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President Isaac Herzog attends an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 15, 2026, 11:10 am
Herzog scraps appearance at JTS after objection from pro-Palestinian students
President says unspecified ‘circumstances’ preventing his travel to Conservative Judaism flagship in New York; chancellor slams ‘public media spectacle’ around campus controversy
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Mikę Uram has been tapped to become the ninth chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, seen at rear. (Courtesy JTS; background JTA)
May 1, 2026, 1:19 am
JTS ‘breaks mold,’ names campus innovator Rabbi Mike Uram as next chancellor
Unusually for the Conservative Judaism flagship, new head does not hold a doctorate, but after serving at JFNA and Penn Hillel, he believes his novel background will be an asset
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known as the Ramchal, is depicted in a wall painting in Acre, Israel. (Yuval Y/Wikimedia Commons)
February 19, 2026, 10:33 am
Letter by famed Jewish mystic sells for nearly $400,000 at auction
Ramchal manuscript was quietly sold by Jewish Theological Seminary during financial crisis; scholar decries transfer of text to private owner as a ‘scandal’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Rabbi Eliezer B. Diamond, who taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary for 35 years, died on December 11, 2025, at 73. (Jewish Theological Seminary)
December 13, 2025, 11:53 am
Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, beloved Jewish seminary professor and author, dies at 73
Diamond mentored generations of rabbis during illustrious career as a rabbinic scholar at Conservative flagship in NYC
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Neil Danzig, shown in an undated photo, was an authority on the Babylonian Jewish scholars known as Geonim. (Courtesy Danzig Family)
July 23, 2025, 2:21 pm
Rabbi Neil Danzig, scholar who unlocked mysteries of the Talmud, dies at 74
Longtime professor of rabbinics at Jewish Theological Seminary explored writings of the Geonim, the Jewish leaders and scholars during the late sixth to mid-11th centuries
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz speaks at the institution's 131st commencement ceremony, May 22, 2025. (Ellen Rubin Photography via JTA)
June 19, 2025, 4:24 pm
Conservative flagship’s 1st woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026
The outgoing head of the Jewish Theological Seminary since 2020 says she never intended a ‘lengthy tenure’ and will return to the faculty, where she has been serving since 1991
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie dressed in drag, as his alter-ego, the Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross, as seen in 'Sabbath Queen,' a film by Sandi DuBowski. (Courtesy)
February 8, 2025, 2:46 am
From radical drag queen to rabbi, film depicts journey of a Jewish law breaker
‘Sabbath Queen’ follows gay scion of rabbinic dynasty Amichai Lau-Lavie for two decades as he challenges traditional Judaism’s norms and becomes a respected communal leader
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The so-called Afghan Liturgical Quire, a codex some believe is the oldest Jewish book in existence. (Museum of the Bible)
September 25, 2024, 7:44 am
Museum of the Bible unveils newly dated ‘oldest Jewish book’
Museum says 5-inch by 5-inch codex, including prayers, poems and Haggadah, is relic from Jewish minority in 8th century Afghanistan
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin and his fiancee Shira pose before Rosh Hashanah 2023 at Kibbutz Hannaton in the Jezreel Valley of Israel. (Courtesy Kaplan-Lipkin via JTA)
October 11, 2023, 6:19 am
US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help
Most programs were just getting underway when Hamas launched its massive onslaught of terror, forcing many pupils to consider their options amid an uncertain future
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Jewish children's book author Caroline Kusin Pritchard visits the Jewish Theological Seminary (courtesy, Caroline Kusin Pritchard via JTA)
June 12, 2023, 11:36 pm
Children’s book to depict Jewish Theological Seminary’s library during 1966 fire
Volume from author Caroline Kusin Pritchard will look at how neighbors pitched in to help save books that were damaged by extinguishing water
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)
May 19, 2022, 5:45 am
After 2-year delay, Shuly Rubin Schwartz inaugurated as JTS’s first woman chancellor
Rubin Schwartz is first woman to head Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary in its 136-year history
By Jackie Hajdenberg
An aerial view of American Jewish University's Sunny & Isadore Familian Campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Communications Department, AJU/ via JTA)
March 25, 2022, 9:21 pm
One of 2 Conservative US rabbinical schools is slashing tuition — by nearly 80%
The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies has lowered its tuition to $7,000 amid dwindling attendance and fewer rabbinical students overall, in the hopes of setting an upward trend
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach will become interim dean of the Rabbinical School at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America in July. (Courtesy JTS via JTA)
March 23, 2021, 5:17 am
Jewish Theological Seminary names first woman as dean of its rabbinical school
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach succeeds Rabbi Daniel Nevins as head of Conservative Judaism’s flagship seminary
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)
June 15, 2020, 9:01 pm
First female chancellor of JTS says she ‘knows what needs to be done’
Even with a pandemic and a drop in Conservative movement affiliation, Shuly Rubin Schwartz is calmly and confidently facing her new role at her alma mater
By Shira Hanau
Shuly Rubin Schwartz in New York. (Ellen Dubin Photography via AP)
June 2, 2020, 5:32 am
Prominent US Jewish seminary names 1st woman leader in its 134-year history
Jewish Theological Seminary, the preeminent higher learning institution for Conservative Judaism in US, announces appointment of Shuly Rubin Schwartz as new chancellor
By David Crary
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