yeshiva


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an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)

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It turns out that even to have a search committee is bold, because the yeshiva was founded in 1938 by Grossman's grandfather, a renowned rabbi who fled Hitler Germany.
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In 1999, political impotence resulting from that system led the High Court of Justice to rule that army exemptions for yeshiva students were illegal and to demand a solution.
According to Yeshiva, the Rebbe - the name given to leaders of the Chassidic Jewish movement - had made a speech about the "dangers" of smartphones and said he would be burning one.
According to the Times of Israel, after Kimani's first visa application was denied, he was able to obtain a visa on his second attempt, in time for the Conservative Yeshiva's winter break program.
A revolutionary idea has Israeli Talmud teachers (Rosh Mesivtas) training to teach English in yeshiva high schools, as "Significant others" who can turn studying English in yeshiva high schools into something relevant.
An analysis by Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED) found yeshiva students are exposed mostly to intense religious instruction and often are deficient in math, English, science and social studies.
A video on the Yeshiva World News website and also posted to YouTube shows the pope swaying to the music as members of the delegation dance and serenade him with the song "Long years shall satiate him."
This summer 12 of the interns hired attend Yeshiva University with the others coming from Rutgers, NYU, University of Miami, University of Buffalo and Bentley University.
Benedek, 25, recently completed a nine-month field work internship in the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center assisting the elderly, and last year he interned at Yeshiva of Central Queens, working with children from kindergarten through eighth grade.
In 2001, to stimulate interest in Tanakh among students in Hebrew, Schechter and yeshiva high schools, the Jewish Bible Quarterly initiated a contest for the best essay on a topic from the Tanakh.
He was a member of Yeshiva Achei Tmimim of Worcester and Congregation Chabad of Westboro.