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CJS at 50: Remembering Our Beginnings and Becomings

From the Spring 2018 issue of SKYLIGHT See a PDF of this article In 1964, just two years after the founding of the Graduate Theological Union as a partnership of Christian seminaries, the school’s dean, John Dillenberger, approached the Conservative and Reform Movements to share his interest in establishing Jewish Studies on campus “to stand in its own right in relation to other studies, and not just as an adjunct to Protestant studies.” The radical vision of the early GTU is well reflected in its desire to establish a home for Jewish studies supported rather than constrained by its...
The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) Madrasa-Midrasha Program
CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesCJS@50Naomi Seidman
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CJS at 50: Looking Ahead to New Community, New Partnerships, and New Understandings of What Jewish Means

From the Spring 2018 issue of SKYLIGHT See a PDF of this article Something magical happens at the GTU’s Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies: a kind of intellectual alchemy in which classical Jewish sources meet contemporary perspectives, producing new articulations of ancient themes. The intellectual buzz at CJS reverberates beyond the walls of the GTU, reaching Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Through in-depth cultural, historical, textual, linguistic, and literary explorations, CJS transforms those who participate in its degree and public...
The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) Madrasa-Midrasha Program
CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesDeena AranoffCJS@50
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CJS at 50: A Place to Discover Your Voice

From the Spring 2018 issue of SKYLIGHT See a PDF of this article Words are inadequate to express the impact that the GTU—and, more specifically, the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies—has had on my life. During my time at CJS, I have grown both as a person and as an academic. CJS is a place where one learns from others’ vast academic wealth as well as from their rich personal experiences and viewpoints. I have sat at many tables (usually with some form of good food), and have listened to others present their views and interpretations on a wide array of topics. I grew so much simply...
GTU AlumsThe Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS)
CJS | The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish StudiesCJS@50Glennis LammAlumni

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