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jewish theological seminary
Moving and Shaking: VBS students dance, ADL honors law enforcement, new leadership at LAMOTH
Ryan Torok
March 22, 2017
Foundation grants spur training of Jewish educators
Kylie Ora Lobell
November 4, 2016
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Yeshiva University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) recently completed a six-year, $45 million initiative funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation that increased the number of Jewish educators who earned advanced degrees and credentials from the three schools, provided for new or improved teaching programs, and boosted the number of educators who received jobs or promotions.
Rabbi Jacob Pressman turns 94: A community treasure
Michael Berenbaum
October 23, 2013
For decades now, as Rabbi Jacob (Jack) Pressman celebrated a milestone birthday, there was a gala show and dinner starring Rabbi Jack and his myriad show-biz friends to manifest and celebrate the many talents and achievements of this extraordinary man. Five years ago, Temple Beth Am celebrated his 90th birthday when he turned 89, just in case.
$5 million budget hole is latest woe for Conservative synagogue group
Jewish Journal
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.
Denounce violence in the name of religion, Vatican liaison says
Jewish Journal
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.\n
JTS opening interreligious center with $2 million gift
Jewish Journal
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
Jewish Journal
September 8, 2009
Three Jewish seminaries across the denominational spectrum will receive a total of $12 million to help train new Jewish educators.
Nation & World Briefs
Jewish Journal
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
David Finnigan
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.
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