Solomon Schechter Day School Association
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The Solomon Schechter Day School Association is an organization associated with Conservative Judaism. The association provides guidance, resources, and accreditation for its member schools in the United States and Canada. The association operates under the umbrella of the education commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the congregational arm of North American Conservative Judaism.
The expressed mission of the association is to:
- ...strengthen the capacity of its member schools for assuring a meaning-filled Jewish present and future for their students, their families, and the Jewish community
The history of the association started with the opening of the first day school within Conservative Judaism, the Beth El Day School in Rockaway Park, New York in 1951. During the 1950s, other schools were started as the Education Commission within USCJ took an active interest in the trend. The Solomon Shechter School of Queens, New York, opened in 1956, was the first school to be named after Rabbi Solomon Schechter. By 1968, a high school in Brooklyn, New York was opened.
[edit] See also
- Torah Umesorah-National Society for Hebrew Day Schools (the Orthodox day school association)
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