Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim, also called the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies, is a

yeshiva A yeshiva (; ; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The stu ...

for

baalei teshuva In Judaism, a ''ba'al teshuvah'' (; for a woman, , or ; plural, , , 'owner of return God or his way]') is a Jew who adopts some form of traditional religious observance after having previously followed a Jewish secularism, secular lifestyle or ...

currently located in the Har Nof neighborhood of

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. The yeshiva was founded in 19701970: 2010=40th year. by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.

Faculty

Prior to his move to Israel, Rabbi Boruch Horovitz was a rabbi in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

, England. Born 1930 in Frankfurt, his family and he moved to London pre-WW II. Horovitz studied in

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

and, in 1957, became rav of Manchester's Central Synagogue.

References

External links

Official web site for Yeshiva Dvar Yerushalayim
Baalei teshuva institutions Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem 1970 establishments in Israel Educational institutions established in 1970 Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew {{Yeshiva-stub