Yeshiva Ner Yisrael: Ner Israel Rabbinical College
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Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, founded in 1933 by Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, dean of the Slabodka yeshiva
Slabodka yeshiva
Hebron Yeshiva, also known as Yeshivas Hevron, or Knesses Yisroel, and originally as Slabodka Yeshiva, is known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas" and was devoted to high=level study of the Talmud. The yeshiva was located in the Lithuanian town of Slabodka, adjacent to Kovno , now...
in Lithuania
Lithuanian Jews
Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks are Jews with roots in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania:...
. It is currently headed by Rabbi Aharon Feldman
Aharon Feldman
Aharon Feldman is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, Maryland. He has held this position since 2001....
, a disciple of Rabbi Ruderman.
The yeshiva is an all-male Lithuanian (Litvish)
History of the Jews in Lithuania
The history of the Jews in Lithuania spans the period from the eighth century to the present day. There is still a small community in that country, as well as an extensive Lithuanian Jewish diaspora in Israel, the United States and other countries. For more detail, see Lithuanian Jews.-Early...
-style Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
ic college and is politically affiliated with Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America , is a Haredi Jewish communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.-Functions:...
.
The yeshiva campus is located at Mt. Wilson Lane, just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. Ner Yisroel has two central study halls, one for the high school and one much larger for the beis medrash and the kollel
Kollel
A kollel is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim and learning sedarim ; unlike a yeshiva, the student body of a kollel are all married men...
(also doubling as the main prayer sanctuaries). Enrollment is approximately 250 students in its high school division, 400 students in its bais medrash/under-graduate division, and about 200 members in its kollel/ postgraduate division.
History and past leadership
Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman
Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman was a prominent Talmudic scholar and Rabbi who founded and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ner Yisroel in Baltimore....
, the son-in-law of Rabbi Sheftel Kramer, founded the yeshiva in 1933 with six students. The yeshiva was named after Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, the founder of the mussar movement
Mussar movement
The Musar movement is a Jewish ethical, educational and cultural movement that developed in 19th century Eastern Europe, particularly among Orthodox Lithuanian Jews. The Hebrew term Musar , is from the book of Proverbs 1:2 meaning instruction, discipline, or conduct...
and teacher of Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Nosson Tzvi Finkel.
Rabbi Dovid Kronglass, also of the Mirrer Yeshiva
Mir yeshiva (Poland)
The Mir yeshiva , commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, was a Haredi yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire...
in Europe was the yeshiva's first mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives.The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the...
until his passing in 1973.
Rabbi Herman N. Neuberger
Herman N. Neuberger
Hermann Naftali Neuberger was an Orthodox rabbi and leader. He was the brother of Albert Neuberger CBE FRS FRCP.- Younger years :...
, also son-in-law of Rabbi Sheftel Kramer and an alumnus of the Mirrer Yeshiva
Mir yeshiva (Poland)
The Mir yeshiva , commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, was a Haredi yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire...
in Europe, was president of Ner Israel, from 1940 until his passing in 2005.
Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg served on the Ner Yisroel faculty for nearly 50 years. Rabbi Weinberg held the position of Rosh Yeshiva from Rabbi Ruderman's passing in 1987 until his own passing in 1999. Rabbi Weinberg was married to Chana Ruderman, the only child of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman.
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky, a disciple of Rav Shlomo Heiman
Shlomo Heiman
Shlomo Heiman was a Rabbi, Talmudist, and Rosh Yeshiva of the most prominent yeshivas in Europe and America.-In Europe:In 1892, Reb Shlomo was born in Paritsh, Minsk in Belarus. His father was Rabbi Michel Heiman. When he was 12 years old, he went to Kaminetz yeshiva to study under R' Baruch Ber...
and lecturer in the college, served as the Rosh Yeshiva from Rabbi Weinberg's passing in 1999 until his passing in 2001.
Other notable Rabbis who served on the faculty include the late rabbis: Rabbi Shimon Schwab
Shimon Schwab
Shimon Schwab was an Orthodox rabbi and communal leader in Germany and the United States. Educated in Frankfurt am Main and in the yeshivot of Lithuania, he was rabbi in Ichenhausen, Bavaria, after immigration to the United States in Baltimore, and from 1958 until his death at Khal Adath Jeshurun...
, later rabbi of the German-Jewish Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
Kehillah / community in Washington Heights N.Y., Rabbi Simcha Zissel Broide of the Chevron Yeshiva in Jerusalem and Rabbi Ephraim Eisenberg, the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter
Mordechai Gifter
Rabbi Mordechai Gifter was the rosh yeshiva of the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland and among the foremost religious leaders of Orthodox Jewry in the late 20th century. He studied in yeshivas in Lithuania and held several rabbinical positions in the United States of America.-Biography:Mordechai Gifter...
. In addition Rabbi Moshe Eisemann who was Ner Yisroel's second mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives.The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the...
is presently retired as is Rabbi Moshe Heinemann
Moshe Heinemann
Rabbi Moshe Heinemann is an Orthodox rabbi and Posek who heads the Agudath Israel of Baltimore synagogue and is the rabbinical supervisor of the Star K kashrus certification agency...
who is currently Rav of the Agudath Israel synagogue of Baltimore and the Star-K
Star-K
Star-K Kosher Certification, also known as the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore, is a kashrus certifying agency based in Baltimore, Maryland under the administration of Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, with the involvement of many other rabbis . It is one of the largest kashrus certification agencies in North...
kashrus agency.
Present leadership
The yeshiva today is headed by Rabbi Aharon FeldmanAharon Feldman
Aharon Feldman is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, Maryland. He has held this position since 2001....
, who serves as the rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
and is also a council member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah refers to the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of any of several related Haredi Jewish organizations....
. Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger is the menahel (president) of the yeshiva; he succeeds his father, Rabbi Herman N. Neuberger
Herman N. Neuberger
Hermann Naftali Neuberger was an Orthodox rabbi and leader. He was the brother of Albert Neuberger CBE FRS FRCP.- Younger years :...
, who held the same position. Rabbi Beryl Weisbord is the yeshiva's mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani
Mashgiach ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives.The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the...
. Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz
Tzvi Berkowitz
Tzvi Berkowitz is an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and lecturer at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel , Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, and teaches the highest-level Talmud shiur , numbering over 100 advanced students, considered relatively large for such institutions.-Personal and professional...
is a senior lecturer. Rabbi Yosef Tendler is the principal of the high school and Rabbi Simcha Cook is the assistant principal of the high school.
Activity outside of Baltimore
In 1959 Rabbi Sholom Gold established a branch of Ner Yisroel in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. In 1964, Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg became the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto is a Haredi yeshiva that was founded in 1959 as a branch of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore . It is no longer affiliated with Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. The yeshiva includes a both a Beis Midrash program and a high school.- Past leadership :The yeshiva was...
until 1971. This yeshiva still functions but is no longer affiliated with Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
In recent years Ner Yisroel has sent alumni to kollelim across the United States and several have founded their own institutions.
Major student projects include "PROJECT YAHUD", a spring break fund-raising effort for the religious schools in Yahud, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and "PROJECT SEED", a summertime outreach effort in smaller communities across America.
Accreditation
Ner Yisroel is also a MarylandMaryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
state accredited college, and has agreements with Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, Towson University
Towson University
Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short, is a public university located in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S...
, Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola University Maryland is a Roman Catholic, Jesuit private university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges...
, University of Baltimore
University of Baltimore
The University of Baltimore , located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood at 1420 N. Charles Street, is part of the University System of Maryland. Through the Freshman Initiative or Lower Division Initiative, UB has transformed from an upper division university to a...
, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County allowing undergraduate students to take night courses at these colleges and universities in a variety of academic fields. The agreement also allows the students to receive academic credits for their religious studies.
Curriculum
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
texts and relevant rabbinic literature. The yeshiva has a rotating cycle of eight different Talmudic tractates it covers in the course of eight years.
Degrees granted by Ner Yisroel are a Bachelor of Talmudic Law (four years), Master of Talmudic Law (six years), Doctorate in Talmudic Law (ten years and authoring a commentary on Talmudic or Rabbinic texts). Rabbinic ordination (Semichah) can also be conferred in Ner Yisroel.
Ner Yisroel's Machon program trains religious educators for Jewish communities and schools and students earn a Torah Umesorah recognized certification.
Student body
Ner Yisroel attracts students from the United States, Canada and other countries of the world. There are also students of Persian background.Most undergraduate students in Ner Yisroel will have studied in Israel for two or three years prior to their arrival, or plan to upon completion of their studies in Ner Yisroel.
Prominent alumni
- Mr. Jeff BallabonJeff BallabonJeff Ballabon is an American media executive and formerly a lobbyist, a lawyer, and political and Orthodox Jewish community activist....
– political consultant and community activist - Rabbi Tzvi BerkowitzTzvi BerkowitzTzvi Berkowitz is an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and lecturer at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel , Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, and teaches the highest-level Talmud shiur , numbering over 100 advanced students, considered relatively large for such institutions.-Personal and professional...
– maggid shiur, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel - Rabbi Shmuel Bloom – Past President of Agudath Israel of AmericaAgudath Israel of AmericaAgudath Israel of America , is a Haredi Jewish communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.-Functions:...
- Rabbi Eliezer Breitowitz – Rosh Yeshiva, Darchei Torah, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
- Rabbi Moshe Brown – maggid shiur, Yeshiva of Far RockawayYeshiva of Far RockawayYeshiva of Far Rockaway is a Haredi yeshiva located on 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. It comprises a high school and beis medrash, or seminary. The school was founded by the current rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr, and by the late Rabbi Nachman Bulman...
- Rabbi Abba Cohen – Washington Director and Counsel, Agudath Israel of America
- Rabbi Hillel David — Rabbi, Khal Sharei Tefillah, Brooklyn, New York
- Rabbi Aharon FeldmanAharon FeldmanAharon Feldman is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, Maryland. He has held this position since 2001....
– rosh yeshiva, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel and member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorahMoetzes Gedolei HaTorahMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah refers to the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of any of several related Haredi Jewish organizations.... - Rabbi Dr. Emanuel FeldmanEmanuel FeldmanEmanuel Feldman is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia. During his nearly 40 years as a congregational rabbi, he nurtured the growth of the Orthodox community in Atlanta from a community small enough to support two small synagogues to a...
– Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, lecturer and author - Rabbi Ilan D. FeldmanIlan D. FeldmanIlan Daniel Feldman is an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, public speaker and author. Since 1991 he has been the senior rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia, succeeding his father, Rabbi Dr. Emanuel Feldman, who led the congregation for 39 years...
– Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta - Rabbi Yissocher FrandYissocher FrandYissocher Frand is an American Charedi Orthodox rabbi and author. He is a senior lecturer at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, MD. Raised in Seattle, Washington, he attended Ner Yisrael as a student and progressed to become a maggid shiur...
– maggid shiur and lecturer, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel - Howard Friedman – Past President of AIPAC
- Rabbi Eliezer Gibber – rosh yeshiva, ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode IslandProvidence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
Yeshiva - Rabbi Menachem Greenblatt – Rosh Kollel, St. Louis Kollel
- Rabbi Pinchas GoldschmidtPinchas GoldschmidtPinchas Goldschmidt is the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Russia since 1993Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt is the spiritual leader of the Moscow Choral Synagogue, the head of the rabbinnical court of the CIS, and is an officer of the Russian Jewish Congress .Goldschmidt represents the Russian Jewish community...
– Chief Rabbi of MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... - Rabbi Gavriel Goetz – Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva High School of Arizona
- Rabbi Avrohom Horowitz – Chief Rabbi of ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
- Rabbi Moshe Hochman – Rosh Kollel, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
- Rabbi Shmuel Irons – Rosh Kollel, Kollel Avreichim of Detroit
- Rabbi Mordechai Jofen – rosh yeshiva, Novardok yeshivaNovardok yeshivaThe Novardok yeshiva in Navahrudak, then the Russian Empire, was one of the biggest and most important yeshivas in pre-World War II Europe, and a powerful force within the Mussar movement. The yeshiva was established in 1896, together with a Kollel for married men, under the direction of Rabbi...
, Brooklyn - Rabbi Joseph Kalatsky – Dean, Yad Avraham Institute, New York
- Rabbi Shmuel KamenetskyShmuel KamenetskyShmuel Kamenetsky is a Haredi rabbi and co-founder and rosh yeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He is one of the best-known living Haredi Litvish Jewish gedolim outside Israel and the best-known son of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky , one of America's greatest Torah...
– rosh yeshiva, Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaTalmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaThe Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, known as "Philly", is a Haredi Litvish yeshiva. Its roshei yeshiva are Rabbi Elya Svei, Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rabbi Yehudah Svei and Rabbi Sholom Kaminetsky...
, and member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah - Rabbi Daniel Korobkin – Senior Rabbi of Beth Avraham Yoseph of TorontoBeth Avraham Yoseph of TorontoBeth Avraham Yosef of Toronto is a synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, just north of Toronto, and is one of the largest Orthodox synagogues in North America. It emphasizes family values and attracts Jews from a variety of religious backgrounds with what it calls the "warmth of Torah tradition"...
; author of the foremost English translation of the KuzariKuzariThe Kitab al Khazari, commonly called the Kuzari, is one of most famous works of the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, completed around 1140. Its title is an Arabic phrase meaning Book of the Khazars...
; prominent mohelMohelA mohel is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah "covenant of circumcision."-Etymology of the Hebrew and Aramaic term:... - Rabbi Avraham Kosman – maggid shiur, Slabodka Yeshiva, Bnei Brak
- Rabbi Zalman Leff – Rosh Kollel, Boston Kollel
- Rabbi Pesach Lerner – President, National Council of Young Israel
- Rabbi Dov Loketch – Rabbi, Agudas Yisroel Magen Avraham of Detroit
- Rabbi Yeruchem Uziel Milevsky – former dean, Ohr Somayach, Toronto
- Rabbi Dr. Chaim Milikovsky – Dean, Talmudic studies, Bar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan UniversityBar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District, Israel.Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 faculty members...
, Israel - Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger – President, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel
- Rabbi Yitzchak Perman – maggid shiur, Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
- Rabbi Nachum L. Rabinovitch – Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivat Birkat Moshe, Maale Adumim, Israel
- Mr. Sol Reich – media executive and CEO of FastLaunch
- Rabbi Nota SchillerNota SchillerNota Schiller is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, together with Rabbi Mendel Weinbach. He is an influential figure in the baal teshuva movement, having guided generations of students with little or no Jewish background to master the classical...
– Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Somayach, JerusalemOhr Somayach, JerusalemOhr Somayach was founded in 1970. It is a yeshiva based in Jerusalem, Israel, catering mostly to young Jewish men, usually of college age, who are already interested in learning about Judaism... - Rabbi Mordechai Schwimmer – mashgiach, Mercaz HatorahMercaz HatorahMercaz Hatorah is a Lithuanian Charedi yeshiva located in Talpiot, Jerusalem. Founded by Rabbi Aryeh Rottman and Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth zt"l in 1970, it primarily caters to students from the English speaking diaspora....
, Jerusalem - Rabbi Avi ShafranAvi ShafranAbraham Shafran is a Haredi rabbi who serves as the Director of Public Affairs for Agudath Israel of America and who is Editor-at-Large of Ami . Agudath Israel was established to meet the needs and viewpoint of many Haredi Jews, while Ami, launched on November 24, 2010, promises to serve a broader...
– Director of Public Affairs, Agudath Israel of America, author, blogger - Rabbi Moshe ShererMoshe ShererRabbi Moshe Sherer was co-Chairman of the Agudath Israel World Organization from 1980, and the Chairman of Agudath Israel of America from the 1960s, until his death in 1998....
– former president of Agudath Israel of America - Rabbi Shmaryahu Shulman – Talmid muvhuck of Rav Ruderman
- Rabbi Yaakov Shulman – Rav, Talmud Torah of Flatbush
- Rabbi Avraham Steinberg – maggid shiur, Beth Medrash GovohaBeth Medrash GovohaBeth Medrash Govoha is a Haredi yeshiva located in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It is commonly known as BMG, or Lakewood Yeshiva....
, LakewoodLakewood Township, New Jersey-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 60,352 people, 19,876 households, and 13,356 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,431.8 people per square mile . There were 21,214 housing units at an average density of 854.8 per square mile...
, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
) - Rabbi Baruch TaubBaruch TaubBaruch Alter HaCohen Taub is the founding rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus of the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation , the largest Orthodox congregation in Canada. He also served as the de facto chief rabbi of Vaughan, Ontario, and is the former National Director of NCSY...
– Past director of NCSY and Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Avraham Yoseph of TorontoBeth Avraham Yoseph of TorontoBeth Avraham Yosef of Toronto is a synagogue in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, just north of Toronto, and is one of the largest Orthodox synagogues in North America. It emphasizes family values and attracts Jews from a variety of religious backgrounds with what it calls the "warmth of Torah tradition"...
; now residing in Israel - Rabbi Shalom Tendler – Rosh Yeshiva, Mesivta Birkas YitzchokMesivta Birkas YitzchokMesivta Birkas Yitzchok, also known as MBY or MBYLA, is an orthodox Jewish yeshiva high school in Los Angeles, California. The schools stated goals are for its graduates to have a life-long devotion to Jewish religious observance and Torah study and to be prepared for a profession or...
, Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... - Rabbi Noach Weinberg – Rosh Yeshiva, Aish HaTorahAish HaTorahAish HaTorah is a Jewish Orthodox organization and yeshiva. Aish HaTorah is actively pro-Israel and encourages Jewish people to visit Israel and connect to the land and its history. Some consider the organisation to reflect a more Religious Zionist philosophy in its attachment to Israel, promoting...
- Rabbi Gershon Weiss – maggid shiur, Yeshiva of Staten Island
- Rabbi Mordechai Wolmark – Rosh Yeshiva, Shaarei Torah, MonseyMonsey, New YorkMonsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...
- Rabbi Yochanan ZweigYochanan ZweigRabbi Yochanan Zweig is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva and Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim of Miami Beach. Under his auspices is also a high school and elementary school, both located in Miami Beach.-Biography:Rabbi Zweig was raised in Philadelphia....
– Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Bais Moshe Chaim, MiamiYeshiva V'Kollel Beis Moshe ChaimYeshiva V'Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim is an Orthodox yeshiva and a kollel located in Miami Beach, Florida. Its Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yochanan Zweig, an alumnus of Ner Israel Rabbinical College. After much anticipation, the Yeshiva has finally settled in their new campus, the old Howard Johnson Hotel...
In popular culture
In the book "The Forgotten" by Faye KellermanFaye Kellerman
Faye Kellerman is an American author of mystery novels, in particular the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series, as well as three non-series books, The Quality of Mercy, Moon Music and Straight into Darkness.-Early life:...
the son of protagonist Rina Lazarus applies to Ner Israel. In the book, World of the Yeshiva, and other writings, sociologist William B. Helmreich writes about Ner Israel.