- Yeshivah College, Australia
:"This article is about the high school in Melbourne. For other schools of the same name, see
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name = Yeshivah College
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established = 1955
type = Independent, Single-sex,Day school
denomination = OrthodoxJewish
slogan = "Educating for life"
key_people = Rabbi Mordechai Berger
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city = East St Kilda
state = Victoria
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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 fromkindergarten 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 theYeshiva Centre umbrella, is under RabbiYitzchok 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
References
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External links
* [http://www.ybr.vic.edu.au Yeshivah College Website]
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