and without consistency...In a word, Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah." Schechter, on the other hand, believed in what he termed "Catholic Israel." The basic idea being that Jewish law, Halacha, is formed and evolves based on the behavior of the people. This concept of modifying the law based on national consensus is an untraditional viewpoint. Schechter was an early advocate of Zionism. He was the chairman of the committee that edited the Jewish Publication Society of America Version of the Hebrew Bible. Legacy Schechter's name is synonymous with the findings of the Cairo Geniza. He placed the JTSA on an institutional footing strong enough to endure for over a century. He became identified as the foremost personality of Conservative Judaism and is regarded as its founder. A network of Conservative Jewish day schools is named in his honor, as well as a summer camp in Olympia, Washington. There are several dozen Solomon Schechter Day Schools across the United States and Canada. Bibliography Schechter, Solomon (1896) Studies in Judaism. 3 vols. London: A. & C. Black, 1896-1924 (Ser. III published by The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia PA) Schechter, Solomon (1909) Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology London: A. and C. Black (Reissued by Schocken Books, New York, 1961; again by Jewish Lights, Woodstock, Vt., 1993: including the original preface of 1909 & the introduction by Louis Finkelstein; new introduction by Neil Gilman [i.e. Gillman]) References Further reading External links Solomon Schechter, from Neil Gillman's book on Conservative Judaism Biography at the Jewish Virtual Library Louis Jacobs, From Cairo to Catholic Israel: Solomon Schechter, in The Jewish Religion: a Companion, OUP, 1995 Solomon Schechter Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston AHRC Rylands Cairo Genizah Project Solomon Schechter School of Queens Solomon Schechter School of Westchester 1847 births 1915 deaths 19th-century British rabbis 19th-century Romanian rabbis 20th-century British rabbis 20th-century Romanian rabbis American Conservative rabbis American Zionists Conservative Zionist rabbis Jews from the Principality of Moldavia Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature Academics of University College London Academics of the University of Cambridge Jewish Theological Seminary of America people Jewish Egyptian history American people of Romanian-Jewish descent Romanian Zionists British Zionists British people of Romanian-Jewish descent People from Focșani Romanian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American rabbis 19th-century American rabbis Burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City) Jewish