Providence Hebrew Day School (commonly referred to as "PHDS") is a K-8 school and the oldest Jewish day school in

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. The school was founded in 1946, and moved to its current location on Elmgrove Avenue on Providence's East Side in 1962. The current dean of PHDS is

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Menachem Weissman. The famed Rabbi Mordechai Nissel was its dean from March 97 through July 2003. It is affiliated with

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, but enrolls students who are Jewish of other denominations as well. It is affiliated with New England Academy of Torah, a girls-only high school. High school students from outside of Providence have the option to board with host families during the school year.

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* Jewish day schools in the United States Jews and Judaism in Providence, Rhode Island Private schools in Rhode Island Elementary schools in Rhode Island 1946 establishments in Rhode Island Educational institutions established in 1946 {{RhodeIsland-school-stub