The Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey (Adelphia) is an
Orthodox Jewish
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yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are s ...
high school
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and
rabbi
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nical college in
Howell Township, New Jersey
Howell Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is the largest municipality in the county by total area, comprised of about . It is located in the New York metropolitan area and has been a steadily gro ...
, United States.
As of the 2013–14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 44 students and 4.0 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 11.0:1. The school's student body was 100.0% White.
[School data for Talmudical High School]
National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed August 15, 2017.
Founded in 1970 by Rabbi Yeruchim Shain in
Adelphia, New Jersey
Adelphia is an unincorporated community located within the northern section of Howell Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP code 07710. The community borders Freehold T ...
, the school was originally a
boarding school
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for high-school-college aged boys from the
New York City
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area. Today the school has students from all over the world. Many of its alumni are teachers, principals and educators in their respective communities.
The Yeshiva has a state-of-the-art gym and a
Mikvah
Mikveh or mikvah (, ''mikva'ot'', ''mikvoth'', ''mikvot'', or (Yiddish) ''mikves'', lit., "a collection") is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
Most forms of ritual impurity can be purifi ...
(ritual bath) on its campus.
See also
*
List of high schools in New Jersey
This is a list of high schools, including those open and closed, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Public high schools
Atlantic County
* Absegami High School, Galloway Township
* Atlantic City High School, Atlantic City
* Atlantic County In ...
References
External links
National Center for Education Statistics data for the Talmudical Academy of Central New Jersey
1972 establishments in New Jersey
Educational institutions established in 1972
Howell Township, New Jersey
Jewish day schools in New Jersey
Modern Orthodox Jewish day schools in the United States
Modern Orthodox Judaism in New Jersey
Private high schools in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Universities and colleges in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Orthodox yeshivas in New Jersey
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