Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

      the academic and spiritual centre of Conservative Judaism in the United States. Founded in New York City in 1886 as the Jewish Theological Seminary Association, the institution was first headed by Rabbi Sabato Morais, whose declared goal was to educate rabbis in modern research.

      The school name was modified and its charter revised in 1902 under the seminary's second president, Solomon Schechter (Schechter, Solomon), whose reputation for outstanding scholarship attracted other distinguished scholars to the faculty. Since that time the seminary has grown steadily, and its present library holdings are considered to be one of the finest collections of Hebraica in the world.

      The seminary grants degrees in five of its departments: the rabbinical department, the University of Judaism (a Los Angeles branch), the Teachers Institute–Seminary College of Jewish Studies, the Cantors Institute, and the Seminary College of Jewish Music. The seminary also operates the Shocken Institute for Jewish Research in Jerusalem and, among its many projects, sponsors the Jewish Museum in New York City.

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