A couple of weeks ago there was an evening at the Jewish Theological Seminary in honor of my teacher Rabbi Neil Gillman on the occasion of his retirement.  Since there was another event for that a year or two ago, I’m not sure exactly what the occasion was.  I think the first time was his retirement from full time faculty status, and this from ( Read more... )

I just finished watching the inauguration of Arnie Eisen as the new chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the school which ordained me 25 years ago and with which I have a seriously ambivalent relationship.  I had thought about attending, but never got around to RSVPing, and my schedule this week was really crazy, but I was glad ( Read more... )