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Reflection One Year Later: JTS and Creating a Culture of Inclusion

By: Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster on: Apr 2,2008 In: Education, Jewish Identity, Jewish Life, Jewish Theological Seminary, LGBTQ

A week ago, Wednesday, March 26th, was the first anniversary of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s decision to admit openly gay and lesbian rabbinical and cantorial students, following on the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards’ December 2006 vote. In celebration, the students of JTS’s Committee on Inclusion a fantastic program called “Hazak Hazak V’Nithazek: Celebrating [...]