Judaism, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Dec 07, 2020
On the syllabus for this fall course, Aristotle and Locke share real estate with the Shulhan Arukh, and liberal philosopher John Rawls bumps up against the Talmud.
Read MoreGiving God a Chance
Dec 07, 2020
Angry, cruel, violent—they’re common adjectives used to describe the God of the Hebrew Bible. But in her fall course, Professor Amy Kalmanofsky hopes students discover a more complex figure than popularly described.
Read MoreOn Jewish Catastrophe and Rebirth
Dec 07, 2020
Professor David Roskies spent 16 years co-editing the latest volume in the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, covering the Jewish world from 1939–1973.
Read MoreEmotions in Rabbinic Law
Dec 07, 2020
Jewish law might seem dry and objective, but Assistant Professor Sarah Wolf is fascinated by what it shows about how the rabbis understood human emotions—and how that affected the laws they devised.
Read MoreBiblical Study and the Believing Jew
Dec 07, 2020
Don’t miss this chance to eavesdrop on a conversation between JTS Professor Benjamin Sommer and an Orthodox colleague about being both an academic biblical scholar and a believing Jew.
Read MoreMillennials and Jewish Life
Dec 07, 2020
A group of researchers has followed up with the Conservative b’nei mitzvah class of 1995 to understand the trajectory of their connection to Judaism.
Read MoreRuth and Naomi Set to Music
Dec 07, 2020
Cantor Gerald Cohen, an assistant professor in JTS’s H. L. Miller Cantorial School, is also a prolific composer. His new work, Amid the Alien Corn (Ruth and Naomi) will have its world premiere next fall at JTS.
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