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JTS - EVENTS AND LEARNING

May 15, 2025

Commencement 2025

131ST COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND TEKES HASMAKHAH: CEREMONY OF RABBINIC AND CANTORIAL ORDINATION
131ST COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND TEKES HASMAKHAH: CEREMONY OF RABBINIC AND CANTORIAL ORDINATION
location   ONLINE   |  THURSDAY, MAY 22, 10:30 A.M. ET (COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES) AND 3:30 P.M. ET (ORDINATION CEREMONY)
Next week! Don't miss this chance to celebrate our soon-to-be JTS graduates and newly ordained rabbis and cantors at our livestream commencement and ordination ceremonies.
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MAY WE BE BLESSED
MAY WE BE BLESSED
Listen to this special performance written and performed by two graduating List College seniors, Claudia Sachs and Marc Luban.
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HONOR A JTS GRADUATE
HONOR A JTS GRADUATE
Express appreciation for the meaningful experiences your JTS graduate has had by making a gift to JTS.
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Learn with JTS

MEETING THE MOMENT: URGENT QUESTIONS FOR ISRAEL AND AMERICAN JEWS
MEETING THE MOMENT: URGENT QUESTIONS FOR ISRAEL AND AMERICAN JEWS
location   ONLINE  |  MONDAY, MAY 19, 1:00–2:00 P.M. ET
What are the most urgent issues Israel faces today—and how can American Jews respond? Rabbi Ayelet Cohen, Dr. Arnold Eisen, and Rabbi Gordon Tucker will discuss action, empathy, and hope in a deeply divided time.
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BETWEEN THE LINES: EMBRACING EXILE: THE CASE FOR JEWISH DIASPORA
BETWEEN THE LINES: EMBRACING EXILE: THE CASE FOR JEWISH DIASPORA
location   JTS  |  MONDAY, JUNE 9, 7:00 P.M.
Dr. David Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, will discuss his new book with Rabbi Irwin Kula, a 7th-generation rabbi and a spiritual innovator.
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 The 2025 Center for Pastoral Education Benefit Luncheon
The 2025 Center for Pastoral Education Benefit Luncheon
location   JTS | TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 11:30 A.M.–2:00 P.M.
At this year's luncheon, we will be honoring Rabbi Dr. Alvin Kass, Chief Chaplain for the New York City Police Department, with the Pastoral Care Leadership Award. NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch will share a few words of tribute.
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New Tours Available for Sacred Words: Revealing the Earliest Hebrew Book
NEW TOURS AVAILABLE FOR "SACRED WORDS: REVEALING THE EARLIEST HEBREW BOOK"
location   JTS  |  TUESDAY, JUNE 10; TUESDAY, JUNE 24; AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 5:00–6:00 P.M.
New dates added by popular demand! Take a special guided tour and delve deeper into our current Library exhibit on the Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ).
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SUMMER HEBREW LANGUAGE COURSES
SUMMER HEBREW LANGUAGE COURSES
location   JTS  |  JUNE 4–JULY 3 AND JULY 7–AUGUST 7, 2025
Deepen your connection to Hebrew through immersive, university-level courses designed to enhance your reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension skills. Enroll by Thursday, May 22.
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TANAKH 360
TANAKH 360
location   JTS  |  CLASSES BEGIN JULY 7
In this weeklong (or longer) summer program, explore the enduring questions Jews have asked of our sacred canon over the centuries and the diverse interpretative tools they have employed to derive meaning from it.
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CONTEXT: NEW COHORT STARTS THIS FALL
CONTEXT: NEW COHORT STARTS THIS FALL
location   ONLINE  |  CLASSES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 2025
Take a two-year intellectual journey with other adult learners from around the globe who are committed to serious Jewish study. Space is limited.
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News

Israel Programming This Spring
Israel Programming This Spring
Throughout the spring, JTS organized and participated in numerous events highlighting our love for Israel and the Jewish state.
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JTS CO-HOSTS SCREENING OF NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT UNTOLD CIVIL RIGHTS STORY AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH
JTS CO-HOSTS SCREENING OF NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT UNTOLD CIVIL RIGHTS STORY AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH
JTS recently co-hosted, together with several local faith-based institutions, a screening of a remarkable film by Ilana Trachtman, Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round.
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PUBLIC KEYNOTE LECTURE AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCE ON FORGIVENESS AT JTS
PUBLIC KEYNOTE LECTURE AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCE ON FORGIVENESS AT JTS
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.
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In Case You Missed It

HEALING FROM TRAUMA TOGETHER
HEALING FROM TRAUMA TOGETHER
In this important and challenging conversation, Rabbis Annabelle Tenzer and Naomi Kalish explored the ways in which spiritual care providers are meeting the needs of Israelis in crisis, while taking care of their own mental health.
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RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN ISRAELI SOCIETY
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN ISRAELI SOCIETY
Rabbi Seth Farber, Rafeket Ginsberg, and moderator Vice Chancellor Rabbi Gordon Tucker shared their important insights at our recent convening Israel at a Crossroads.
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Torah Commentary
Torah: Who Belongs?
We must learn from the Israelites' failure and find a way to open our doors, rather than pushing people out.
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