a major renovation and expansion of its campus facilities, creating a centralized and modernized residence hall, a prominent auditorium and conference center, and a state-of-the-art library.