Press Releases

William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education Receives Major Grant from the Covenant Foundation

JTS Scholar to Speak at Great Lakes Kollot Program

JTS Book Talk to Feature Editor of Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain

Davidson School to Offer Full Tuition for Accepted 2010 MA Applicants

List College Alumna Awarded Nahum Goldmann Fellowship

JTS Book Talk to Feature Author of Hope in a Democratic Age

Eric J. Rosen and Diane Wohl Elected to The Jewish Theological Seminary Board of Trustees

“Conservative Judaism: The Next Generation”: An Evening of Debate and Dialogue at B’nai Aviv

Scholars to Explore Religion, Science, and Wonder

Davidson School Dean to Serve as Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Beth Shalom

JTS to Host 20th Annual Jewish Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts

Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach to Host JTS Chancellor for Shabbat Dinner

Dr. Jonathan Sarna to Discuss “The Economic Meltdown and the Future of the Jewish Community” at JTS

JTS@JCC: JTS Scholars to Hold Lectures and Workshops at JCC Manhattan

Greetings From Russia: An Update on Project Judaica

Congregation Kol Ami to Host List College Dean as Scholar-In-Residence

“Doing Jewish Theology Today: God, Torah, and Israel in Modern Judaism” to Celebrate Remarkable Career of Rabbi Neil Gillman

“Choosing Judaism in an Age of Choice” Focus of JTS Adult Education Series

Vice Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary to Discuss “Strategic Direction—JTS and American Judaism”

JTS Curator to Discuss “Courtship and Contract: The Art and History of Decorated Ketubbot”at Community-Wide Lecture Hosted by Temple Shalom

Community-Wide Program to Explore "Two Strange Stories of Resurrection in the Bible"

JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Discuss “Mitzvah, Community, and the Future of Conservative Judaism” at Chizuk Amuno Congregation

JTS-Tampa Bay Outreach Lecture Series to Focus on “Bringing the Torah to Life”

Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen to Keynote International Conference on Conservative Judaism in Israel

New Book Has Important Implications for Jewish and Christian Theology

The Jewish Theological Seminary to Host Inglourious Basterds Screening with Director Quentin Tarantino

Prestigious Book Award Committee Recognizes Works by JTS Scholars

Radio Rebroadcast of “The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel” Features JTS Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen

Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Emunah

Leading Israeli Choreographer to Present Studio Performance and Artist Dialogue

JTS Scholar Edits New Book Examining Global View of Jewish Theater

JTS Book Talk to Feature Author of As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist

JTS Bible Scholar to Speak at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

Long Island Synagogue Leader to Be Honored by JTS and Temple Beth Sholom

JTS to Host Mitch Albom, Best-Selling Author of Tuesdays with Morrie

Temple Sholom to Host JTS Lecture Series in Greenwich

B’nai Torah and JTS to Honor Rabbi Matt Berkowitz at Annual Dinner

JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Discuss Future of Conservative Judaism

The Complex Relationship Between Science and Religion to Be Explored by Award-Winning Authors and Thinkers

JTS Delaware Valley Alumni Reunion to Feature Panel on “Conservative Judaism: The Next Generation,” Moderated by Chancellor Arnold Eisen

Anthropologist of Jewish Life and an Innovative Middle Eastern Vocalist to Highlight JTS Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture

Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Discuss “JTS and the Future of Conservative Judaism” at Town Hall Meeting

JTS to Honor Visionary Leader Gershon Kekst at Louis B. Marshall Award Dinner

Reinterpretation and Creative Expression Highlight Day of Reinventing Jewish Rituals

Jim Joseph Foundation Announces $3.7 Million Grant to The Jewish Theological Seminary

Archbishop of New York and JTS Chancellor to Discuss “The Future of Catholic-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue”

Sutton Place Synagogue Honors JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen

JTS Book Talk to Feature Author of Louis Finkelstein and the Conservative Movement: Conflict and Growth

“Monstrous Sisters in the Bible” Topic of Discussion at JTS Luncheon

Students Recognize JTS Faculty for Excellence in Teaching

World-Renowned Judaica Library Open House to Feature Treasures of Jewish New Year

Dallas Conservative Congregations Host JTS Scholar for Slichot

JTS Florida Region Welcomes Rabbinic Fellow

Innovative Program Provides Support to Underserved Congregations

New Book Has Important Implications for Jewish and Christian Theology

New Part-Time Pastoral Education Program for Working Clergy a Model of Multifaith Collaboration

Kehillah Atlanta Conservative Synagogues and Institutions to Host JTS Scholar for Slichot

JTS Scholar Elected Fellow of Prestigious Professional Academy

JTS Recognizes Faculty Members for Academic Scholarship

JTS Jewish Education Professor Named Chair of International Research Organization

JTS Receives Major Grant from Revson Foundation to Create Center for Pastoral Education

JTS Alumna Receives Fulbright Award

History of Yiddish in the Former Soviet Union Focus of New Publication

David Berg Foundation Awards Fellowship to Graduate Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture at JTS

JTS to Honor One of the “Best Lawyers in America”

JTS Chancellor to Be Special Guest at East Hampton Brunch

Critically Acclaimed Book Explores Life of Medieval Kabbalist

JTS Prozdor High School Graduates Twenty

Louis Finkelstein and the Conservative Movement Now Available Through JTS Press

High Holiday Images Available

Groundbreaking Jewish Studies Program in Russia Graduates Fourteen

JTS Scholar Receives Prestigious Award for Yiddishlands: A Memoir

JTS Scholar Joins Board of Journal Dedicated to Interreligious Dialogue

JTS to Honor Philadelpia Area Leaders at Community-Wide Dinner

JTS to Honor Midwest Leaders at Awards Event

JTS to Honor Hebrew School Principal at Merrick Jewish Centre

JTS to Honor Columbus Leaders

"Conservative Judaism: The Next Generation": The Henry N. Rapaport Memorial Lecture

Cleveland Synagogue to Welcome JTS Scholar

158 Degrees to Be Conferred at JTS Commencement

JTS Alumna Wins Prestigious AVI CHAI Fellowship

JTS Student and Alumnus Named to Jewish Week's "36 Under 36"

JTS Names National Expert to Lead Strategic Planning Initiative

New Cohort of Schusterman Rabbinical Fellows Announced

Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Discuss New Possibilities for the Meaning of Zionism

JTS Receives Tikvah Fund Grant to Create Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought

JTS Vice Chancellor and Alumni Well Represented on Newsweek's "50 Influential Rabbis" and "25 Vibrant Congregations" Lists

Medical Bioethics Expert to Discuss Reproductive Technologies and Their Applications

JTS Ivry Prozdor High School Schedules Open House

JTS to Host Expert on Arabic Language

JTS Announces Memorial Fellowship in Jewish Gender and Women’s Studies

JTS Tribute Dinner to Honor Local Leaders

JTS Expands Learning Opportunities With Noncredit Study for Summer Learners

Attuning to the Divine: A Conversation on Renewing Theology for Modern Jews

Governor John Lynch and Dr. Susan Lynch of New Hampshire to Be Honored by The Jewish Theological Seminary at Boston Dinner of Ideas

UCLA Center for Jewish Studies to Host JTS Graduate School Alumni Lecture Series

Grad School Alumni Lecture 4.1.09

Conference to Explore Jewish Environmental Ethics

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Community Leaders to Be Honored at JTS Long Island / Queens Gala

Conservative Movement Leader to Give Address in Wilmette

JTS Launches White Paper Series

Artist Transforms Card Catalog into Art for a Digital Age

Bokser Memorial Lecture Draws Hundreds to JTS

Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture: Do Lawyers and Faith-Based Values Belong Together?

Beth El Temple to Host Community-Wide Lecture

JTS Rock 'n' Roll Concert to Benefit Broadway Community, Inc.

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Authors Forum to Address “Have Doctors Lost Their Authority in American Culture?”

Conservative Movement Leader to Give Address in Columbus

Seminary Shabbat Program Highlights Future Jewish Leaders

“A Sip of JTS” to Showcase Graduate Study at The Jewish Theological Seminary

JTS Master’s Program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture Establishes Consortium with Bard Graduate Center

JTS Celebration of Purim to Feature “‘POOR’-im 2009: The Stimulus Program”

JTS Graduate School Inaugurates Alumni Lecture Series

JTS Bible Scholar to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth Am in Margate

Haman, Horror, and Heroism Offers Eye-Opening Look at Purim

West Suffolk Hereld Institute Lecture Series to Conclude with Discussion on “Connecting Mind, Body, and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Jewish Spirituality”

Groundbreaking Interdenominational Conference to Explore the Prayer Lives of Jewish Women

Best-Selling Author to Discuss “Jewish Women's Prayers Are Coming Home!” at the Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture

Louis Finkelstein Institute Authors Forum to Address “What Does Human Personhood Mean in an Age of Sex Selection, Cloning, and Gene Therapy?”

Jews/Theatre/Performance in an Intercultural World

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JTS Presents Queens Hereld Day of Learning on Hanukkah

JTS Announces New Fellowship in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship

The Davidson School Launches Executive Doctoral Program for Jewish Educators

The Ben Zion and Baruch M. Bokser Memorial Lecture:

JTS Launches Artist-in-Residence Program

Leadership Institute Provides Congregational School Educators With Tools to Inspire Students

Conservative Movement Leader to Give Address in Palm Beach

Rabbi Marc Wolf Appointed Vice-Chancellor and Chief Development Officer of JTS

JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Discuss “Mitzvah, JTS, and the Future of American Judaism” in Aventura

JTS Kollot Dinner and Study Series Offers Innovative Program of Adult Jewish Learning

Louis Finkelstein Institute Authors Forum to Address “The Ethics of Health Care, Biotechnology, and the Practice of Medicine”

JTS Scholar to Discuss Jewish Reflections on the First 100 Days of the New Administration

JTS Expert on Eve to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence in Stamford

Book Talk to Feature Author of Yiddishlands

Hereld Institute Speakers to Discuss “The Mitzvah of Going Green”

JTS Outreach Lecture Series to Focus on “Books Holy and Rare”

JTS Continues Successful Series on Israel in Palm Beach Gardens

Dr. Jonathan Milgram to Discuss “Jesus in the Talmud” and “From Mishnah to Microsoft” as JTS Hereld Scholar-in-Residence in Sarasota

From Mishnah to Microsoft: Interactive Brunch to Learn to Explore Encounters Between Holy Texts and Technological Change

JTS Fields Largest Group of Scholars at AJS Conference

Convocation Honors Cantors for Dedicated Service

B’nai Torah Congregation to Honor Local Leaders

The Jewish Theological Seminary Schedules Alumni Reunion at Pistons-Wizard Game

Temple Sholom to Host Community-Wide Lecture

Book Talk to Feature Author of Jews and Shoes

Successfully Raising Jewish Children in Today’s (Me-Centered, Media-Driven) Culture

What We Know Can Make the Difference: New Website Addresses Evaded Issues in Jewish Education

New JTS Program Provides Support to Underserved Congregations

JTS Expands Philosophy Program to Include Mysticism

JTS's Jewish Feminist Research Group Presents Workshop and Discussion on Jewish Women's Prayers

Davidson School Alumna Wins Prestigious Covenant Award

JTS Theologian to Discuss Man’s Relationship with God

JTS Hereld Institute of Learning in Jacksonville Presents “From Mishnah to Microsoft": Ancient Texts Encounter Technological Change

JTS to Honor Roslyn Heights Leaders

Temple Sholom to Host Community-Wide Lecture

JTS Scholar to Discuss "What Does God Think About Google, Yahoo, and MySpace?"

Internationally Acclaimed Pianist Jascha Nemtsov to Make New York Debut

Gerson D. Cohen Memorial Lecture to Explore Modern Myths of Muslim Anti-Semitism

Cultural Historian and Montreal Native Dr. David G. Roskies to Debut Yiddishlands-A Memoir

Alumni to Gather at Fourth Annual Delaware Valley Reunion

JTS to Honor Robert S. Kaplan at Louis Marshall Award Dinner

Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Leaders Discuss Challenges Facing American Jews

Library Book Talk-Neil Gillman

Scholars in Bible and in Gender and Women's Studies Join JTS Faculty

JTS Expands Program in Midrash

JTS Students Who Shattered Holocaust Silence to Be Honored at Conference

The Library Names Conservation Fellow

World Premiere Tele-Webseries Features JTS Scholar and JTS Alumnus

Day School Leadership Training Institute Graduates Fifteen

Temple Sholom to Host Community-Wide Lecture

Award-Winning Israeli Poet to Give Reading at The Jewish Theological Seminary

Kehillah Atlanta Area Conservative Synagogues and Institutions to Host JTS Scholar for Slichot

Montgomery County Community Slichot Services to Feature JTS Chancellor

Dallas Area Conservative Synagogues to Host JTS Scholar for Slichot

JTS and Cleveland Area Conservative Movement Sponsor Pre-High Holiday Shabbaton

Can Religion Be Part of the Solution, Rather Than Part of the Problem?

Prozdor Principal Named VP of North American Organization

Fourteen Pulpit Rabbis Selected to Participate in New Continuing Education Program at JTS

JTS Students Get Practical Experience in Community Organizing

JTS Alumni Affairs Office Created Through Generosity of Long Island Leaders

JTS's Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School Graduates 18

Teens Recognized for Excellence in Leadership, Service, and Judaic Studies

Schusterman Rabbinical Fellowship Program a Milestone in Collaboration

JTS Alumnus Receives Prestigious Award

110 Degrees to Be Conferred at JTS Commencement

JTS Rabbinical School Adopts New Curriculum

The Jewish Theological Seminary to Honor Columbus Leaders

JTS to Honor Philanthropic and Business Leader at Community-Wide Dinner

Prozdor Students Participate in National Day of Service

JTS to Honor Dix Hills Community Leaders at Brunch

Shelter Rock Jewish Center Welcomes Chancellor of JTS

Dr. Barry W. Holtz Named New Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary

The Jewish Theological Seminary to Honor Detroit Leaders

JTS to Honor Community Leaders at New Jersey Regional Dinner

Private Viewing of "Action/Abstraction: Pollack, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976" to Highlight Long Island/Queens Gala

Community Leaders to Be Honored at “Dinner of Ideas” Hosted by The Jewish Theological Seminary

Authors Forum to Address “Has the God of Liberalism Failed?”

Library Talk to Celebrate the “Father of Modern Jewish Bibliography”

JTS Scholars Receive Grants from Littauer Foundation

An Unlikely Match: The James Francis Trezza Gallery and Illuminations on the Exodus

Book Talk to Feature Author of A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

"Taking the Lead": How the Fight Against Hate on Early Radio Impacted American Culture

JTS to Honor "Lawyer of the Year"

JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Mishkan Tefila

JTS's Evaded Curriculum Project Receives Grant from Hadassah Foundation

Authors Forum to Address "Jews and Political Power"

Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law

JTS Tribute Dinner to Honor Local Residents

JTS Accepting Applications for New Continuing Education Program for Pulpit Rabbis

JTS Chancellor to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Mishkah Tefila

Conservative Judaism and the Public Square

JTS Celebration to Feature a Purim "Shrek-tacular"

A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

JTS Chancellor to Discuss "Commandment, Community and the Future of Conservative Judaism" in Detroit

The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary Announces Launch of Digital Library

Authors Forum to Address “Religion—Politics, Policy, Power”

Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture

"Jewish Renaissance and Revival in America"

"Town Hall" Meeting in Connecticut to Feature JTS Chancellor

JTS Chancellor to Address "Town Hall" Meeting in Maryland

JTS Scholar to Discuss New Book Illuminating Pilgrimage of Beloved Hebrew Poet

JTS Co-Hosts NUJLS Conference

JTS Celebrates Israel@60

JTS Va’ad Sponsors Exhibit on “Community Service and the Arts”

JTS Appoints Rabbi, National Outreach and Director of Alumni Affairs

JTS Chancellor to Discuss "Commandment, Community, and the Future of American Judaism"

JTS Scholar Organizes Panel on Israeli Literary Legend

JTS Chancellor Arnold Eisen to Address "Town Hall" Meeting

JTS Receives NEH Grant to Assess Preservation Needs of Sound Recordings

JTS Chancellor to Address "Town Hall" Meeting in Minneapolis

JTS Rock 'n Roll Concert to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence

JTS Cantorial School Dean to Serve as Scholar in Residence at Holy Blossom Temple

JTS Alumni Honored With National Hillel Exemplars of Excellence Awards

Henry N. Rapaport Memorial Lecture: Jewish Eating and Identity

Bioethics Conference to Address "Indeterminacy of Rabbinic Ethics"

First International Journal of Jewish Art to Be Published in US Now Available

Convocation to Honor Rabbis for Dedicated Service

JTS Announces Publication of Ambivalent Jew: Charles Liebman in Memoriam

JTS and Columbia University Announce Launch of Dual Degree Graduate Program in Jewish Studies and Public Administration or Social Work

Gala Concert Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Women Cantors

Chancellor Eisen to Speak at 92nd Street Y

Chancellor Eisen to Speak at Heschel Conference

Uneasy Allies II: Evangelical-Jewish Relations in Politics, Policy, and Theology

JTS Receives Generous Gift From Levinsohn Estate

JTS Scholar Edits New Translation of a Lost Yiddish Masterpiece

JTS Invites Applications for Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education and New Chair in Gender/Women's Studies

A Hunt for Peace: Calling on Women Leaders to End War

The Song of the Distant Dove

JTS Receives Grant to Enhance Formation of Rabbinic Identity

Trans-Denominational Leadership Institute for Synagogue Schools Receives $1.9 Million Second Grant from UJA-Federation

A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

Dr. Steven Brown to Become Head of School at Barrack Hebrew Academy in Philadelphia

Camp Ramah Celebrates 60 Years of Jewish Camping

Temptress or Role Model: New Book Rethinks the Story of Eve

JTS Chancellor to Keynote Waxman Memorial Lecture

By Chance or By Choice: The Ethics of Pre-Natal Sex Selection

How the Zohar Reimagines God

Sarah and Hagar Face the Twenty-First Century:

Religious Progressives in the Public Square

JTS Scholar Selected to Attend Islamic Art Symposium in Qatar

JTS to Honor Roslyn Heights Community Leaders

JTS to Host Conference in Honor of Seymour Fox, Noted Jewish Educator

JTS Announces Faculty and Administrative Appointments

New Website Teaches Jewish High Holy Days Through Historical Images

JTS to Honor Joseph and Jeanette Neubauer at Louis Marshall Award Dinner

Chancellor Eisen to Discuss "Future of Conservative Judaism" in Forest Hills

JTS to Honor Memory and Legacy of Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky

Arnold M. Eisen Inaugurated as Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary

JTS Students Available to Assist Your Community

JTS Mission to Israel a Transformative Experience

Atlanta Area Conservative Synagogues to Host JTS Scholars for Slichot

Dallas Area Conservative Synagogues to Present Movement Scholars

JTS Chancellor to Address Town Hall Meeting

Mittleman Named New Chair of Department of Philosophy

We Are What We Eat

Day School Leadership Training Initiative Announces Newest Cohort

JTS Scholar Exchanges Blessings with Pope Benedict XVI

JTS Ivry Prozdor High School Graduates 20

Institute in Jewish Art Promotes Dialogue Through Art Appreciation

Institute in Jewish Art for Museum Professionals

JTS Alumnus Delivers Remarks at White House

Rabbi Michael Siegel Speaks at White House Ceremony

Chancellor Emeritus to Help Install Berlin’s First Female Rabbi

Dr. Ismar Schorsch Participates in Installation of Berlin's First Female Rabbi

JTS to Honor Dix Hills Community Leaders at Brunch

Dix Hills Brunch to Support JTS

JTS Scholar Wins Prestigious Book Award

Dr. Beth Berkowitz Wins Baron Book Prize

Landmark Collection of Torah Commentaries Offers New Insights

Canon Without Closure

An Odd Couple? Religion and the Public Intellectual in America

LFI Program: Religion and the Public Intellectual in America

JTS Scholar to Keynote Asher Memorial Lecture

Dr. Shuly Schwartz to Speak at Spertus College

JTS Documentary Wins New York Emmy Award

Eternal Light Documentary Wins New York Emmy Award

JTS Scholar to Deliver Address at US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Dr. Roskies to Deliver Address at US Holocaust Museum

New Website Teaches Passover Through Historical Images

JTS Names Dr. Alan Cooper as New Provost

JTS to Host Healing Service

JTS to Host Service of Hope and Healing

JTS Vice Chancellor to Discuss Conservative Movement Legend

Dr. Michael Greenbaum to Discuss Louis Finkelstein

JTS Scholar to Lead Community Seders

Dr. Judith Hauptman to Lead Ohel Ayalah Seders

Tolerance in an Age of Terrorism

Manhattan Schechter to Honor JTS Dean

Dr. Steven Brown to Receive Vision in Jewish Education Award

JTS to Host Second Annual Women's Seder

JTS Professor to Serve as Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth El

Dr. Benjamin Gampel to Speak at Temple Beth El

Conference to Explore Jewish Feminine Mystique in Postwar America

Unity Within Diversity

Spring 2007 Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture

JTS Scholar to Address Deepest Spiritual Questions at 92nd Street Y

Rabbi Neil Gillman to Speak at 92nd Street Y

JTS Chancellor–elect Arnold Eisen to Address "Town Hall" Meeting

Chancellor-elect Eisen Takes "Listening Tour" to Chicago

Israeli Scholar to Discuss Christian Defender of Jews

JTS Celebration to Feature "Purim The Musical: Live on (3080) Broadway"

2007 Purim Celebration at JTS

Rabbi Daniel Nevins Named New Dean of The Rabbinical School of The Jewish Theological Seminary

New Dean Appointed of The Rabbinical School

JTS Scholar Named National Jewish Book Award Winner

Dr. Shuly Schwartz Wins National Jewish Book Award

JTS Scholar Authors Milestone Volume

Dr. David Marcus Contributes to Milestone Volume

Discussion to Shed New Light on Israel's Most Distinctive City

Dr. Barbara Mann to Speak on Tel Aviv

Cantorial School Concert to Benefit People of Darfur

Cantorial School Students to Perform Benefit Concert

JTS Chancellor-elect to Examine "Future of American Judaism"