Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City is a prestigious center for Jewish higher education, best known for its undergraduate division, Albert A. List College, which offers highly selective dual-degree programs in partnership with Columbia University and Barnard College. Through this unique academic pathway, students earn two distinct bachelor's degrees simultaneously, utilizing JTS’s world-class library—which houses the largest collection of Jewish Hebrew manuscripts in the Western Hemisphere—alongside the vast liberal arts resources of its Ivy League neighbors. On campus, students experience a close-knit, pluralistic, and intellectually rigorous community focused on Jewish learning and social action, while fully participating in the vibrant, sprawling student life of Manhattan's Morningside Heights.
Wikipedia:The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York. It is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism as well as a hub for academic scholarship in Jewish studies. The Jewish Theological Seminary Library is one of the most significant collections of Judaica in the world.
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