Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr Eliyahu

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Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu
Address
241 S. Detroit St.
Los Angeles 90036
Information
TypePrivate, Kindergarten-8th Grade
Religious affiliation(s)Orthodox Jewish
Information(323) 939-3330
WebsiteOfficial website

Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu (YAYOE) is a private Orthodox Jewish day school located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California.

History[]

Ohr Eliyahu Academy, originally called the Emanuel StreisandSchool of the Pacific Jewish Center, was founded in the mid-1980s in Venice, California. As the school grew, Ohr Eliyahu relocated to a former Culver City public school near Kenneth Hahn State Park. After leasing the site for four years the school purchased the campus for $1.4 million in 1999.[1]

New Campus[]

In April 2009, Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu bought the former campus, located in the heavily Orthodox Jewish populated Fairfax District.[1] The old site was sold and is now the Stoneview Nature Conservancy.

The 2010-2011 school year marked the beginning of YAYOE's use of its newly remodeled 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) campus.

Curriculum[]

YAYOE offers a dual curriculum with both secular and Judaic studies for students from kindergarten through eighth grade with separate boys and girls divisions. Originally, a majority of the Judaic studies program was taught in Hebrew, but this is no longer the case. However, Hebrew is still taught as a subject. The Yeshiva's outlook and curriculum are based upon the philosophies of the Chofetz Chaim movement of Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz. The Principal, Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg, was a student of Rabbi Leibowitz, and many of the Judaic Studies Rabbis studied at Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva.

The school has music and art programs and various after-school enrichment electives.

YAYOE is accredited by the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[2][3]

Administration[]

Headmaster: Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg[4]

Torah Studies Principal: Mrs. Malca Schwarzmer[4]

General Studies Principal: Position split among various members of the staff [4]

Awards[]

Torah Umesorah awarded the school and Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg the Hersh Potok Memorial School of the Year Award and the Maurice and Goldie Rothman Award for Outstanding Educator respectively.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Community Briefs: Orthodox School Purchases Daniel Murphy Building, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, April 2, 2009.
  2. ^ WASC Directory of Schools"
  3. ^ BJE Accredited Schools
  4. ^ a b c YAYOE Staff
  5. ^ Larchmont ChroniclE
  6. ^ http://www.yayoe.org/profile.htm

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°04′09″N 118°20′43″W / 34.069197°N 118.345328°W / 34.069197; -118.345328

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