The Bruriah High School for Girls is a seven-year yeshiva school for girls located in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in sixth through twelfth grades. Throughout the day the student curriculum consists of Judaic and secular studies. The school is part of the Jewish Educational Center, which is run by Dean Elazar Mayer Teitz. The current principal is Dr. Bethany Strulowitz, who joined the administrative team in 2021 and was promoted to principal at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. Bruriah, also known as BHS, offers a variety of athletic and academic teams, clubs, committees, APs, and other extracurricular activities. The Jewish Educational Center has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2008.Jewish Educational Center

Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 26, 2022. As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 311 students and 76.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 4.1:1. The school's student body was 99.4% (309) White, 0.3% (1) Black and 0.3% (1) Asian.School data for Bruriah H.S. of the Jewish Educational Center

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. Accessed March 10, 2022. The school is named after the Talmudic figure Bruriah.

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* 1963 establishments in New Jersey Education in Elizabeth, New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1963 Jewish day schools in New Jersey Modern Orthodox Judaism in New Jersey Private high schools in Union County, New Jersey Private middle schools in New Jersey Orthodox yeshivas in New Jersey Girls' schools in New Jersey {{yeshiva-stub