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Category Archives: Yeshiva
Telshe Yeshiva College Falling Apart
The oldest yeshiva in America has a new administration. The Gifter family (which ran Telshe from 1964) is out in the cold. The powers now at Telshe include jeweler Jonah Sheinbaum, and rabbis Levitansky, Goldberg and Greenwald. Employees at Telshe … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbi, rabbi aaron, rabbi dovid, rabbi moshe feinstein, rabbi yisroel, yeshiva college
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Choosing Public School Over Homelessness
Mayer Fertig writes: After years of talk about a tuition crisis, many families that scrimped and sacrificed to send children to yeshiva in the past have hit a financial wall. “Many children will end up in public school as a … Continue reading
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Tagged babysitter, Chabad, failure rate, gil student, homelessness, jewish education, old cars, orthodox jewish community, sending your kids, student posts
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Rating Religious Education In Jewish Schools
Most(?) Orthodox schools have classes on Sunday. Shalhevet does not have classes on Sunday. That’s something that Jerry Friedman, the founder, never wanted. I don’t expect there’s any enthusiasm for Sunday schooling among the parents who send their children to … Continue reading
What’s The Scoop On Telshe Yeshiva College?
It is located at 28400 Euclid Ave, Wickliffe, OH 44092. (440) 943-5300 The oldest yeshiva in America has a new administration. The Gifter family (which ran Telshe from 1964) is out in the cold. The powers now at Telshe include … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, euclid ave, greenwald, new administration, rabbi aaron, rabbi meir, rabbi mordechai, rabbi moshe feinstein, rabbi yisroel, wickliffe oh, yeshiva college
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Will The Spinka Hasidim Scandal Slow Down The Money Laundering Rampant In Orthodox Yeshivas?
You would think the Spinka downfall would have put it to a stop. I’ve heard that even though only a few people have been named so far in that case, there is a long list of major donors in the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Spinka, Yeshiva
Tagged federal grand jury, financial fraud, hebrew academy, jewish institution, orthodox jews, plea deals
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The Declining Quality Of Yeshiva Education
A teacher writes on Hirhurim: "As someone who has taught and teaches in high level post high school yeshivot and seminaries- I can attest that the reading level, as well as the ability to "sit" and study, has declined. They … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, jesuit priest, level discussions, noach, thoughtful analysis, yeshivot
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Yeshivas Opening Your Mail
From Jewcy.com: One of the secretary’s main duties was to censor anything deemed "too pornographic." In yeshiva terminology, "pornographic" was anything that showed a woman. Students received magazines such as Time, US News and World Report, and National Geographic, but … Continue reading
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Tagged federal offense, mail, naked african women, private institution, soap on a rope, uncensored versions
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Ignorant In Yeshiva
Marc B. Shapiro writes: This phenomenon, of great scholars not being aware of things that most people reading the Seforim blog learned years ago, should not surprise us. The traditional yeshiva curriculum is very narrow, and you can spend your … Continue reading
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Welcome To The Dating World… One Yeshiva Bochur’s Purim Perspective
Eli M. writes for The Jewish Press: When you are “frozen,” you are being chained to a state of “bochurhood” in which you are suspended between the life you had and the new life that awaits you. Tu B’Shevat is … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Yeshiva
Tagged aftermath, avail, bmg, daters, emancipation, free nights and weekends, freezer, jewish press, Lakewood, limbo, lingo, new year, Purim, rsquo, shevat, shidduch, shidduchim, thaw, Yeshiva, yeshivish
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