Yeshivat Shaare Torah (more popularly known as Shaare Torah or just Shaare) is a

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that operates five

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private

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programs located in

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, United States. It includes single-gender elementary schools and high schools for boys and girls. In 2017, the boys' high school had 309 students and the girls' high school had 120 students. The organization also operates a preschool program for 60 children.

Teaching philosophy

Shaare Torah is affiliated philosophically with

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Student demographics

Shaare Torah primarily caters to the

Jewish community of Brooklyn, but also has students from around the

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After high school graduation

Graduates are encouraged to participate in year-long programs at

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and seminaries in Israel. Afterwards, some continue their studies in similar institutions, while others enroll in university, or go straight into the workforce. Some of the most popular universities among Shaare alumni, such as

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and

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, grant up to one year's worth of credit to students who study in Israel, allowing them to apply these credits to their undergraduate degree. It is also increasingly common for graduates to join a

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, following Yeshiva education.

History

In 2009, 34 students at the girl's elementary school were injured when a sidewalk grate collapsed during a graduation ceremony. The girl's elementary school has about 300 students. That same year, the school closed due to the swine flu epidemic. In 2015, the school hosted a political rally promoting tax credits for parents of children in private schools.

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spoke at the event, as did City Council Member David G. Greenfield. On June 4, 2024 the girls high school went on a trip in Hewitt, NJ. On the way a tree branch fell down, smashing the windows of a monsey tours coach bus carrying around 60 passengers, critically injuring 2, and leaving many girls with minor injuries.

Athletics

The boys' high school has athletic teams competing in

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, and

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. The school is a member of the

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Leadership

The

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of Shaare Torah is Hillel Haber, a Syrian Jew raised in Brooklyn. Haber, who had previously moved to

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for 14 years to further his study of Torah at Yeshivat Kol Yaakov, returned to Brooklyn to found Shaare Torah.

References

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