The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies received official recognition as an Israeli academic institution. The Jerusalem affiliate of the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary until now had been granting degrees through New York’s JTS, but it was recognized recently by Israel’s Council for Higher Education and now can give graduates Israeli master’s degrees.
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