 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies

Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, (, Machon Schechter) located in Jerusalem, is an academic institution affiliated with Conservative Judaism.Founded in 1984 by the Jewish Theological Seminary (N.Y.) and Israel's Masorti Movement as a rabbinical seminary known as "The Seminary of Judaic Studies," the Schechter Institute has been located since 1990 in Neve Granot, a neighborhood behind the Israel Museum.