Yehoshua Weitzman
Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman is an Israeli ''Rosh Yeshiva'', heading '' Yeshivat Ma’alot Ya’akov'', and prominent as a teacher and scholar of ''Torat Eretz Yisrael''. Weitzman was born in 1949 in Tel-Aviv. Following five years of study at ''Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh'', he learned for three years at Machon Harry Fischel under the auspices of Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren and Rabbi Sha'ar Yeshuv Cohen where he received smicha (ordination); he also was a student of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook. He then served as a ''Ra"m'' and ''mashgiach'' at '' Yeshivat Kfar Ha'Roeh'' and later as ''Rosh Kollel'' in ''Yeshivat HaGolan'', Hispin. In 1989, when '' Yeshivat Ma’alot Ya’akov'' was considering closing due to lack of students, Weitzman was appointed ''Rosh Yeshiva''. Since his appointment, ''Yeshivat Ma’alot'' has grown from 60 students to over 300 students. Today, ''Yeshivat Ma’alot'' is one of Israel's largest Hesder Yeshivot with a large intake of Israeli students. Rabbi Weitzman is cons ...
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Israelis
Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים‎, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Jews and Arabs, who respectively account for 75 percent and 20 percent of the national figure; followed by other ethnic and religious minorities, who account for 5 percent. Early Israeli culture was largely defined by communities of the Jewish diaspora who had made '' aliyah'' to British Palestine from Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Later Jewish immigration from Ethiopia, the states of the former Soviet Union, and the Americas introduced new cultural elements to Israeli society and have had a profound impact on modern Israeli culture. Since Israel's independence in 1948, Israelis and people of Israeli descent have a considerable diaspora, which largely overlaps with the Jewish diaspora b ...
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