Rabbi Ayelet Cohen | March 21-22, 2025
With gratitude to the generosity of the Phyllis W. and Rabbi Barry D. Cytron Lectureship Fund of the Adath Jeshurun Foundation.
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About Rabbi Cohen As Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership at JTS, Rabbi Ayelet Cohen leads The Rabbinical School and H. L. Miller Cantorial School. In this role, she works to shape the next generation of Jewish clergy, cultivating students’ spiritual and intellectual lives so they can meet the challenges of Jewish life with wisdom, creativity, and resilience. Rabbi Cohen assumed this position in 2022, becoming the first woman to hold this role in the history of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Cohen is the author of prayers and liturgy used by communities around the world and has mentored dozens of rabbinical and cantorial students. She is the author of Changing Lives, Making History: Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the First Forty Years, and co-editor of Siddur B’chol L’vavcha. |
Weekend Events
Friday Night Services w/ Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Ayelet Cohen
Friday, March 21 | 6:00 PM | Adath
Rabbi Cohen will participate in Friday Night Services and be our Speaker.
Friday, March 21 | 6:00 PM | Adath
Rabbi Cohen will participate in Friday Night Services and be our Speaker.
Learn During Dinner: Texts for Times of Crisis (for those who pre-registered)
Friday Night Services, March 21 | After Friday Night Services | Adath
The canon of Jewish biblical and liturgical texts has much to offer us in difficult times. Through a study of classical and contemporary sources, we will consider how sacred text can help us articulate our struggles and be a source of strength.
Registration for Shabbat dinner is CLOSED.
Friday Night Services, March 21 | After Friday Night Services | Adath
The canon of Jewish biblical and liturgical texts has much to offer us in difficult times. Through a study of classical and contemporary sources, we will consider how sacred text can help us articulate our struggles and be a source of strength.
Registration for Shabbat dinner is CLOSED.
Shabbat Morning Services with Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Ayelet Cohen
Saturday, March 22 | 9:30 AM
Rabbi Cohen will participate in Shabbat Morning Services and be our Speaker.
Saturday, March 22 | 9:30 AM
Rabbi Cohen will participate in Shabbat Morning Services and be our Speaker.
Learn after Lunch: Spiritual Leadership for Our Time
Saturday, March 22 | After Shabbat Morning Services | Adath
Together we will explore the vision of Jewish spiritual and communal leadership as it was imagined by the rabbis and as it has evolved and been transformed by women's and LGBTQ voices.
Saturday, March 22 | After Shabbat Morning Services | Adath
Together we will explore the vision of Jewish spiritual and communal leadership as it was imagined by the rabbis and as it has evolved and been transformed by women's and LGBTQ voices.