JTS

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graduate school rabbinical seminary religious educational institution

JTS is a leading academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism, known for training rabbis, cantors, and scholars and for its influential research in Jewish studies.

Aliases (2)

Jewish Theological Seminary of America ×59
JTS Library ×2

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	graduate school → rabbinical seminary → religious educational institution →
academicFocus	Bible → Jewish education → Jewish history → Jewish philosophy → Jewish studies → Talmud → rabbinics →
affiliatedMovement	Masorti movement →
borough	Manhattan →
campusType	urban campus →
city	New York City →
country	United States →
denomination	Conservative Judaism →
foundedIn	1886 →
founder	Alexander Kohut → Bernard Drachman → Henry Pereira Mendes → Marcus Jastrow → Sabato Morais →
governingBody	Board of Trustees →
hasLibrary	The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary →
hasSchool	Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies → H. L. Miller Cantorial School → The Gershon Kekst Graduate School → The Rabbinical School → William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education →
knownFor	influential faculty in Jewish scholarship → scholarship in Jewish studies → training Conservative cantors → training Conservative rabbis →
languageOfStudy	Aramaic → Hebrew →
libraryCollectionStrength	Hebrew manuscripts → incunabula → rare Jewish books →
libraryCollectionType	Jewish studies collection →
mission	to advance Jewish scholarship → to educate Jewish leaders → to preserve the Jewish heritage →
neighborhood	Morningside Heights →
offersDegree	bachelor's degrees → cantorial investiture → doctoral degrees → master's degrees → rabbinical ordination →
originalLocation	New York City →
primaryLanguageOfInstruction	English →
regionOfInfluence	North American Jewry →
religiousAffiliation	Judaism →
religiousTradition	Conservative Judaism →
shortName	JTS →
trains	Jewish educators → Jewish scholars → cantors → rabbis →
typeOfInstitution	private, non-profit →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jewish Theological Seminary of America → The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary ("JTS Library") →	shortName
Jewish Theological Seminary of America →	abbreviation
The Gershon Kekst Graduate School ("JTS Library") →	associatedWith