Yeshivah College, Australia

:"This article is about the high school in Melbourne. For other schools of the same name, see Yeshiva College."

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name = Yeshivah College


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established = 1955
type = Independent, Single-sex, Day school
denomination = Orthodox Jewish
slogan = "Educating for life"
key_people = Rabbi Mordechai Berger
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city = East St Kilda
state = Victoria
country = Australiaflagicon|Australia
enrolment = 450 (K-12)cite web |url=http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/schools_vic/find_a_school?cid=12222&pid=1865582 |title=Yeshivah College |accessdate=2007-09-07 |work=School Choice Victoria ]
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homepage = [http://www.ybr.vic.edu.au www.ybr.vic.edu.au]

Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch, known more commonly as Yeshivah College, is an independent, single-sex, Orthodox Jewish day school for boys, located in East St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The school is run by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's Yeshivah Centre, and caters for students from kindergarten through to Year 12.

Administration

The school is part of a worldwide network of schools named after Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe. The school, as a branch of the Yeshiva Centre umbrella, is under Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, and Rabbi Mordechai Berger is the current acting principal of the high school, having replaced Rabbi Avrohom Glick at the start of the 2008 school year. Rabbi Glick still has a presence at the school and is currently the Jewish Studies teacher of Year 10.

Curriculum

By including a comprehensive secular curriculum it is geared in its approach to accommodating children from a non-religious background whose parents would otherwise not agree to enrol their children there. It also serves the purpose of providing an Orthodox day-school to Orthodox parents who also value a secular education. Indeed, most of its students come from non-Chabad families.

However, the school includes a separate stream (known as "Mesivta", which is Hebrew for "academy") for full-time Torah study, beginning from Year 10. This is designed for children from Chabad families, allowing disciples of Rabbi Schneerson to fulfill his oft-repeated directive that their children not study secular studies if at all possible. [ [http://www.chabadtalk.com/forum/showpost.php3?p=840&postcount=1 Compilation of the Rebbe's statements against secular studies] ]

In the community

In previous years Yeshivah has scored the top VCE result for a non-selective boys only school.

The Yeshivah school is part of a larger network of facilities of the Yeshivah Centre, which include a youth movement, Jewish studies classes, day camps, and many other initiatives for Melbourne's wider Jewish community.

The Melbourne Lubavitch community is part of a larger Haredi community based in Melbourne.

Notable Alumni

*Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick
*Rabbi Bentzion Mileckicite web |url=http://www.southhead.org/blog/2004/12/we-make-mentschen.html |title=We Make Mentschen! |accessdate=2007-09-06 |year =2004 |work=Benzion Milecki:Australia]
*Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner
*Mr. Joseph Gutnick - mining magnate
*Harvey Silver - original producers of the Footy Show
*John Safran - award winning comedian
*Mr Ian Martin Ajzenszmidt BA(Hons)(Melb.) GradDipDataProc.(Monash) MBCS MACS MIEEE MACM, Retired Information Technology Professional and Political Scientist, Biography Listed in Who's Who in the World 25th Edition 2008 and 26th Edition 2009, a Who's Who in America Publication by Marquis. Class of 1973.

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