Public Keynote Lecture and Academic Conference on Forgiveness at JTS

May 14, 2025

Professor George Yaakov Kohler of Bar-Ilan University recently delivered a public evening lecture at JTS on “Leo Baeck on Repentance and Forgiveness Before and After the Holocaust” in front of a diverse audience of community members, students, JTS faculty, colleagues from Bar-Ilan University, and scholars from other academic institutions.

Israel Programming This Spring

May 13, 2025

Over the spring, JTS organized and participated in numerous events highlighting our love of Israel and the Jewish state.

Student Look Book 2025

May 7, 2025

Get to know some of our JTS students and the impactful work they are already doing both inside and outside the walls of JTS.

JTS Appoints Inaugural Rifkind Chair in Jewish History

May 1, 2025

Dr. Sandra Fox will be the new Rifkind Chair in Jewish History.

Dedication of the Cantor Nancy Abramson Green Room

Apr 29, 2025

In recognition of Cantor Abramson’s years of dedicated leadership, the JTS Green Room was named in her honor.

Benjamin D. Sommer Selected for Prestigious National Humanities Center Fellowship

Professor Benjamin D. Sommer, one of 32 fellows selected, will spend the 2025–26 academic year working at the Center on his research project.

The Jewish Archival Survey in Ukraine Receives Additional Funding

Apr 28, 2025

Led by JTS Professor, Dr. David Fishman and Senior Editor Alexander Ivanov, the Jewish Archival Survey (JAS) is dedicated to locating, preserving, describing, and making accessible thousands of archival collections in Ukraine that contain valuable materials on Jewish history and culture.