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The Academy of the Hebrew Language (Hebrew: הָאָקָדֶמְיָה לַלָּשׁוֹן הָעִבְרִית, ha-akademyah la-lashon ha-ivrit) was established by the Israeli government in 1953 as the "supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem of Givat Ram campus." [1]
Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox Semikha centers on the study of Talmud-based halacha (Jewish law), while in other programs, the emphasis may shift to "the other functions of a modern rabbi such as preaching, counselling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative Yeshivot occupy a ...
American Jewish University, formerly University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute (merged), Los Angeles, California. Gratz College, Melrose Park, Pennsylvania; Florida Hebrew University, Aventura, Florida; Hebrew College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, several locations in the United States
American Jewish University (AJU) is a private Jewish university in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of the University of Judaism and Brandeis-Bardin Institute . AJU's academic division includes the College of Arts and Sciences, the Fingerhut School of Education, The David L. Lieber Graduate School, and the Ziegler ...
Lev Hakak is an Israeli-born American lawyer, academic, novelist and poet. He is a Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the author of several books on Hebrew literature.
First organized as the Highland Park Hebrew School Association in 1923, the congregation completed construction of its Spanish Colonial Revival style building in 1930, at a cost of $4,078 (today $74,000). [2] It is the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles exclusively operating in its original location.
It is located on Mulholland Drive in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest Jewish day schools in the United States. [1] [2] Long affiliated with Stephen S. Wise Temple, a Reform congregation, the school is officially non-denominational, and became independent from the temple in July 2012. Despite the separation ...
[2] [4] [5] In 1955, its day school was named the Hillel Hebrew Academy and moved into a building one block away. [2] After Dolgin moved to Ramat Eshkol, Jerusalem, Israel, Maurice Lamm served as rabbi from 1971 to 1984. [2] He was followed by Abner Weiss from 1984 to 2000, and Steven Weil from 2000 to 2009.