JTS Alumni in the World: Scholarship and Impact
SUMMER 2024 LEARNING SERIES
Mondays, June 17 – August 12, 2024
1:00–2:30 p.m. ET
Join esteemed JTS alumni to hear about the important contributions they are making through their work as scholars and thought leaders in their fields. Through their engagement with Jewish text, history, and thought, they are enhancing the spiritual and personal lives of individuals, building more inclusive communities, and preparing the leaders of tomorrow, ensuring a stronger Jewish future.
Sources for Rabbi Ora Horn Prouser’s August 12th Session
Jews in the American Political and Public Square
with Dr. Lauren Strauss (Kekst Graduate School ‘04) Professor of Modern Jewish History,
American University
Religious Misconceptions:
American Jews and the Politics of Abortion
with Dr. Rachel Kranson (Kekst Graduate School ‘00), Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Jewish Studies, University of Pittsburgh
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Judaism is About Love
with Rabbi Shai Held, PhD (Rabbinical School ’99), President and Dean, Hadar Institute
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X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos who Helped Defeat the Nazis
with Dr. Leah Garrett (Kekst Graduate School ‘07), Larry A. and Klara Silverstein Chair in Jewish Studies and Director of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York
Zionism and Antisemitism on Campus and Beyond
Dr. Michael Kay (Day School Leadership Training Institute ‘08), Head of School, The Leffell School and Rabbi Jason Rubenstein (Rabbinical School ’11), Executive Director, Harvard Hillel
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American Jewish Evangelical Interfaith Relations and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
with Dr. Amy Weiss (Kekst Graduate School ‘99), Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History, University of Hartford
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Innovations in Ritual and Halakhah (Law)
Around Jewish Divorce
with Rabbi Pamela Barmash, PhD (Rabbinical School ’90), Chair of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, The Rabbinical Assembly, and Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew, Washington University and Rabbi Karen Reiss Medwed, PhD (Rabbinical School ’95), Member of the Joint Bet Din of the Conservative Movement and Senior Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs and Network Engagement, Northeastern University College of Professional Studies
Rabbi, Will You Do Our Wedding?
New Approaches to Working with Interfaith Couples
with Rabbi Aaron Brusso (Rabbinical School ’00, Kekst Graduate School), Rabbi of Bet Torah, Mt. Kisco, NY
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A New Understanding of B’Tzelem Elohim:
Biblical Text Through the Lens of Disability Studies
with Dr. Ora Horn Prouser (Kekst Graduate School ‘91), CEO and Academic Dean, Academy for Jewish Religion
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