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JTS Partners with Jewish Art Salon to Present Multi-Venue Art Exhibition
May 10, 2023
JTS to host an art exhibition entitled “Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity” in partnership with The Interchurch Center and Riverside Church.
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Eulogy for Rabbi Harold Kushner (z”l)
May 4, 2023
JTS’s Rabbi Gordon Tucker delivered a eulogy at the funeral of Rabbi Harold Kushner (z”l), the beloved rabbi, best-selling author, and JTS alum.
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JTS Appoints New Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures
Apr 19, 2023
Dr. Yitz Landes joins JTS as Assistant Professor of Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures.
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New Library Exhibition: Living Yiddish in New York
Apr 17, 2023
New exhibition explores a snapshot of New York as it became a center of modern Yiddish culture.
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Faculty Member Participates in Talmudic Philology Workshop
Apr 3, 2023
Professor Jonathan Milgram, associate professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, attended a “Talmudic Philology and Classical Philology” workshop at Vanderbilt University.
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JTS Statement on the Outpouring of Concern for Israeli Democracy
Mar 28, 2023
This is no ordinary political disagreement. What is unfolding in Israeli society today is a struggle about the basic principles of Zionism and its aspiration to create a democratic country protecting the rights of all its inhabitants.
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Hayyei Sarah: A Shabbat of Comfort and Healing
Feb 19, 2023
Rabbi Naomi Kalish, director of the Center for Pastoral Education at JTS, reflected on the story of Abraham from Parashat Hayyei Sarah and related it to many people’s experiences during the pandemic. As a result, she created a Shabbat program called “Hayyei Sarah: Finding Comfort and Renewal in Jewish Sources.” Utilizing the topics of this specific parashah, death, burial, loss, grief, consolation, and reconciliation, the same issues we struggled with during the pandemic, we partnered with synagogues to create special programs where we explored themes dedicated to spiritual care, healing, compassion and resilience.
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JTS Appoints Rabbi Joel Seltzer as New Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement
Feb 14, 2023
Rabbi Joel Seltzer, a JTS alum, was appointed to serve as Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement. In this role, Rabbi Seltzer will lead the institution’s development and communications efforts.
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Spring 2023 Learning Series
Jan 18, 2023
On Monday, January 30, JTS will launch its new spring learning series, entitled “The Space In-Between: Thresholds and Borders in Jewish Life and Thought.” Join JTS scholars to delve into the idea of liminality—the time or space in between—which we encounter often in Jewish ritual, identity, law, and life.
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JTS Remembers Professor Menahem Schmelzer
Dec 13, 2022
JTS and the world of Judaic studies have lost a towering scholar and a beloved colleague and teacher with the death of Dr. Menaham Schmelzer, the Albert B. and Bernice Cohen Professor Emeritus of Medieval Hebrew Literature and Jewish Bibliography.
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