ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YESHIVA
From Hebrew yěshībhāh a sitting, seat, hence, an academy.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YESHIVA»
Discover the use of
yeshiva in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
yeshiva and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Tsemakh Atlas, torn between his commitment to the ascetic life of the yeshiva community and his natural longings, tries to protect his students from the earthy villagers of Valkenik
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The World of the
Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry
In the advance yeshiva, adult males spend long periods of time-sometimes their entire lives-studying and interpreting traditional writings on Jewish law and theology, all but totally cut off from the mainstream of American life, and indeed, ...
William B. Helmreich, 2000
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Yeshiva Fundamentalism: Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the ...
This informant then invited students over to discuss these texts with Stadler and himself outside of the yeshiva setting.
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Teacha!: Stories from a
Yeshiva
An ad in the paper—English teacher wanted—yeshiva—Brooklyn—call Rabbi Steiner. A young man, not himself Jewish, steps into a teaching job at a wild Hasidic yeshiva. A year in the life of this teacher and his students.
Beautiful, provocative, and accessible, this is David Lehman's most inspired collection.
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Between the
Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and ...
Compellingly and authoritatively written, this biography illuminates the dilemmas that Europe's Jews have faced over the past century.
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Young Men in Israeli Haredi
Yeshiva Education: The Scholars’ ...
The book highlights the current crisis these fundamentalist institutions are going through marked by a dramatic growth in yeshiva dropout rates. It examines the new and innovative ways the rabbis are trying to respond to the crisis.
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My
Yeshiva College: 75 years of memories
My Yeshiva College: 75 Years of Memories celebrates the past seventy-years of Yeshiva College, which was founded in 1928 as the first college of liberal arts and sciences in America under Jewish auspices.
Menachem Butler, Zev Nagel, 2006
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HaRav Schach: Conversations : Stories to Inspire the
Yeshiva ...
Culled from both formal and informal discussions on a wide array of topics, this volume provides a true glimpse into greatness, and the reader will come away enriched, encouraged, and inspired.
Elʻazar Menaḥem Man Shakh, 2004
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The Soloveitchik Heritage: A Daughter's Memoir
The line of succession begins with Reb Chayyim Volozhiner, founder of the
Yeshiva of Volozhin in 1803. Volozhin was a small town in Lithuania not far from
Vilna. Because of the Yeshiva, Volozhin became known as a citadel of Talmudic
...
Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YESHIVA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
yeshiva is used in the context of the following news items.
Watch: Har Etzion Yeshiva Loses its Leader
Arutz Sheva traveled to Har Etzion Yeshiva in Judea's Gush Etzion on Monday, after the yeshiva's dean and renowned religious Zionist leader Rabbi Aharon ... «Arutz Sheva, Apr 15»
BORUCH DAYAN HA'EMMES: HAGON HARAV SHMUEL HALEVI …
Born in 1913 in Vienna, Austro-Hungary, Rav Wosner studied in Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin under Rav Meir Shapiro ZT”L. Upon his arrival in Eretz Yisrael ... «Yeshiva World News, Apr 15»
Yeshiva Elementary in Miami Under Lock-down after Security Guard …
The Miami PD has closed 78th-80th St. along Byron, Carlyle and Dickens Ave to all traffic after a suspicious object was found near the premises of a Yeshiva ... «Yeshiva World News, Mar 15»
Video: Yeshiva Security Guard Takes Out Racist Trash
A security guard at a yeshiva in Midwood was forced to deal with a disruptive drunkard yesterday, according to several reports. And deal with him he did. A video ... «Gothamist, Feb 15»
Rabbi Yosef Feldman resigns from Yeshiva Centre board
A senior Orthodox rabbi has resigned from the board of the Yeshiva Centre in Sydney amid revelations he did not know that touching a child's genitals could be ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
Appeals Court Says Men Alleging Sex Abuse Waited Too Long to …
A federal appeals court panel ruled on Thursday that dozens of men who say Yeshiva University covered up their sexual abuse at the hands of rabbis cannot ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
Yeshiva student's death in Israel an 'unthinkable loss' to Lakewood …
He was nearing the end of a summer break when he went hiking last Friday with a friend in the Jerusalem Forest near his yeshiva but never returned. Sofer and ... «The Star-Ledger, Aug 14»
Vigil Held For N.J. Yeshiva Student Missing In Israel
As CBS 2's Lou Young reported, yeshiva student Aaron Sofer's neighbors also gathered Monday night, praying for his safe return. Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, has ... «CBS Local, Aug 14»
For New Post at Yeshiva, Lieberman Is a Natural
When Yeshiva University went looking for someone to fill its new Joseph Lieberman Chair in Public Policy and Public Service, one candidate stood out from all ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
Yeshiva U. Sheds Burden of Albert Einstein Medical School — But at …
After almost 60 years as a prestigious secular jewel in its crown, cash-strapped Yeshiva University will cede control of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to ... «Jewish Daily Forward, May 14»
