Traditions, Innovations,
and Visions AJR accepts exceptional students, without regard to race, age, gender or sexual orientation, who commit themselves to the highest ideals of devotion to God, Torah and Israel. We afford our students the freedom to explore, experiment and struggle with their personal sense of Jewish life and with their own role in the larger Jewish community. A solid grounding in the vast richness of our multi-voiced tradition provides our students with the foundations for developing their own creative and inclusive visions that are destined to have a deep impact on the Jewish community. Our seminary's openness to many views and our appreciation that the Jewish community is thirsting for innovation and vision makes AJR a uniquely exciting environment for nurturing our students and for challenging them to grow to become the spiritual leaders they want to be.

AJR Invited Join Steering Committee

Dr. Ora Horn Prouser, Rabbi David Greenstein and Ms. Sandra Kilstein, AJR’s Dean of Students and Director of Placement, have been invited to join the Steering Committee of the National Conference on C...

AJR Alum Named Chaplain of the Year

Rabbi Bonita E. Taylor (AJR ’94) was honored by the New York Board of Rabbis as “5768-2008 Chaplain of the Year” at a festive luncheon on June 26, 2008. In addition to being a devoted and valued facul...

Hazzan Tasat Celebrates New Congregation

Hazzan Ramón Tasat, Director of Cantorial Studies at AJR, celebrated the opening of his new congregation, Shirat HaNefesh (Song of the Soul), an emerging Jewish congregation in southern Montgomery Cou...

Rabbi Greenstein Participated in Ma-Kom Program

In recognition of AJR’s commitment to promoting study and involvement with Israel, Rabbi David Greenstein, AJR Rosh Ha-Yeshivah, was invited to take part in a two-day “Think-Practice Tank on Ad...

Rabbi Greenstein at Mechon Hadar

Rabbi David Greenstein gave a shiur to the students of Mechon Hadar, NY, on July 7, 2008. The subject was “Love of Torah and the Midrashic Process: Contemporary Thoughts.

Rabbi Irvin Ungar publishes new haggadah

Rabbi Irvin Ungar, AJR alumnus and antiquarian bookseller (www.historicana.com), has just published a new edition of the 1940 Szyk Haggadah. This unique edition was created using the latest advances i...

Rabbi Moshe Cotel (’03) in Featured in Jewish Week Article

Rabbi Moshe Cotel (’03) has been receiving requests from around the country to perform his program, Chronicles: A Jewish Life at the Classical Piano. Moshe was a renowned classical pianist, composer a...

Drucker to Publish New Book

Rabbi Malka Drucker, (AJR ’98) has just announced that her new book, Portraits of Jewish American Heroes, will be published in August 2008. In this book Rabbi Drucker, together with illustrato...

Women's Torah Commentary Published

AJR is proud to announce that Dr. Ora Horn Prouser, AJR Executive Vice President and Dean, Rabbi Jill Hammer, AJR Director of Spiritual Education, Rabbi Malka Drucker and Rabbi Judith Hauptman, AJR al...

AJR Gala Dinner

Join AJR on Monday, March 10, 2008 as we honor Dr. Phyllis Chesler with the 2008 Kehillah Award for Distinguished Public Service and Ms. Jane Dystel with the AJR Voices of Vision Award. Invitations wi...