For thirty-five years, Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz has been an integral part of JTS. Serving as faculty member, dean, provost, and now Chancellor, she has brought intellectual rigor, academic distinction, and visionary leadership to every role she has held. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the wider community—Jewish and non-Jewish alike—have all been enriched by her teaching, scholarship, and thoughtful engagement with the world around her. Through her teaching, writing, and presence, Chancellor Schwartz has inspired and influenced countless individuals, leaving a lasting impact.
Below is a collection of her thought leadership during her tenure as Chancellor.
“An Old/New Zionism for an Old/New People,” Mizpe Hannaton Journal, no.6, April 2023, 22-24, 58.
With Mary C. Boys, “Reorienting ‘Settled Identities’: A Course on Jewish-Christian Relations,” Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations 17:1 (2022), 1-17.
With Mary C. Boys,” Passover and Easter,” in Encyclopedia of Jewish-Christian Relations Online2020, ed. Walter Homolka, Rainer Kampling, Amy-Jill Levine, Christopher Markschies, Peter Schäfer, and Martin Thurman.
Fostering Dialogue and Unity for Dignity and Democratic Preservation Upholding Human Dignity in Turbulent Times: An Interreligous Convening (November 2025)
Religious Roots of Antisemitism Antisemitism and Allyship: Assessing the Present, Imagining the Future (April 2024)
The Roots of North American Zionism Zionism: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond (November 2024)
The Impact of Antisemitism on American Jews Antisemitism and Allyship: Assessing the Present, Imagining the Future (April 2024)
Chancellor Schwartz’s Time as Faculty Member, Dean, and Provost
Dr. Schwartz, who earned her PhD at JTS, became one of the first women on its faculty and was instrumental in the addition of Jewish gender studies to the curriculum. As a scholar of American Jewish history, she brought to light the previously overlooked contributions of women to the development of American Judaism and expanded our understanding of modern American Jewish society and culture. During her career, she has taught courses exploring Jewish identity, the Jewish family, the depiction of Jews in American popular culture, and Jewish gender studies. Her award-winning book, The Rabbi’s Wife, is a penetrating examination of the role of rabbis’ wives in the development of American Jewish life. She is also the author of The Emergence of Jewish Scholarship in America: The Publication of theJewish Encyclopedia and numerous articles on modern Jewish life, including pioneering research into the founding of the Ramah Camping Movement.
