Yeshiva Velt

Hundreds of Thousands at Rav Elyashiv's Funeral

The venerable head of the hareidi yeshiva world, Rav Elyashiv, passed away in Jerusalem at the age of 102.

"Rav Elyashiv left a deep mark on the hareidi world and on the entire Nation of Israel," said the Prime Minister.

Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger speaks about Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv: He always lived modestly. Give him a holy book and that's all he needed.

Opposition blasts PM for granting 111 million shekels to yeshiva students while pretending to seek a compromise on stipends.

The Bnei Akiva Yeshivas held the fourth annual Yagdil Torah conference at Netiv Meir Yeshiva with the sponsors, Benjamin and Susan Lande.

A boys and girls high school, YTA, is getting Jerusalem's troubled English-speaking youth off the streets and into the classroom.

The Shaf Yativ Beit Midrash program for men with severe mental illness is located in Jerusalem, and recently expanded to a branch in Ramat Gan.

Known performers will join yeshiva students for the "Complete Unity" Concert, which will benefit two locals charities and showcase new talent.

Yeshivah Machon Meir has produced a new Jewish children's Internet program in English called “The Shemesh Show.”

Co-existence is alive and well in Jaffa despite attempts by ousiders to prove the opposite, its Yeshiva administrator Ariel Elimelech told Arutz 7.

Barak faces new opposition to using IDF to expel Jews. Two hundred 12th graders wrote they want to serve the country but not in an expulsion army.

The “unanimous” Hesder Yeshivot declaration of earlier this week was apparently not so unanimous – and has led at least one yeshiva to quit.

Education Committee debates religious education budget cuts. MK Katz: “Religious-Zionist public supported Netanyahu, yet today he ignores us.”

The hesder yeshiva of Nahariya has decided to honor kidnapped and slain soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser with a Torah scroll.

Plans for a religious-Zionist neighborhood in Jaffa (Yafo) have been approved once again – this time by the Tel Aviv District Court.