THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) was founded in 1886 through the efforts of two distinguished rabbis, Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes, along with a group of prominent lay leaders from Sephardic congregations in Philadelphia and New York. Its mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice of historical Judaism. In 1887, JTS held its first class of ten students in the vestry of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue, New York City's oldest congregation.
Since then, JTS has greatly expanded its mission, creating a beautiful campus at the northeast corner of Broadway and 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, 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 US, Israel and around the world. In addition, The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary houses the largest collection of Judaica and Hebraica in the Western Hemisphere.
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