One-Hundred-Fifteenth Commencement Exercises May 21, 2009

The Jewish Theological Seminary is a premier academic center, consisting of five
schools and a world-renowned library. Students flourish in an intellectual environment
of warmth and creativity located in the heart of New York City’s vibrant Jewish
community. Academic departments of unparalleled range and depth offer a rich
selection of courses in nearly every field of Judaic studies.
Founded in 1886, its original mission was to preserve the knowledge and practice
of Conservative Judaism. That mission has blossomed and expanded, and today
JTS is a prestigious hub of Jewish learning. JTS grants undergraduate, graduate,
and professional degrees through its schools, offers educational programs for the
Jewish community in the United States, Israel, and around the world, and enriches
Jewish academic scholarship with its Hebraic and Judaic collection housed in The
Library, the Western Hemisphere’s most significant and outstanding repository of
texts from the tenth century to the present.