2025 Commencement Exercises and Ordination
May 28, 2025
JTS celebrated its 131st commencement ceremony in its atrium on Thursday, May 22. It was a festive day as we conferred degrees on our students and esteemed honorary degree recipients. Dr. Christine Hayes, one of the honorary degree recipients, delivered the 2025 commencement address.
Read Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz’s letter to the community here.
Download the 2025 Commencement Program here.
Download the Tekes Hasmakhah: Ceremony of Rabbinic and Cantorial Ordination Program here.
Watch a photo montage here.
Recordings from the day can be found below.
Full Commencement Ceremony
Commencement Address
Dr. Christine Hayes, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale University
Charge to the Graduates
Dr. Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Chancellor
Alan Levine Commencement Speech
Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates of List College
Hannah Faye Solon
Remarks on Behalf of the Graduates of the Professional and Graduate Schools
Loraine Schneider Enlow
Tekes Hasmakhah: Ceremony of Rabbinic and Cantorial Ordination
