Category: Society & culture
Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies
The Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies is dedicated to the study of the Canadian Jewish experience through research, education, and community partnerships.
Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
The ACJS / Aéjc is a national organization with headquarters in Montreal. Since the 1970s the organization has been affiliated with several local Jewish historical societies and organizations throughout Canada.
Institute for Jewish Studies – Åbo Akademi
The Institute for Jewish Studies is a JUDAIC Institute at the Faculty of Theology at the Åbo Akademi University. Åbo Akademi University is a Swedish language school in Finland. They also have a program called Old Testament Exegetics with Judaic Studies.
Toronto Board of Rabbis
The Toronto Board of Rabbis organizes rabbis in the Toronto area for educational events and radio/television appearances.
“Theological Education Rebounds, But Fewer Students Enroll”
Read a Sept. 11, 2012, Insights into Religion article on the state of theological education.
“A new way to become a rabbi?”
Read an Aug. 24, 2012, article from The Jewish Standard about a controversial, one-year online seminary, the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute.
“Student-Loan Debt and the Future of Seminaries”
Read an Aug. 23, 2012, column in The Wall Street Journal about the debt problem for seminary students and what congregations and schools can do differently to address it. Russell D. Moore, dean of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., is the author.
“Ministers With MBAs”
Read an Aug. 7, 2012, story by Inside Higher Ed about seminary programs that combine master of divinity degrees with advanced business degrees.