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The Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia (Hebrew: פילאדעלפיע ישיבה) is a Haredi Litvish yeshiva in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its heads of school are Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Svei and Rabbi Sholom Kaminetsky.
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy is a private, coeducational, college-preparatory and religiously pluralistic Jewish day school for grades 6 through 12, located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in Center City, Philadelphia in 1946 as Akiba Hebrew Academy, the school renamed itself in 2007. It is the oldest pluralistic Jewish ...
Kohelet Yeshiva was founded in 2000 in Northeast Philadelphia. It was named Stern Hebrew High School after its primary funder Harry Stern. [1] The Kohelet Foundation funded the school's relocation to its current campus in 2010 and the school renamed itself in recognition. [2] Kohelet Yeshiva Lab & Middle School building (November 2019)
The three roshei yeshiva as of 2018 were rabbis Yisroel Reisman, Yosef Savitsky, and Yitzchok Lichtenstein. [11]The previous roshei yeshiva include rabbis Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, Yisroel Belsky, Avraham Yaakov Pam, Shlomo Heiman, Dovid Leibowitz, Yaakov Kamenetsky, Shachne Zohn, Zelik Epstein, Gedalia Schorr, Elya Chazan, Reuvain Fein, Simcha Sheps, Moshe Rosen (Nezer HaKodesh), and Reuvain ...
The Schechter Day School Network; Formation: 1965 (60 years ago) (): Type: organization of Jewish day schools that identify with Conservative Judaism: Purpose: to promote: "the continued growth and vitality of its member schools, which serve a broad Jewish population and are characterized by Conservative thought and practice, high academic achievement and social responsibility, in a culture of ...
The Talmudical Academy (TA), as it was originally called, was founded in 1916 by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel.He had become president of the institution that was to become Yeshiva University a year earlier, in 1915, when the "Rabbinical College of America" (a short-lived name) had been formed from the merger of two older schools, an elementary school founded in 1886 and a rabbinical seminary ...
The Politz Yeshiva and Bais Yaakov, formerly known as Politz Hebrew Academy and the William C. Jacobs School and the Fayette School, is a historic American school that is located in the Bustleton neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
Frank Rizzo Jr. - member of Philadelphia City Council; Paul F. Tompkins '86 - American comedian, actor and writer; Chris Conlin - All-American football player at the Pennsylvania State University, NFL player with the Miami Dolphins; Cindy Griffin '87 - women's head basketball coach at St. Joseph's University