Department: Division of Lifelong and Professional StudiesReports to: Dean of the Division of Lifelong and Professional StudiesLocation: In-person, New York CityFull-time: 35-hour work week, with Fridays offSalary: $80,000Program Description:MFA students experiment with diverse methods of storytelling while developing their creative voice and working intensively on their own projects and process. This four-semester, two-year program combines in-person residencies on the JTS campus with personalized study and mentorship from world-renowned storytellers.Inspired by the rich tradition of Jewish storytelling, this MFA welcomes writers who have a story to tell and want to work with cutting-edge contemporary writers and artists in an environment that supports fiction, poetry, performance, non-fiction, songwriting, hybrid forms, and work that exists between genres. More information is available at https://www.jtsa.edu/mfa-creative-writing/.

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Since its founding in 1886, JTS has greatly expanded its mission, creating a beautiful campus and evolving into the prestigious center of Jewish learning it is today. A Jewish university with a world-class faculty and a diverse student body, JTS grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through its five schools and offers enriching programs for the Jewish community in the United States, Israel, and around the world. JTS schools and facilities include the Gershon Kekst Graduate School; the Rabbinical School; H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music; William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education; Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies; the Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School, a model supplementary high school; a summer school; five research institutes, including the Melton Research Center for Jewish Education; lay leadership and professional institutes; community education programs; student residence halls; and the incomparable collections of JTS’s world-renowned library.

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Academic Assistant Director, MFA in Creative Writing

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