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Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
24/04/2025
Coinciding with the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies second semester, Bible Lecturer Dr. Sarah Schwartz is taking up her duties as Dean of the Institute. A noted Biblical scholar focused on teaching and researching literary philology, Dr. Schwartz formerly headed Schechter’s Bible Studies Department.
Dr. Sara Schwartz, the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies’ new Dean
Dr. Schwartz is the author of over a dozen articles and one book all dealing with studying the Bible as literature. Utilizing insights from anthropology, psychology and sociology, she brings to life Pentateuchal, historiographical narratives and biblical poetry. An active member of the international Society for Biblical Literature (SBL), she has been responsible for organizing and chairing academic sessions as well as presenting subjects and papers to scholarly colleagues.
“I am excited to take over the office of dean. It comes with a great feeling of responsibility and I am ready with 100% commitment,” notes Dr. Schwartz.
She takes over from Dr. Noa Yuval Hacham, an expert in Jewish art and sacred texts, who served as Schechter’s dean for three and one-half years.
Dr. Schwartz says her job, “is to bring to reality Schechter’s goals as an academic institution adhering to the concepts of quality and excellence alongside a deep connection to Israeli society.” A major focus is to further Schechter’s ongoing commitment in pursuing and developing projects, classes and seminars breaking down the walls between the tower of academia and the changing realities of Israeli society, particularly in the aftermath of the October 7th, 2023 war.
“Schechter’s goal as an academic institution is to hold to the concepts of quality research and teaching excellence alongside a deep connection to Israeli society,” states Schwartz. “This combination is uncommon, and I am proud to be a partner in an academic institution that strives for a serious, meaningful, honest, and open intellectual discourse that resonates outside the ivory tower, especially in these fateful days.”
One of her goals is to lead outreach with other institutions in Israel and abroad – academic as well as social and cultural, thereby broadening connections and opportunities for joint initiatives, academic scholarship that will also serve to approach issues of relevance for the Jewish people in Israel and around the globe.
Schwartz’ term coincides with completion of a major capital campaign that led to the successful renovation of Schechter’s 62 year-old library and administration building. With new offices filled with light – natural as well as intellectual – the building offers improved working spaces and technologies.
Says Schwartz, “I hope that we will be a magnet for all those who wish and strive to directly experience the Jewish spiritual and textual worlds. Schechter will work to contribute our part in exposing our students to the light in our learning and creative spaces.”
