The Rabbinical School offers a five-year program of study, personal growth, and spiritual development that leads to rabbinic ordination and a career of service to the Jewish community. Our graduates work in a host of fields, including congregational life, hospital or military chaplaincy, campus and Hillel leadership, education, camping, scholarship, and Jewish communal service.

The application deadline for admission to the Rabbinical School is December 31, 2008. All items must be postmarked by or on that date. If you would like an application please click here.

A completed application requires the following materials:

Eight copies of the application and double spaced admissions essays;
Official transcripts of all post-secondary studies;
Official scores on the GRE aptitude tests (those whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL));
Academic writing sample (generally not exceeding 5,000 words); and
$65 application fee;
Three recommendation letters.

Please send these materials to :
The Office of Admissions of The Rabbinical School
3080 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

For more details on the application procedures, please click here.

For three thousand years the Jewish people has been engaged in a dialogue with God. This conversation has yielded an ornate tapestry of ideals and practices, texts, and customs. At JTS we immerse ourselves in this profound culture not only from love of tradition, but also from the urgent desire to discover the path to holiness in our day. We train leaders who are rooted in the past, conversant in the current, and visionary for the Jewish future. At JTS, the Torah truly is a tree of life.—Rabbi Daniel Nevins, Pearl Resnick Dean, The Rabbinical School

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