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JTS Appoints Rabbi Joel Seltzer as New Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement
Feb 14, 2023Rabbi 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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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, 2022JTS 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.
Read MoreBetween the Lines: Sephardic Food and Culture
Hélène Jawhara Piñer and Dr. Benjamin Gampel discuss Sephardic food and culture from a culinary-historical perspective.
Read MoreIn this course, Dr. Stefanie Siegmund will explore what life was like for Jews in the Italian states from 1300 to 1600.
Read MoreMitzvot: Obligation in Jewish Thought
What does it look like to value religious obligation in a world that privileges free choice and the rights of the individual? Join Dr. Sarah Wolf to explore classical and contemporary Jewish sources about “commandedness” and to consider the tensions between obligation and choice in the modern world.
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