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April 3, 2025

Our new MFA in Creative Writing is recruiting for fall 2025. Internationally renowned Israeli writer Etgar Keret will be the program director. Jonathan Safran Foer will serve as the program’s founding creative advisor.

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RABBI GORDON TUCKER WRITES IN HONOR OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY

RABBI GORDON TUCKER WRITES IN THE SPIRIT OF AND THE TIME FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY

“Among the students I am privileged to know, to teach, and to learn from in my role as the vice chancellor for Religious Life and Engagement at JTS are several who are transgender.” Read "Seeking an Authentic Religious Voice on Transgender People."

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STAGED READING: DER NES IN GETO (THE MIRACLE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO)

JTS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 7:00 P.M.

This 1944 play, which was written and produced in New York just 18 months after the historic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, brought a ray of hope to its first audiences.

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TOURS AVAILABLE FOR "SACRED WORDS: REVEALING THE EARLIEST HEBREW BOOK"

JTS | TUESDAY, APRIL 8; TUESDAY, APRIL 22; AND TUESDAY, MAY 6, 5:00–6:00 P.M.

Take a special guided tour and delve deeper into our current Library exhibit on the Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ).

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CONTEXT: NEW COHORT STARTS THIS FALL

ONLINE | CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2025

Interested in joining a community of other adult learners from around the globe who are committed to serious Jewish study? Join our two-year program, which meets weekly on Zoom.

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A Vision for Storytelling

ONLINE | SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 P.M. ET

Join us to learn more about JTS's new MFA in Creative Writing. Acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer will interview program director Etgar Keret.

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SUMMER BIBLICAL HEBREW CLASSES ENROLLING NOW

ONLINE

Learn Biblical Hebrew through JTS’s online program. Small class sizes guarantee participation and individualized instruction.

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TANAKH 360

JTS | CLASSES BEGIN JULY 7

Study the Hebrew Bible from multiple perspectives, taught by top JTS faculty and leading scholars in an intimate and engaging setting.

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Passover Reader 5785

THE "FOUR CHILDREN" AND THEIR PARENT

Vice Chancellor Gordon Tucker imagines the four children as one child and one parent going back and forth in dialogue.

A REFLECTION ON THE FOUR SONS

Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz introduces images of the Four Sons from The Prato Haggadah, a 14th-century Spanish manuscript from The JTS Library.

THE MEASURE OF OUR CUPS

"By diminishing our metaphoric joy, we make the statement that our joy can never be complete while others suffer, even if those who suffer hurt us deeply," observes List College student Clara Goldberg.

SINGING APPRECIATION: DAYYENU AS A GRATITUDE PRACTICE

"We all know that we can’t fully trust our recall of the past," writes Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz.

In Case You Missed It

GLEANINGS: PORTRAITS OF JEWISH EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM THE WILLIAM DAVIDSON SCHOOL

Our new issue, focusing on “Training for Leadership,” spotlights four alumni from the Executive Doctoral Program, which was launched in 2009.

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NUSAH PRESENTATION: LIBBIE SARAH

Libbie Sarah, a first-year Cantorial School student, shared pieces from Kabbalat Shabbat.

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THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Israeli author Etgar Keret, the director of our new MFA in Creative Writing, discussed his passion for storytelling with Dr. Lisa Springer.

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News

2025 Judge Simon H. Rifkind Award Luncheon

Last week, JTS honored Neil Barr, Chair and Managing Partner, Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, and Thomas J. Reid, Chief Legal Officer at Comcast Corporation.

IT’S A MITZVAH! JTS ALUM RABBI ADLER RECEIVES KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

" . . . not only do I thank God for the miracle that is this kidney, but also for the blessing of, God-willing, so many more years to praise the Divine."