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Celebrating Our 2026 Graduates

May 20, 2026

Joined by over 500 family, friends, colleagues, and alumni, graduates received their degrees and set forth to bring their talents to the Jewish and wider world.

Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz Publishes Article in The Forward

May 18, 2026

Chancellor Schwartz wrote about President Isaac Herzog speaking at our commencement.

JTS Mourns the Passing of Abe Foxman (z”l)

May 12, 2026

A 2016 honorary degree recipient of JTS, Mr. Foxman was recognized for his lifelong leadership in combating anti-Semitism, bigotry, and discrimination.

When the Law Falls Short鈥擜 Challenge for Democratic Societies

May 11, 2026

Rabbi Gordon Tucker聽discusses our upcoming June 4 convening and how we can apply the obligation to go beyond the letter of the law in today’s society.

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Upcoming Events

Jun 29

Deuteronomy and the Separation of Powers鈥�

Online | America at 250:聽Jewish Ideas and the American Experiment聽 | Online Learning

Dr. Benjamin D. Sommer will attend to the political philosophy of Sefer Devarim and how it emphasizes the diffusion of authority among several bodies of governing officials and the subordination of all these officials to the law.聽

Jul 10

JTS in the Berkshires Summer 2026

Massachusetts | Community Courses | JTS in the Berkshires

Join JTS scholars in Lenox, Massachusetts, for inspiring learning that illuminates the Jewish past and shapes the Jewish future.聽Rabbi Ayelet Cohen聽and Dr. Shira Billet will teach in the Berkshires this summer.聽

Aug 7

JTS in the Berkshires Summer 2026鈥擲ession II

Massachusetts | Community Courses | JTS in the Berkshires

In the second session from our Berkshires series, Dr. Shira Billet聽will explore the聽timely聽wisdom for our technological age that is found in classical Jewish philosophical reflection on the cosmos and the place of the human being in the divinely created world order.

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