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Gateshead Talmudical College (Hebrew: ישיבת בית יוסף גייטסהעד), popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, is located in the Bensham area of Gateshead in North East England It is the largest yeshiva in Europe and considered to be one of the most prestigious advanced yeshivas in the Orthodox world.
The Sunderland Talmudical College, a Haredi yeshiva founded in the city in 1945, relocated to Gateshead in 1990. The North-East Joel Intract Memorial Home for Aged Jews was opened in Sunderland in 1963 and closed in 1998. The Jewish community in Sunderland has fallen to very few in recent years.
The Sunderland Talmudical College (Hebrew: ישיבת שארית הפליטה נצח ישראל), popularly known as Sunderland Yeshiva, is a yeshiva located in Gateshead, United Kingdom. [1] As of 2025, the student body numbers approximately 100. Students are mainly English; however, there are also students from Switzerland, Belgium and the USA.
The Gateshead Talmudical College, founded in 1929, is one of the largest yeshiva for Jewish education in Europe. [1] [2] [3] The area has affectionately earned the nickname "Little Jerusalem" by locals. [4] The most recent chief rabbi, Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, served between 2008 and 2020. [5]
Avrohom Gurwicz is an English-born Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. Since 1982 he has been the rosh yeshivah of Gateshead Talmudical College, a yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he has been giving the largest shiur (Torah lecture) in Europe with approximately 400 students attending, for approximately half a century.
Following is a listing of rabbinical schools, organized by denomination.The emphasis of the training will differ correspondingly: Orthodox semikhah 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, counseling, and pastoral work.” [1] [2] Conservative yeshivot occupy a ...
Cardozo spent the next 12 years studying at various Haredi Yeshivas such as Gateshead Talmudical College. [3] [4] He received his semikhah from Rabbi Aryeh Leib Gurwitz, Rosh yeshiva of Gateshead. He later received his Doctorate in Philosophy from Columbia Pacific University. [5]
Gateshead Talmudical College Aryeh Ze'ev (Leib) Gurwicz (1906 [ 1 ] –20 October 1982 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ) was an influential Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead , England , where he taught for over 30 years.