Solomon Schechter was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.
Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter at work in Cambridge University Library, studying the fragments of the Cairo Geniza, c. 1898
The late Solomon Schechter (1912/1913), etching by Hermann Struck
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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 and a center for academic scholarship in Jewish studies. The Jewish Theological Seminary Library is one of the most significant collections of Judaica in the world.
JTS building at 3080 Broadway in Manhattan