Israel at a Crossroads—Expanding the Conversation Spring 2025 Learning Series Mondays, April 28–May 19, 2025 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET   This series builds on the discussions from JTS’s Israel at the>>>

April 7, 2025 On April 1-2, engaged audience members gathered to hear from experts in their fields, Israeli citizens, and spiritual leaders during a time of profound trauma. Through in-depth panel>>>

April 2, 2025 Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Vice Chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement, writes in the spirit of and the time following International Transgender Day of Visibility. Among the students I>>>

Acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret to lead the new master’s degree   March 31, 2025 (New York, New York) – The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is thrilled to announce the launch of our new MFA in>>>

5785 Passover Reader Now Available As you prepare for Passover, we invite you to explore a collection of thought-provoking essays to deepen your holiday experience. This year’s edition examines the>>>

The Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award Luncheon was held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. This year, JTS honored Neil Barr, Chair and Managing Partner, Davis Polk and>>>

March 19, 2025 On March 12, 2025, JTS welcomed Prof. Yemima Hadad of Leipzig for a lunchtime lecture in Jewish thought and political philosophy, entitled “Pregnancy as a Political Revolution:>>>

The Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ) will be featured in the exhibit “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book”  March 18, 2025, New York, NY — The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is proud to>>>

It is with profound sadness that I share the news that Robert S. Rifkind z”l, JTS Board of Trustee member, died late yesterday. A man of unwavering integrity, intellect, and boundless generosity, he>>>

JTS’s Student Ambassador initiative places a select group of rabbinical and cantorial students in Conservative synagogues across North America for one to two Shabbatot throughout the year. This>>>

March 4, 2025 “The Jewish people are so tiny in number that we often remark to one another that only two degrees separate us from our fellow Jews, not the proverbial six. Nowhere is this more evident>>>

Thirty-six high school students gathered in Washington, DC in early February for the inaugural Ruchot program.  Ruchot meaning “winds” in Hebrew, conjures up images of “winds of change.” This>>>

Last week, JTS Rabbinical School alumni, along with JTS faculty and staff, gathered together to remember their colleague and friend, Rabbi Fred Elias (z”l). Members of the Rabbinical School Class of>>>

On February 16–18, a delegation of 18 a delegation of 18 JTS undergraduate and graduate students and staff traveled to this year’s energizing Songleader Boot Camp in St. Louis, where they connected>>>

As we have mourned so many times since October 7, our hearts are once again filled with anguish. 
Baruch Dayan Ha’emet Shiri, Kfir, Ariel, and Oded. 

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The JTS cafe now accepts Flex as part of the Columbia Dining program. Flex, a dollar-for-dollar declining balance account, allows Columbia students, faculty and staff to add funds to as needed>>>

February 18, 2025 “As provost of The Jewish Theological Seminary and interim dean of its William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, I was appalled to read about an attack on a bookshop>>>

Last week, Dr. Robert Harris, JTS Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, hosted a one-day conference in partnership with the Academic Engagement Network on “Ecumenical Zionism: Jews>>>

February 11, 2025 On Friday, January 31–Sunday, February 2, 14 11th graders from around the country gathered at JTS for our first Emerging Leaders Fellowship Shabbaton. Over two days, they prayed>>>

The Jewish Theological Seminary is pleased to announce its newest exhibition entitled “Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book,” opening Wednesday, March 19. This new exhibition will feature>>>

January 22, 2025: Just days before the U.S. presidential inauguration, as analysts were continuing to examine post-election data on the polarization within Jewish communities and beyond, it felt like>>>

January 19, 2025After so many months of anguished prayers, JTS is deeply grateful that Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher have been released from captivity. May God’s mercy and the>>>

Michaels was most recently Chief Operating and Financial Officer at Camp Ramah in California January 13, 2025 — New York, NY— The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), one of the world’s preeminent>>>

What’s Next? New Ways of Engaging Jewish SourcesWinter 2024 Learning Series Mondays, February 3–March 24, 2025* 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET   JTS is well-known as a hub of innovative scholarship and a center>>>

Monday, December 23, 2024: Chancellor Eisen has appeared on several podcasts and in the media over the past few weeks, discussing his book, Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay, as>>>