The Jewish Theological Seminary
JTS in Your Community
Public Lectures and Events
Where Interesting Conversations Happen.
Each year, JTS’s public lectures and conferences feature engaging personalities who tackle modern issues as viewed through a Jewish lens. These events, open to the community at large, provide a forum where scholars, writers, and community leaders can explore the vital topics that affect our lives.
Unless otherwise indicated below, admission is free, but reservations are required; email publicevents@jtsa.edu or call (212) 280-6093.
- Please arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to each program.
- Have photo ID available.
- All events are held at JTS, unless otherwise noted
Join our mailing list by sending your name and mailing address to publicevents@jtsa.edu or call (212) 280-6093.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Professor Arnold Eisen, Rabbi Julie Roth, Rabbi Gordon Tucker, and Rabbi Neil Gillman: |
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Thursday, February 4, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Dr. Jonathan Sarna: |
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Dr. Janna Levin and (Part of the Louis Finkelstein Institute Series on Science and Religion) |
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Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. |
Dr. Alan Mittleman: (Part of The Library's "Faculty Book Talks" series) |
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Dr. Vivian Mann: (Part of the JTS Library Faculty Book Talks series) |
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Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m. |
Dr. Noam Zohar with Dr. Eliezer Diamond and Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin: |
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:30 p.m. |
Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Professor Arnold Eisen: (Part of the Louis Finkelstein Institute Series on Science and Religion) |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
The Henry N. Rapaport Memorial Lecture
"Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah and Israel in Modern Judaism"
Celebrating the Remarkable Career of Rabbi Neil Gillman
Speakers:
Professor Arnold M. Eisen, Chancellor, JTS
Rabbi Julie Roth, Executive Director, Hillel Center for Jewish Life, Princeton University
Rabbi Gordon Tucker, Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel Center, White Plains, New York
Response:
Rabbi Neil Gillman, Aaron Rabinowitz and Simon H. Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Jewish Philosophy, JTS.
To register, email publicevents@jtsa.edu or call (212) 280-6093.
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
The Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture
"The Economic Meltdown and the Future of the Jewish Community" with Dr. Jonathan Sarna, Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University. A memorial tribute to Rabbi Judah Nadich and Hadassah Ribalow Nadich will be part of this program.
To register, email publicevents@jtsa.edu or call (212) 280-6093.
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:30–5:30 p.m.
The Rabbis Ben Zion and Baruch M. Bokser Foundation Program
"'And You Shall be Satisfied' (Deuteronomy 8:10)—Are We Taking Too Much?"
An afternoon of study and discussion of the urgent values questions brought into focus by the global recession, led by Dr. Noam Zohar (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton and Bar Ilan University), with Dr. Eliezer Diamond (JTS) and Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin (Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network).
Cosponsored by the Rabbis Ben Zion and Baruch M. Bokser Foundation and the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies, JTS.
To register: email publicevents@jtsa.edu or call (212) 280-6093.
The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary "Faculty Book Talks"
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary presents Dr. Alan Mittleman, professor of Jewish Philosophy at JTS, as well as director of its Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies and the Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought, who will discuss his new book Hope in a Democratic Age.
To register: email heguzman@jtsa.edu or call (212) 678-8075.
Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary presents Dr. Vivian Mann, director of the Master's Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture, JTS, who will discuss her new exhibition catalog essay, "Uneasy Communion: Jews and Altarpieces in Medieval Spain."
To register: email heguzman@jtsa.edu or call (212) 678-8075.
Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies
Public Programs at JTS
Professor Arnold M. Eisen delivers the Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture.