Dvar Yerushalayim

School in Jerusalem

Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim, also called the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies, is a yeshiva for baalei teshuva currently located in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1970^[1][2] by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.

Faculty

Prior to his move to Israel, Rabbi Boruch Horovitz was a rabbi in Manchester, England.^[3] Born 1930 in Frankfurt,^[4] his family and he moved to London pre-WW II. Horovitz studied in Gateshead and, in 1957, became rav of Manchester's Central Synagogue.

References

1. 5761 (2000/2001): "NEWS Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim Celebrates Thirty Years of Kiruv ..." The banquet marked the 30th anniversary of ...
2. 1970: 2010=40th year. "Dvar Yerushalayim ..." The Jerusalem Post. September 24, 2010. Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim – the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies – will be celebrating its 40th anniversary on Sunday with a gala ...
3. "The Days Have Come" (PDF). Rabbi Horovitz, formerly a Rav in Manchester, England, is founder and dean of Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim
4. "Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim".

External links

• Official web site for Yeshiva Dvar Yerushalayim

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