Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano (Latin American Rabbinical Seminary, also known as the Marshall T. Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary) is a Jewish religious, cultural, and academic center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose primary purpose is to educate and ordain rabbis from Latin America who will help to strengthen and sustain Jewish communities throughout the region.
[1] These rabbis work in Jewish communities throughout Latin America, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela.
[1] Other graduates work in areas outside of Latin America, including Israel and the United States.
[2] The primary program for educating and ordaining rabbis, named after Abraham Joshua Heschel, is complemented by a series of other Jewish study programs, including:[2] The Seminary also includes training institutes to prepare scribes (sofarim) to write religious documents such as Torah scrolls and parchments for mezuzot, and mohalim who can perform religious circumcision ceremonies (brit milah).
[3] The library, housing the most complete collection of Jewish studies materials in Latin America, contains approximately 50,000 volumes in numerous languages, including (in addition to Hebrew) English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish.