Solomon Schechter becomes president of JTS (Jewish Theological Seminary) in NY—and reorganizes it as the flagship of Conservative Judaism.
Six years earlier, his 1996 his exposition (the first 50,000+ pieces of an ultimate 200,000+ piece collection) of the manuscript treasures of the Cairo Geniza, turbo–charged the study of Medieval Judaism.
Romanian–born English rabbi, Schechter founded United Synagogue of America, and was a prime architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement…
Posthumously, an important and extensive network of Conservative Jewish day schools was named in his honor.