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United We Stand for Yeshivos

JL;DR SUMMARY The article highlights the efforts of early 20th-century Jewish immigrants in America to establish and sustain yeshivos, preserving their Torah heritage in the face of secularization. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JudaismJewish ImmigrationFundraisingAmerican Jewish HistoryTorah EducationUnited Yeshivos FederationYeshivah Rabbi Jacob JosephZvi Aryeh SeligYeshivas In AmericaState Education Standards

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"In 1908, Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin opened its doors in Brooklyn, followed by Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem (1911) and Yeshivah Torah Vodaath (1919)."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"Following the 1917 opening of Talmudical Academy in Baltimore by Rav Avraham Nachman Schwartz, 20 years would pass before both Maimonides (Boston) and JEC (Elizabeth) began operations in 1937."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Following the 1917 opening of Talmudical Academy in Baltimore by Rav Avraham Nachman Schwartz, 20 years would pass before both Maimonides (Boston) and JEC (Elizabeth) began operations in 1937."
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
"Following the 1917 opening of Talmudical Academy in Baltimore by Rav Avraham Nachman Schwartz, 20 years would pass before both Maimonides (Boston) and JEC (Elizabeth) began operations in 1937."
Yerushalayim, Jerusalem, Israel
"Rav David continues to serve as the rosh yeshivah of Yeshivah Pachad Yitzchok in Yerushalayim."

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