The Teachers Institute (TI) opened in 1909 as the official teacher-training department of The Jewish Theological Seminary and soon became synonymous with the professionalization of Jewish education infused by modern pedagogical training. Concepts including Jewish feminism, Zionism, and the arts were developed from the professors, and those they taught, at Teachers Institute. Further, organizations and movements such as Camp Ramah, Ivry Prozdor High School, Reconstructionist Judaism, the New York Bureau of Jewish Education, and the modern congregational school education system all trace...