Inauguration Address: Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz

After a nearly two-year delay due to Covid-19, Dr. Shuly Rubin Shwartz was formally inaugurated as chancellor of JTS on May 17. In her address, she described the cultivation of nuance—intellectual, religious, and emotional—as the foundation of JTS’s educational philosophy, and said it provides a compelling response to today’s challenges in the Jewish world and beyond.

Scream About Uvalde, For God’s Sake

Though nothing may come of our screaming about another mass shooting, “like Jeremiah of old, the cri de coeur that comes from anger and despair must still issue forth.”