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 by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.
Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim ישיבת דבר ירושלים | |
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School type | Yeshiva |
Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Judaism |
Founded | 1970 |
Founder | Rabbi Baruch Horovitz |
Status | Open |
Rosh yeshiva | Rabbi Baruch Horovitz |
Website | dvar |
Prior to his move to Israel, Rabbi Boruch Horovitz was a rabbi in Manchester, England. Born 1930 in Frankfurt, his family and he moved to London pre-WW II. Horovitz studied in Gateshead and, in 1957, became rav of Manchester's Central Synagogue.
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