The Beit El Yeshiva () is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank.
History The Yeshiva was founded in late 1977 by a group of students from the Mercaz haRav yeshiva in Jerusalem. The students originally lived on a nearby army base, but today the yeshiva has its own premises, and over 250 students enrolled. The rosh yeshiva (dean) is Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed.
Arutz Sheva - Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva."The Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, is a graduate of the Beth El Yeshiva, the organization that founded and maintains Arutz Sheva." The Beit El Yeshiva also founded Yeshiva.co, a large Jewish website. Official site, Bet El Yeshiva Center
The Beit El Yeshiva Center also includes: A yeshiva (religious studies) high school for boys (junior and senior yeshiva high school), Yeshivat Bnei Zvi, also known as Bnei Zvi Yeshiva Ketana (pre-yeshiva high school; ketana stands for "small") Arutz Sheva, 21/09/10 An ulpana (religious studies) high school for girls, Ulpanat Ra'aya An ulpana high school for girls "with a wide variety of studies", Tal Ra'aya A mechina pre-military program for young men
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Further reading
External links Beit El Yeshiva Center Official Website Bet El Kabbalists by Pinchas Giller, Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World entry, p 5 sq