Ismar Schorsch

Scholar and educator, born in Hanover, Germany. He went to the USA in 1938 and became a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, served as a chaplain in the US Army, then joined the seminary as a professor of history. In 1986 he became the seminary's chancellor and helped found the Seminary for Judaic Studies in Jerusalem.

Ismar Schorsch was the sixth Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish history. He retired as Chancellor on June 30, 2006, and was succeeded by Arnie Eisen, who took office as Chancellor-elect on July 1, 2006, and will assume the position full time on July 1, 2007.

In 1995, Schorsch published Sacred Cluster: The Core Values of Conservative Judaism, outlining what he calls the seven clusters of Conservative Judaism.

Schorsch was ordained by JTS in 1962, holds master's degrees from JTS and Columbia University.