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Conservative flagship’s first woman chancellor, Shuly Rubin Schwartz, to step down in 2026

JL;DR SUMMARY Shuly Rubin Schwartz, the first woman chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), will step down at the end of the 2025-26 academic year. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Leadership TransitionJewish EducationJewish CommunityZionismCovid 19Conservative JudaismJewish Theological SeminaryRabbinical TrainingShuly Rubin Schwartz

Places mentioned

Wantagh, New York, United States
"Schwartz, who grew up in Wantagh, Long Island, and lives on the Upper West Side, has a lifelong connection to JTS: Her grandfather and her mother, Gilla Pearlstein Rubin, graduated from its Teachers Institute;"
New York, United States
"Schwartz, who grew up in Wantagh, Long Island, and lives on the Upper West Side, has a lifelong connection to JTS:"
Israel
"After the COVID epidemic and more recently the trauma of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, she said, more Jews want to find their connection to the Jewish people."
Jerusalem, Israel
"In Israel, American-born Rabbi Matt Berkowitz takes over next month as president of The Schechter Institutes, which includes the Jerusalem-based Schechter Rabbinical Seminary."

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