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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 ...
The school board decided to rename an elementary school that had a non-person name. The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that it was likely the first school in the United States to be named after Frank, and the first school in the city with a teenager as its namesake. [2] Gideon, Edward School; Girard, Stephen School; Gompers, Samuel School
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.
Akiba Hebrew Academy was named for Rabbi Akiba. The school was approached by the Perelman Family Foundation in 1999 and offered a $2.0 million donation on condition that the school change its name to honor the Perelman family. After vocal student objections, Akiba was compelled to decline the offer. [15]
Leadership within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia envisioned a continued comprehensive education for secondary students. The first free Catholic high school in the United States was the "Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia", founded for the education of boys in 1890.
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 Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey (Adelphia) is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva high school and rabbinical college in Howell Township, New Jersey, United States.. As of the 2013–14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 44 students and 4.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
Rabbi Herbert Rosenbaum was the synagogue's rabbi from 1981 to 1983. [18] Rabbi David Silverman came to lead the synagogue in November 1983 when it counted 900 members. [19] The Neziner Congregation in Philadelphia's Queen Village neighborhood closed in 1984 and merged into Beth Zion-Beth Israel. Beth Zion-Beth Israel named its youth education ...