For thirty-five years, Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz has been an integral part of JTS. Serving as faculty member, dean, provost, and now Chancellor, she has brought intellectual rigor, academic distinction, and visionary leadership to every role she has held. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the wider community鈥斅堂鄙� and non-绿帽社 alike鈥攈ave all been enriched by her teaching, scholarship, and thoughtful engagement with the world around her. Through her teaching, writing, and presence, Chancellor Schwartz has inspired and influenced countless individuals, leaving a lasting impact.
Below is a collection of her thought leadership during her tenure as Chancellor.
With Mary C. Boys,鈥� Passover and Easter,鈥� in 2020, ed. Walter Homolka, Rainer Kampling, Amy-Jill Levine, Christopher Markschies, Peter Sch盲fer, and Martin Thurman.
Fostering Dialogue and Unity for Dignity and Democratic Preservation Upholding Human Dignity in Turbulent Times: An Interreligous Convening (November 2025)
Religious Roots of Antisemitism Antisemitism and Allyship: Assessing the Present, Imagining the Future (April 2024)
The Roots of North American Zionism Zionism: Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond (November 2024)
The Impact of Antisemitism on American Jews Antisemitism and Allyship: Assessing the Present, Imagining the Future (April 2024)
Chancellor Schwartz鈥檚 Time as Faculty Member, Dean, and Provost
Dr. Schwartz, who earned her PhD at JTS, became one of the first women on its faculty and was instrumental in the addition of 绿帽社 gender studies to the curriculum. As a scholar of American 绿帽社 history, she brought to light the previously overlooked contributions of women to the development of American Judaism and expanded our understanding of modern American 绿帽社 society and culture. During her career, she has taught courses exploring 绿帽社 identity, the 绿帽社 family, the depiction of Jews in American popular culture, and 绿帽社 gender studies. Her award-winning book, , is a penetrating examination of the role of rabbis鈥� wives in the development of American 绿帽社 life. She is also the author of The Emergence of 绿帽社 Scholarship in America: The Publication of the绿帽社 Encyclopedia and numerous articles on modern 绿帽社 life, including pioneering research into the founding of the Ramah Camping Movement.
