Synagogue Swap

By Jeremy Fine
Published on March 29, 2013

The Holy Job Interview

By Jeremy Fine
Published on February 10, 2013

$5 million budget hole is latest woe for Conservative synagogue group

Published on January 8, 2013

The congregational arm of the Conservative movement ran a cumulative budget deficit of more than $5 million over the past two years, JTA has learned, renewing longstanding concerns for the future of one of the movement's key institutional pillars.

Rabbis join faith leaders in urging followers to oppose extremist attacks

Published on August 10, 2012

Leading Reform and Conservative rabbis joined six other religious leaders in a call on people of all faiths to speak out against extremists following recent attacks on ethnic and religious minorities.

Denounce violence in the name of religion, Vatican liaison says

Published on November 1, 2011

The Vatican chief liaison to world Jewry voiced an urgent call from Pope Benedict XVI for all religious leaders to openly denounce violence in the name of religion.

JTS opening interreligious center with $2 million gift

Published on September 12, 2011

The Jewish Theological Seminary said it will establish an interreligious center with a $2 million gift from New York philanthropist Howard Milstein.

Seminaries getting $12 million boost to train educators

Published on September 8, 2009

Three Jewish seminaries across the denominational spectrum will receive a total of $12 million to help train new Jewish educators.

Briefs: JTS to admit gay rabbinical students, Saudi Arabia bars Israeli journalist

Published on March 29, 2007

News briefs.

Nation & World Briefs

Published on April 13, 2006

With Conservative Judaism at a crossroads, the movement's flagship institution has chosen a scholar of American Jewry to guide it. The new leader of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), announced this week, is Arnold Eisen, a Jewish studies professor and chairman of Stanford University's religious studies department.

Community Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on December 22, 2005

Rabbi David Wolpe has removed himself from consideration for the job of leading the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York. Wolpe, of Sinai Temple in Westwood, had been widely considered a front-runner for chancellor at JTS, the central institution in Conservative Judaism.

Letters

Published on December 22, 2005

>Once upon a time, not so long ago, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was arguably the leading Jewish intellectual institution in the United States. It was home to a cadre of scholars whose research and publications in the areas of Bible, Talmud, history and Jewish philosophy helped shape the thinking of a large cross-section of American Jewry.

Wolpe Out of the Running

By Amy Klein
Published on December 8, 2005

Rabbi David Wolpe has removed himself from consideration for the job of leading the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York. Wolpe, of Sinai Temple in Westwood, had been widely considered a frontrunner for chancellor at JTS, the central institution in Conservative Judaism.

Q & A With Ismar Schorsch

By Amy Klein
Published on December 1, 2005

Dr. Ismar Schorsch, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York, will retire in June. In that role, he has been informally considered the closest thing that the Conservative movement has to a leader. Schorsch, 70, met with The Journal to assess his two decades heading the seminary and his hopes for the future.

A Manifesto for the Future

By Rabbi David Wolpe
Published on December 1, 2005

In early November, I spoke at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. The topic was "The Future of Conservative Judaism." I prepared for the talk by asking colleagues, friends and congregants to define Conservative Judaism in one sentence. It was a dispiriting experience.

Conservative Jews Face Turning Point

By Chanan Tigay
Published on June 23, 2005

It has become axiomatic in certain circles to say that the Conservative movement is at a crossroads as it considers its future.

Rabbis Fail to Bridge Denominational Gulf

By Andrea Adelson
Published on January 1, 2004

Nearly a year ago, Jack Wertheimer, provost of the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and a scholar of demographic trends, put a challenge to a former student.

Jews around the nation are deeply involved in interfaith initiatives, Wertheimer noted. But they avoid involvement with their own religion's different movements, letting ideological differences get in the way of conversing with each other over issues dear to each. Do something to mend that divide before the gulf is unbridgeable, he urged Stuart Altshuler, a JTS graduate and rabbi of Mission Viejo's Congregation Eilat.

Learning Together

By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Published on June 5, 2003

In the fall of 1989, I began the process of pursuing rabbinical ordination. Although I would eventually be ordained at Yeshiva University in New York, I did commence my studies as a Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) student, opting to do my first year at the University of Judaism (UJ) in Los Angeles (this was pre-Ziegler School, when the UJ served as a feeder school to JTS in New York).