Yeshivas Ner Yisroel

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rdf:langString Ner Israel Rabbinical College

rdf:langString Ner Israel Rabbinical College

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rdf:langString Rabbi Aharon Feldman

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rdf:langString Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

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rdf:langString Rabbi Boruch Neuberger

rdf:langString Ner Israel Rabbinical College (ישיבת נר ישראל), also known as NIRC and Ner Yisroel, is a Haredi yeshiva (Jewish educational institution) in Pikesville (Baltimore County), Maryland. It was founded in 1933 by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (the Alter of Slabodka), dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania. It is currently headed by Rabbi Aharon Feldman, a disciple of Rabbi Ruderman and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America. The yeshiva is an all-male Lithuanian (Litvish)-style Talmudic academy and is politically affiliated with Agudath Israel of America. The yeshiva is composed of three departments: The Mechina for high school students (Mesivta Bochurim), the Yeshiva for post high school students (Beis Medrash Bochurim), and the Kollel for married students (yungerleit—literally translated as "young men"). The graduates of Ner Yisroel are known for their dedication to Torah study and communal leadership. In 2000, The New York Times described Ner Yisroel as being "unusual in that it has always allowed students access to secular, professional education." However, this takes place off-premises, as university-accredited night-courses. Although "Ner Israel's mission statement makes clear its priority is religious studies," the yeshiva's alumni have been estimated as 50% rabbis and religious-school teachers, and 50% as professionals: bankers, accountants, physicians, attorneys, psychologists, etc.

rdf:langString Rabbi Beryl Weisbord

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