Can Etgar Keret Turn a Rabbinical Seminary Into a Laboratory for Jewish Storytelling?

“JTS Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz, who took the helm in 2020, says she wanted to broaden what Jewish higher education could mean. ‘My view of the Jewish corpus is very wide,’ she said in an interview with Haaretz. ‘Of course it includes sacred literature, the texts of our people, but it also includes so much more: music, art, history and the lived experience of Jews across time and place. That breadth is what makes my heart sing.'”

Haaretz reported on JTS’s MFA in Creative Writing, led by award-winning Israeli author Etgar Keret.

Read “Can Etgar Keret Turn a Rabbinical Seminary Into a Laboratory for Jewish Storytelling?” in Haaretz.