co-educational
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institute for study of traditional
Jewish
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texts in
Jerusalem
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. The
yeshiva
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was founded in 1995, and is under the
academic auspices of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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.
The current
Roshei Yeshiva
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are Rabbi Joel Levy and Dr.
Joshua Kulp
Joshua Kulp (born July 16, 1970) is an American-Israeli Talmudic scholar.
Early life and education
Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States and grew up in Margate, New Jersey. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University ...
.
The
Roshei Yeshiva
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Emeritus are Rabbi Pesach Schindler zt"l and Rabbi
Joel Roth
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.
The Yeshiva offers Jews from outside the
Orthodox
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world the opportunity to gain the advanced Jewish learning and communal experiences provided by attending a yeshiva. The Yeshiva offers a synthesis of traditional and
critical
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methods, allowing Jewish texts and tradition to encounter social change and modern scholarship. The curriculum focuses on classical Jewish subjects, including
Talmud
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philosophy
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. Learning is conducted in the traditional yeshiva method (''
shiur
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History
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'' and ''
chavruta
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'') with an openness to modern scholarship.
The Conservative Yeshiva's educational programs include the one-year program, pre-college program, advanced studies program, summer program, and Nativ Yeshiva Track.
Notable faculty
* Dr.
Joshua Kulp
Joshua Kulp (born July 16, 1970) is an American-Israeli Talmudic scholar.
Early life and education
Kulp was born on July 16, 1970, in the United States and grew up in Margate, New Jersey. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University ...
, Rosh Yeshiva & co-founder
* Rabbi
Joel Roth
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Rosh Yeshiva Emeritis
See also
*
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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*
Nativ College Leadership Program in Israel
The Nativ College Leadership Program in Israel ( he, נתיב, lt. path) is a nine-month, post-high-school gap year program in Israel for mostly North American Jews. It operates under the auspices of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, an ...
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Yeshivat Hadar
Yeshivat Hadar is a traditional egalitarian yeshiva on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The Yeshiva offers both summer and year-long fellowships for students to learn full-time in the yeshiva setting. Prominent rabbis associated with the Yeshiva i ...