torah fund - The Jewish Theological Seminary

• Department of Adult Education: This department generates cultural and educational programming
for adults. It is divided into two areas:
1. Adult School: Weekly program that lasts two years (four four-month periods), offering eight
intensive courses (Israeli Current Affairs, Kabbalah, Jewish Festivities, Ethical Dilemmas from a
Jewish Perspective, Cycles of Jewish Life, Jewish History, Jewish Philosophy, and Bible) taught by
specialists.
2. Conferences and Cultural Activities: The Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano periodically offers
top-level conferences and cultural activities.
• Department of Youth Education: This department generates cultural and educational activities for
young people. It is divided into three areas:
1. School of Madrichim: Weekly madrichim course for all the congregations in Buenos Aires.
2. School of Youth Coordinators and Directors: Weekly course for youth coordinators and directors for
all the congregations in Buenos Aires.
3. Summer, Winter, and Holiday Camps: The Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano organizes,
coordinates, and supervises summer, winter, and holiday camps for communities in Latin America.
• Research and Publication Department: This department researches and publishes articles and
academic books in Judaic studies and Jewish education. The Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano
has a quarterly academic publication called Majshavot (thoughts), as well as an editorial
department that publishes academic books in Judaic studies and Jewish education in Spanish.
• Rabbinical Assistance Department: This department helps people who need companionship and
spiritual assistance. Rabbis and rabbinical students visit jails and hospitals in Buenos Aires weekly.
• Department of Ecumenical Relations: This department generates activities with members of other
creeds and cultures.
• Family Department: This department offers different services that families need, e.g., weddings,
divorces, burials, etc.
The Library
The Seminario‘s library is considered the most complete and up-to-date in Jewish studies throughout
Latin America. Thanks to the generous support of the Seminario’s benefactors and friends, it has
approximately 60,000 volumes in Hebrew, English, Spanish, German, Yiddish, French, and Italian,
enabling it to become the most important library for Jewish studies on the continent. The library is the
starting point for the development of Conservative rabbinical leadership in Latin America.
As a result of the ongoing development of interfaith relationships, many priests, seminarians, and
teachers from Catholic and Protestant schools and universities all over Argentina come to the library
as well, in order to get information about religious, theological, and philosophical studies.
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