[3] Starting in fall 2023, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at American Jewish University implemented several reforms.
[5] In March 2024, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency revealed that AJU had hired law firm Cozen O'Connor to investigate complaints of gender-based misconduct at the Ziegler School.
The complaints, made over the previous two decades by former rabbinical students, allege a pattern of male favoritism and disrespectful treatment by dean Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson and deputy dean Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, who were notified of the investigation by a Cozen O'Connor attorney.
[6] On June 17th, AJU made a brief statement by email summarizing the report, claiming that while students experienced sexism and homophobia, it was not systemic.
It agreed to adopt the recommendations of the report, which include revamping its Title IX program and improving student support services.