Professional and Pastoral Skills

Faculty

Senior Lecturer

Daniel Nevins, Chair

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Laura Gold

Adjunct Lecturers

Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Barry Dov Katz
Craig Scheff
Jeffrey Silberman
Mychal B. Springer
Ute Steyer
Jan Uhrbach
Simkha Y. Weintraub

Coordinator of Field Education

Jonathan Lipnick

Program

The Department of Professional and Pastoral Skills prepares students to meet their future rabbinic and cantorial responsibilities. Through courses, seminars, internships, rotations, and workshops, students acquire skills in leadership, pastoral counseling, communication, and administration.

Courses are designed to provide the skills and confidence to meet the challenges of the contemporary Jewish community. Each student is guided in the deepening of his/her personal religious commitment and trained to articulate a vision of Jewish life that will inspire the next generation of Conservative Jews to embrace traditional values and practices that give definition to the Jewish experience.

Classes not specifically designed for cantorial/rabbinical candidates are open to all JTS students.

Fall 2010–Spring 2011 Courses