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April 18, 2019

Aya Baron Receives Wexner Fellowship for Rabbinical Studies

GTU Communications

Congratulations to GTU student Aya Baron, who has been awarded a prestigious Wexner Graduate Fellowship to pursue rabbinical studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Baron is currently earning her MA in association with our Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies. 

September 17, 2018

CJS Alum Launches Yom Kippur Campaign Opposing Sexual Violence

GTU Communications

CJS alumna Merissa Nathan Gerson (MA, ’13) is the driving force behind a campaign that encourages Jewish communities to oppose sexual violence and declare that “Consent is a Jewish value.” As part of the “Ken Means Yes” campaign, Jewish communites are encouraged to incorporate a brief reading of a Talmud-based script into services on Yom Kippur.

March 27, 2018

CJS at 50: Remembering Our Beginnings and Becomings

Naomi Seidman

From the Spring 2018 issue of SKYLIGHT

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Center for Jewish Studies, Professor Naomi Seidman looks back at the key people and events that shaped the Center during its first half-century. 

March 27, 2018

CJS at 50: A Place to Discover Your Voice

Glennis Lamm

From the Spring 2018 issue of SKYLIGHT

Alum Glennis Lamm reflects on the persoanl impact of her experiences at the GTU's Center for Jewish Studies    

January 29, 2018

GTU Presidential Search Accepting Applications through March 1, 2018

GTU Communications

The GTU is actively engaged in a search for the school’s next president and will continue to accept applications from interested candidates through March 1, 2018. We are seeking an innovative and collaborative leader whose compelling vision can inspire and unite this dynamic interreligious institution. The presidential search committee is encouraging the entire GTU community to invite qualified candidates to apply for this position.

January 23, 2018

Naomi Seidman Awarded Inaugural Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship

GTU Communications

Dr. Naomi Seidman, Koret Professor of Jewish Culture at the GTU’s Center for Jewish Studies, has been awarded the inaugural Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship for her 2016 book, The Marriage Plot. The newly established Borsch-Rast Prize includes an award of $10,000 and is designed to encourage innovative and creative theological scholarship by GTU graduates and current faculty. Dr. Kathryn Barush received was an honorable mention for her book, Art and the Sacred Journey in Britain, 1790-1850.

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