Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

July 5, 2005 - Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem Receives Accreditation as an Israeli Academic Institution by Israel's Council for Higher Education, enabling it to Grant Israeli Master's Degree in Jewish Studies

February 22, 2005 - Annual National Women's Study Day, "Eshet Chayil: Woman of Valor", Southern Region - Kehilat Nezach Israel, Ashkelon

February 13, 2005 - Annual National Women's Study Day, "Eshet Chayil: Woman of Valor", Central Region - Kehilat Hod V'Hadar, Kfar Saba

February 9, 2005 - Annual National Women's Study Day, "Eshet Chayil: Woman of Valor", Northern Region - Kibbutz Hanaton

December 2004 - Schechter Marks Twenty Years
Last month, the Schechter Institute, in conjunction with its annual Board of Governors meetings in Jerusalem, celebrated a 20th anniversary in Jerusalem.

March 2004 - The Blessing and the Curse
Shalom Kantor, a University of Judaism visiting rabbinical student at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, shares great moments of joy and dark hours of sadness.

February 15, 2004 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Central Region - Bet Israel Synagogue, Netanya

February 18, 2004 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Southern Region - Eshel Avraham Synagogue, Beersheva

February 23, 2004 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Northern Region - Kibbutz Hanaton

December 2003 - Alice Shalvi's "farewell speech" to Schechter
Ha'aretz published the article A feminist in modest clothing in honor of Alice Shalvi who has just stepped down as Chair of the Schechter Institute Executive Board.

December 2003 - Graduation: Saluting Pluralistic Studies
56 graduates, including four rabbinical ordainees, 53 MA students and 3 DHL students received degrees at the Schechter 16th Ordination and Commencement Exercises. The valedictorian address was delivered by Tamar Biala, a graduate of the research track in Jewish Studies with a specialization in Women's and Gender Studies.

June 2003 - SIJS Women Rabbis Represent Israel at Peace Conference
Four Israeli rabbis, graduates of the Schechter Institute's Rabbinical School, participated in the international Women's Partnership for Peace in the Middle East Conference that took place in Oslo, June 12-14.

May 2003 - Shavuot - Pilgrimmage and Study
320 women from all over Israel made their annual pre-Shavuot pilgrimmage to Jerusalem and the Schechter Institute for a day of study. The participants learned about the Book of Ruth, using a beautiful, new Study Guide to the Book of Ruth created by Prof. Miriyam Glazer.

May 2003 - Liebhaber Prize Ceremony and Knesset Meets Schechter
The SIJS annual international board of governors met in Jerusalem. A highlight of the meeting was the sixth annual Marc and Henia Liebhaber Prize Ceremony which took place in Jerusalem on Monday May 12. The following day, world-acclaimed Israeli architect, Ada Karmi, presented her program and vision of the new SIJS Jerusalem campus which she has been chosen to design. On Wednesday, with the conclusion of the business session, a delegation of SIJS leadership met with members of Knesset from the Shinui party - Israel's party of "change" that swept into government last year with 15 Knesset seats. A brief summary of the events follows.

March 2003 - Agunot Get Their Voice
Sharon Shenhav describes her recent election to the Commission to Appoint Dayanim in Israel. Shenhav, who serves as Civil Law Faculty Advisor to the Schechter Institute Center for Women in Jewish Law, is an international women’s rights lawyer recognized as an expert on marriage and divorce in Jewish law. She has represented hundreds of women in rabbinical courts in Israel and has been a member of the Israeli delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

February 16, 2003 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Central Region - Bet Israel, Netanya

February 9, 2003 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Southern Region - Nezach Israel, Ashkelon

February 2, 2003 - Annual National Women's Study Day - Northern Region - Kibbutz Hanaton

February 2003 - Opening remarks by Prof. Alice Shalvi
Remarks by Prof. Alice Shalvi, founder of the SIJS Center for Judaism and the Arts, at the opening of the Artists' Bet Midrash exhibit, "Concealed and Revealed."

December 2002 - Days of Celebration
Prof. Alice Shalvi describes all the exciting achievements taking place at SIJS.

December 2002 - Sermon delivered by Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
Rabbi Claudia Kreiman, one of four Schechter Institute rabbinical students ordained recently in Jerusalem, delivers a sermon in New York at the Bnei Jeshurun Synagogue for Shabbat Shuva, Parshat Haazinu 5763

September 1, 2002 - Message from the President
Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, reviews the year 5762 and wishes everyone a shanah tovah in 5763.

August 2002 - Dear Israel
Dear Israel Card Campaign continues to boost morale and gain media attention.

June 21, 2002 - Women's Study Day - Schechter Institute

April 2002 - International Card Campaign to Boost Morale in Israel
A group of American rabbinical students studying in Jerusalem this year are asking that Jews (from all over the world) send handmade and decorative cards/pictures/posters of support and encouragement to Israel. Once received, the students will post them all over the store fronts, bus stops, places of terrorist attacks, hospitals, as well as other central places in Jerusalem in an effort to boost morale and show support.

April 2002 - Don't Take Israel's Democracy for Granted
Shimon Arbel, Director General of the Schechter Institute, examines the state of Israel's democracy at this time of war...and finds it strong and flourishing.

March 2002 - New at Schechter, Spring/Summer 2002, Vol. 5 No. 1
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