Jewish religious seminaries

A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. Twin bombings in a shopping district in Baghdad killed at least 68 people ...

2008: Jerusalem. 2008: Jerusalem. Ten years ago: A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. AP ...

Ten years ago: A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. Twin bombings in a shopping district in Baghdad killed at ...

Ten years ago: A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. Twin bombings in a shopping district in Baghdad killed at ...

2008: Jerusalem. 2008: Jerusalem. Ten years ago: A Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. AP ...

The issue at hand is passing the national budget, which the ultra-Orthodox parties in Netanyahu's coalition are refusing to support unless the prime minister first pushes through legislation exempting Jewish seminary students from serving in the IDF. "Secular" Israelis have long balked at the status quo that ...

Ben Gal taught at two religious Jewish seminaries, both of them located in illegal Israeli settlements: one in Gival Smuel, and the other in Har Bracha settlement, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. The clashes broke out after an Israeli army force raided the Northern Mountain in Nablus and surrounded a ...

The Institute of Southern Jewish Life announced Tuesday that Aaron Rozovsky will be the organization's next director of rabbinical services, traveling through the American South to serve as rabbi in small Jewish communities. “His passion for serving under-served Jewish communities, his past experience ...

Ben Gal taught at two religious Jewish seminaries, both of them located in illegal Israeli settlements: one in Gival Smuel, and the other in Har Bracha settlement, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. Ben Gal was transferred to hospital, with critical injuries in his upper extremities, where he succumbed to his ...

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) officially commenced work on renovating and expanding its Morningside Heights campus this week. Their new “21st Century Campus” was designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, the same architects who are working on the Obama Presidential Library. This new ...

Development firm Savanna has received financing to move ahead with its plans to develop part of the Jewish Theological Seminary campus in Morningside Heights into a residential building, the Commercial Observer reports (h/t YIMBY). Savanna paid the Seminary $96 million for air rights and a parcel of ...

A recent Forward article asked a provocative and troubling question: “Where Are All the Non-Orthodox Rabbis?” It pointed to a steep decline in enrollment at non-Orthodox rabbinical schools, which should prompt some new thinking. Here's a start: Why not merge the Reform and Conservative seminaries?

The issue at hand is passing the national budget, which the ultra-Orthodox parties in Netanyahu's coalition are refusing to support unless the prime minister first pushes through legislation exempting Jewish seminary students from serving in the IDF. "Secular" Israelis have long balked at the status quo that ...