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3080 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

The Jewish Theological seminary (JTS) is known as the academic and spiritual home of Conservative Judaism throughout the world. Students who enroll at the Jewish Theological seminary are interested in preparing for religious, educational, academic, or lay careers in the Jewish community, as well as the greater world community.

The two academic schools within the Jewish Theological Seminary are the undergraduate Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies and the Graduate School, while the three professional schools are the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, the Rabbinical School, and the H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music. In addition to offering outstanding academic and professional programs on its own campus on Broadway in New York, the Jewish Theological Seminary also maintains affiliations with other area schools, including Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary.

All of the Jewish Theological Seminary's learning opportunities seek to bring students and faculty together in a community that supports and honors scholarship grounded in the principles of Judaism. Students enrolled at the Jewish Theological Seminary will find that their intellectual and spiritual needs are fulfilled as they work towards their academic and spiritual goals.

Quick Facts:

The Jewish Theological Seminary was established in 1886 by a group of religious and lay leaders headed by Rabbis Dr. Sabato Morais and Dr. H. Pereira Mendes.

The library at the Jewish Theological Seminary has more than 340,000 volumes of Judaica -- the largest collection in the Western Hemisphere.

The Jewish Theological Seminary offers generous merit-based and need-based financial aid packages for enrolled students.

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