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The Week Of Study At JTS

For twenty two consecutive years, groups of three dozen committed Conservative Executive Directors have gathered each June for a five day course of intensive study at the world-renowned Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The week of study is sponsored jointly by NAASE, the Seminary and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

SCHEDULE THE DATE!

  The Twenty Second Anniversary Celebration!  


June 3 - 7, 2012

Plus an opportunity to particpate in an exciting
Upper West Side New York Shabbat experience!


Program Details

This year’s NAASE Week of Study will feature in-depth learning with a panel of eminent teachers, guided by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond as our scholar-in-residence, and other leading teachers and scholars from the Jewish Theological Seminary and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

Registration

This year’s NAASE Week of Study program materials and registration forms will be available soon at this location.


The 2011 Program

To read about last year's outstanding program, download
a PDF copy of the 2011 Week of Study Brochure

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If you were unable to join us for last year's Week of Study,
please be sure to plan on attending this year!

Past Weeks of Study

The annual study conference examines theory and practice, drawing on the work in the field done by executive directors, including discussions and explorations of how this work enriches and challenges executives in their own spiritual lives.

Personal Reviews

Past Themes

Each year, carefully selected themes coordinate the study sessions for the week. Recent past years' themes have included:

2011
B'nai Avraham:
Brothers and Rivals

2010
Work, Wealth aned Worth:

2009
Eat and Be Holy:
Food, Identity, and Social Responsibility in Jewish Tradition

2008
Spiritual Care and the Congregation

2007
Swords and Plowshares:
The Ethics of War and Peace in Jewish Tradition

2006
Creating Kehillah Kedoshah, A Sacred Community: Bringing Jewish Values Into Our Daily Lives

2005
Love Your Neighbor: Jewish Guide to
Intergroup and Interpersonal Relationships

2004
The Jewish Response to Illness, Pain and Death

2003
Prayer: Its Origins, History and Theology

2002
Insider or Outsider:
The Jew and Community, Then and Now

2001
Chosenness and Ambivalence:
Exploring the Mixed Blessing

 2000
In The Image of God:
Jewish Ethics at the Frontier

1999
The Intersection of American and Jewish Values:
Authority Versus Autonomy in Jewish Life

1998
Sacred Land: How Jews Perceive Israel Throughout History

1997
Leadership and Self-Esteem: Conflict and Survival from Biblical Times to the Present

1996
Back To The Sources and Forward To The Future: Midrash and Our Lives Today

1995
The Search For Kedushah: Finding Personal and Communal Spirituality in our Synagogues

1994
The Synagogue: Its Role in the Community Historically, Theologically and Halachically

1993
The Jewish Life Cycle: How Jewish Tradition Sanctifies Life

1992
The Synagogue and the Community

1991
A Week of Study: A Professional Tradition Begins*

* A program descriptor applied retroactively

Photos from Past Weeks of Study

Photographic highlights shown here and in NAASE publications are made possible through the tireless efforts of our photographic chronicler, David Rothenberg, FSA, ATz, to whom we express our thanks.

Shacharit in the Women's League Beit Midrash

Discussion and serious exploration begins in every corner of the Beit Midrash...

...and finds its way across the widespread campus... and beyond!