Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim, also called the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies, is a yeshiva for baalei teshuva currently located in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 19705761 (2000/2001): 1970: 2010=40th year. by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.

Faculty He moved to Israel to study at the Hebron Knesset Israel Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Prior to his move to Israel, Rabbi Boruch Horovitz was a rabbi in Manchester, England. Born 1930 in Frankfurt, his family and he moved to London pre-WW II. Horovitz studied in Gateshead and, in 1957, became rav of Manchester's Central Synagogue.

See also

Baal teshuva Jewish fundamentalism Orthodox Judaism outreach

References

External links Official web site for Yeshiva Dvar Yerushalayim