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Amos Gitai: Architecture and Israel Film Series—Today, October 9
More Programs October 14 and 21
 Meet
the world-renowned director and JTS’s Fall 2013 Ginor Visiting
Professor of Israel Studies Amos Gitai at a new film series on campus.
Each program will screen three films, followed by a discussion with Amos
Gitai and noted architects, filmmakers, critics, or JTS faculty and
moderated by Richard Peña, professor of Film Studies at the School of
the Arts at Columbia University, former director of the New York Film
Festival, and co-host of PBS’s Reel 13.
Today,
October 9, “Architecture as History” will feature Anat Gilead, Israeli
consul for cultural affairs; Oded Hirsch, visual artist; and Madeline
Schwartzman, architect and filmmaker. The remaining programs include
“Living Spaces” on Monday, October 14; and “Outsiders” on Monday,
October 21. All three programs will be held from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $36 ($18 for students) for the entire series, or $18 ($5 for
students) per program. JTS staff welcome at student prices. RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/amosgitai.
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New York Archives Week Program: The Library’s Johanna Spector Archival Collection—Today, October 9
On
the occasion of New York Archives Week, The Library will introduce the
Johanna Spector Archival Collection, made accessible to the public
through the assistance of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and administered by the Council on Library Information Resources.
Presented today, October 9, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the program will
include a screening of Dr. Spector’s film, Two Thousand Years of Freedom and Honor, and a display of artifacts from the world-renowned ethnomusicologist’s collection. RSVP to Michala Biondi at mibiondi@jtsa.edu. Space is limited.
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Standing Together Against Slavery: Jewish Social Action Month at JTS
During
Heshvan, JTS is taking part in Jewish Social Action Month by focusing on
human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking, and how it can be
stopped. Va’ad Gemilut Hasadim: The Susan and Jack Rudin Center for
Community Outreach of JTS and UJA-Federation of New York will cosponsor a
series of talks and workshops, along with the opportunity to volunteer
and a dedicated worship service. Learn more about the events here. RSVP for one or all of the events to Ruth Decalo at rudecalo@jtsa.edu.
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The JTS Library Marks the Opening of the Polonsky Digitization Lab in Memory of Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum
Dedication Celebrated with Special Exhibit
The
Library is pleased to inaugurate the Polonsky Digitization Lab in
Memory of Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum. Made possible by a generous donation
from philanthropic leaders Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard
Polonsky CBE, this state-of-the-art facility expands The JTS Library’s
capacity to make digital images of its rare manuscripts available
online. Rabbi Tanenbaum, a graduate of JTS, was a leader in human
rights, interreligious affairs, and social justice. Read more about how the lab helps JTS share its treasured collection with the world at large.
In honor of the lab’s dedication, The JTS Library is currently featuring the exhibit Sifre Evronot: Calendar Calculation Manuals, 16th–18th Centuries,
on view until November 30, 2013. A combination of original manuscripts
and digital facsimile prints reveals intriguing details of calculation
manuals that correlated the Jewish and Christian calendars in the 16th
through 18th centuries, a task that was considered both sacred and
practical. The exhibit was curated by Joshua Jerusalmi, with
digitization photography by Dwight Primiano and assistance of Library
staff.
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Attend Undergraduate and Graduate Prospective Student Events at JTS
For Future Undergraduates, October 11–13, and for Graduate and Religious-Leadership Students, October 21
This
fall’s Prospective Student Weekend invites future undergraduates to
JTS’s Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies from October 11 to 13. Learn more and register, and watch the brief “Your List College Experience” video on YouTube.
The
JTS Prospective Student Open House for future graduate-level students
on Monday, October 21, will allow potential applicants to The Rabbinical
School, The Graduate School, William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish
Education, and H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish
Music to experience the academic opportunities, religious training, and
learning community available at JTS. To find out more and register,
visit www.jtsa.edu/openhouse.
Contact admissions@jtsa.edu for additional information
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JTS to Host “Al Pi Darko: National Ramah Symposium on Special Needs Programs,” October 13
On Sunday, October 13, JTS’s National Ramah Commission will present “Al Pi Darko:
National Ramah Symposium on Special Needs Programs.” Taking its name
from Proverbs 22:6, “Train each child in the way he or she learns best,”
the conference has two parts: “Special Needs at Ramah: Best Practices
and Strategic Vision,” from noon to 5:00 p.m., will feature sessions
about program models and best practices for Ramah directors, staff, and
alumni; parents and alumni parents; lay leaders; funders; and JTS
students. A dinner reception and community forum on Jewish camping for
children with disabilities, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., will include a panel
presentation and discussion for educators and supporters from the
broader Jewish community. Register here.
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“Questions with Answers and Questions without Answers: Science and Religion”
Best-Selling Author Dr. Alan Lightman to Deliver Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture JTS on October 16
Two
great forces, science and religion, have shaped the world and our
lives. What is the nature of their relationship? What are the central
pillars of biology, physics, and astronomy? What is the role of faith?
Dr. Alan Lightman, best-selling author of Einstein’s Dreams,
theoretical physicist, and Professor of the Practice of the Humanities
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will speak about
these issues at a Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture on Wednesday, October 16,
2013, at 7:30 p.m. at JTS. Jack Moline, adjunct lecturer of
Professional and Pastoral Skills at JTS and rabbi of Agudas Achim
Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, will conduct a discussion with Dr.
Lightman following the lecture. Admission is free, but reservations are
required. RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/questions.
Read more about this Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture.
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“Jewish Pluralism in Israel” at the JCC in Manhattan on October 20
JTS
is cosponsoring an interdenominational forum about Jewish pluralism in
Israel, activism, and what American Jews can do in relation to both. The
forum will be held at the JCC in Manhattan on Sunday, October 20, from
2:30 to 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $36. Register here. Alumni Rabbi Ayelet S. Cohen (RS ’02) and Rabbi David Rosenn (RS ’97) will participate, among many esteemed speakers. The event is cosponsored by JTS, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, the Jewish Daily Forward,
the New Israel Fund, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and Yeshivat Maharat. It
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Yudith Schreiber: Blind Impress Photography Exhibition to Open at JTS, October 31
The Arts Advisory Board and The JTS Library announce the opening of Yudith Schreiber: Blind Impress,
an exhibition by the Israeli photographer that will be on display at
JTS from October 31 to December 19, 2013. Previously exhibited at the
Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan, it features images of discarded
found objects and of the sea, highlighting Schreiber's personal
relationship with the tragic loss of the Israeli submarine Dakar.
The opening reception will take place on Thursday, October 31, 2013,
from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free, but reservations are required.
To RSVP—and for additional information—contact Joan Goodman, director
of Lay Leadership at JTS, at jogoodman@jtsa.edu or (212) 678-8861, or RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/photoexhibit2013. Read more here.
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“What Is Life Worth? Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges of Unique Catastrophes”
Lecture by Former 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg on November 6
9/11.
The BP oil spill. The Boston Marathon bombing. JTS explores how the law
responds to unique catastrophes, the problems that can arise as the
result of victim compensation programs, and ethical considerations
surrounding the issue of “Who gets what?” at a public lecture featuring
Kenneth R. Feinberg, former special master of the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund. A Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and
Ethics, the program will take place on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:30
p.m. Chancellor Arnold Eisen will moderate. Admission is free, but
reservations are required. RSVP at www.jtsa.edu/life. Learn more here.
Attorneys, please note:
This program has been approved by the New York State Continuing Legal
Education (CLE) Board for one (1) credit hour in ethics and
professionalism. The course is appropriate for both newly admitted and
experienced attorneys. New Jersey attorneys will receive credit for this
program through reciprocity.
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What’s Happening at JTS and in Your Community
Chancellor Arnold Eisen participated in the roundtable discussion “Training New Rabbis for a New Generation” at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in the Bronx, New York, on October 6.
The panel also featured Rabbi David Ellenson, president of Hebrew Union
College – Jewish Institute of Religion; Rabbi Arthur Green, rector of
Hebrew College; and Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson, president of the Wexner
Foundation. Dr. Zachary Lasker,
director of Education Projects for the Melton Research Center for
Jewish Education and The Davidson School, and Rabbi Jason Gitlin (RS
’13), project manager of the ReFrame initiative, will teach the online webinar
“From Cabin to Classroom: A Case Study in the Bringing of Experiential
Methods to the School Setting” tomorrow, October 10, from 1:00 to 2:00
p.m. (EDT). The event is part of the Jewish Educators Assembly Webinar
Series 2013. Contact Dr. Louis Nagel to see if registration is still available. Dr. Vivian B. Mann,
director of the master’s program in Jewish Art and Visual Culture, will
speak about “Traditionalism in Sephardi Art” at the Center for
Holocaust and Genocide Education at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on October 17. On October 18, she will lecture on the same topic at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis. Rabbi Samuel Barth,
senior lecturer in Liturgy and Worship, will lecture on “Jewish Music:
Sacred and Secular” at Highland Park Conservative Temple in Highland Park, New Jersey, on October 21 at 8:00 p.m. On October 8, 15, and 22, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., he will teach the three-part series Subversive Liturgy at Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
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Making News: In Print and Online
Hot off the presses: Chancellor Eisen’s new piece in Haaretz, “Re-engaging American Jews, Before They Drift Away,” can also be read on his blog, On My Mind: Arnie Eisen. • JTA.org highlighted the roundtable featuring Chancellor Eisen and leaders of other Jewish institutions in “Shrugging at Censure, Chovevei’s Asher Lopatin Articulates Vision for ‘Open Orthodoxy.’”
Rabbi Barth’s original prayers “Prayer in Time of Doubt” and “Post-Hurricane Prayer” were published in the Jewish Men Pray, edited by Kerry Oltizky and Stuart Matlins (Jewish Lights, 2013).
Rabbi
Julie Roth (RS ’05) was honored as one of seven recipients nationwide
of the 2013 Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award from Hillel:
The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, as profiled in the Princeton Packet’s “Passion and Vision: Princeton Rabbi Wins Prestigious Award.”
“Romemu’s Popular Rabbi and New Age Prayer Brings Growth—and Challenges” in the Jewish Daily Forward quotes Rabbi Sharon Brous (RS ’01) about spiritual centers for unaffiliated Jews.
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JTS on the Move: Find Us
Wherever You Are
Unable to attend an
event, but interested in what we’re doing at 3080 Broadway? You can
still share in the inspiration, wisdom, and community of JTS by listening to lectures, programs, performances, commentary, and more via JTS podcasts and by visiting our website. You can also connect with fellow alumni and friends of JTS by participating in our social media initiatives. Visit our online community calendar to find out about upcoming talks and events on and off campus. |
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Admissions and Recruitment Highlights
Once
a month, the JTS Office of Admissions lets you know what’s happening in
the admissions and enrollment world at JTS. Keep up to date with
Admissions, learn about upcoming events and important deadlines, and
read profiles of the next generations of Jewish leaders, the students of
JTS. Join our distribution list by emailing getadmissionshighlights@jtsa.edu with “Add me to your list” as the subject line. |
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JTS Alumni
The
Diane and Howard Wohl Office of Alumni Affairs of The Jewish
Theological Seminary is your resource for all things JTS alumni,
including important programs and networking events. Find out about news, events, social media channels, resources and benefits, and alumni goods and services, and don’t forget to update your contact information here.
Register here to join JTS’s interactive social media site Alum.ni,
founded by Edoe Cohen (LC ’07). For additional information on alumni
programs and services, contact Melissa Friedman, director of the Wohl
Office of Alumni Affairs, at alumni@jtsa.edu or (212) 280-6001. Read the JTS Alumni Newsletter.
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Express Your JTS Spirit: JTS Gear Available Online
JTS
students, prospective students, alumni, faculty, family, and friends
can wear their JTS spirit by visiting The Jewish Theological Seminary’s online store—the
place to go for top-quality JTS merchandise. New items and colors have
recently been added. For questions, or if you don’t see what you’re
looking for, email alumni@jtsa.edu. |
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