Ismar Schorsch

Ismar Schorsch (born November 3, 1935, in Hanover, Germany) is the Chancellor emeritus of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish history.[1][2]

Schorsch served as the sixth Chancellor at JTS for approximately 20 years, from March 1986 until his retirement in June 2006.[3] He was succeeded by Arnold Eisen.

  1. ^ Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan (eds.), The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78238-985-9, pp. 11, 35‒36, 433‒434 (including a short biography and bibliography).
  2. ^ "Ismar Schorsch" [faculty page]. Jewish Theological Seminary. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  3. ^ Berger, Joseph (June 17, 2005). "Jewish Theological Seminary to Lose Its Longtime Leader". New York Times.