The Jewish Theological Seminary
Events, Exhibits, and Programs at The Library
The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary hosts a variety of book talks, lectures, programs, and other public events. In addition, our special exhibitions provide museum-quality presentations of many of The Library's celebrated, historical treasures in the context of Jewish education.
Go beyond the books and explore all that The Library has to offer.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Library Exhibits
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ties to JTS and Conservative Judaism
January 20–April 17, 2012. The Library, 5th floor display cases outside the Special Reading Room. For more information.
Special Lecture
Monday, March 26, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Jack Wertheimer (coeditor) will speak about his new book, The New Jewish Leaders: Reshaping the American Jewish Landscape.
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30–8:30 p.m.
Aryeh Cohen will speak about his new book, Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism.
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Recent Events
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011Dr. Burton Visotzky presents a Library Book Talk on Sage Tales: Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud. View a video by "Call on Faith" with Dr. Visotzky about his new work. |
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Sunday, April 10, 2011The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), with the cooperation of Nextbook and Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, presents a Library Book Talk on Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, featuring the book's authors, acclaimed essayist Adina Hoffman and MacArthur Foundation Award-winning poet and translator Peter Cole. |
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011Dr. Eitan Fishbane presents a book talk on Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections. |
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Monday, January 31, 2011Dr. Carol K. Ingall discussed her most recent book The Women Who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910–1965. |
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Thursday, December 16, 2010Dr. Tal Ilan delivered a lecture on "A Feminist Commentary on Massekhet Taanit: How to Read Gender into a Commentary of the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud." |
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Monday, December 6, 2010Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson discussed their new book A Jewish Feminine Mystique?: Jewish Women in Postwar America. |
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Thursday, November 18, 2010Rabbi Naomi Levy delivered a talk on her new book Hope Will Find You: My Search for the Wisdom to Stop Waiting and Start Living. |
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Current Exhibitions
The exhibitions program enables the general public to view the extensive and irreplaceable collections of manuscripts, incunabula, rare printed Hebrew books, genizah fragments, broadsides, ketubbot, megillot, and prints of The Library.
Exhibitions are on view on the first and fifth floors of The Library building. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
In Alperin Lobby
Jewish Musical Response to German Kultur
Through the use of musical scores, historical photos, engravings, and correspondence, The Library's music archivist, Dr. Eliott Kahn, explores changes in Jewish music from the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) through the Nazi years.
The exhibit was inspired by the successful concert of German-Jewish music sponsored by The Library in May 2010 at New York's Society for Ethical Culture.
Online Exhibitions
JTS Library Treasures: An online visit to The Library's Rare Book Room
Traveling Exhibitions
People of Faith, Land of Promise: In Celebration of 350 Years of Jewish Life in America (in facsimile)
Radical Visions: Graphic Satire in the Yiddish Press, 1894–1939
Sanctuary and Synagogue: The Experience of the Portuguese and Ashkenazic Jews in Amsterdam
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View a list of past exhibitions.
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The Jewish Theological Seminary is located at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street) in New York City, and is accessible via the #1 train and the M4 and M104 buses.