 the jewish theological seminary of america (jts or jtsa) is located in new york. it is one of the academic and spiritual centers of conservative judaism, and a major center for academic scholarship in jewish studies. jts operates five schools: albert a. list college of jewish studies (which is affiliated with columbia university and offers joint/double bachelors degree programs with both columbia and barnard college); the graduate school; the william davidson graduate school of jewish education; the h. l. miller cantorial school and college of jewish music; and the rabbinical school. it also operates a number of research and training institutes.  ==history== === jewish theological seminary of breslau===  rabbi zecharias frankel (1801â1875) at one time was in the traditional wing of the nascent reform judaism movement. after the second reform rabbinic conference (1845, frankfurt, germany) he resigned after coming to believe that their positions were excessively radical. in 1854 he became the head of a new rabbinical school, the jewish theological seminary of breslau. rabbi bernard drachman, a key frankel student and one of the founders of the american jts, was himself orthodox, and claims that the breslau seminary was completely orthodox.{{cite book|title = american jewish orthodoxy in historical perspective|last = gurock|first = jeffrey s.|publisher = ktav publishing house|year = 1996|isbn = 978-0881255676|location = new jersey|aut
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