Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

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The Hebrew Academy of Cleveland is a private day school in Cleveland, Ohio with over 1,000 students. It provides Judaic and secular education from pre-school through high school. The Hebrew Academy was established in 1943 by the Telshe Yeshiva and was the first Jewish day school founded outside the east coast. In 1947, Yavne, a girls division, was added. [1]

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Divisions

Yeshiva High School / The Oakwood Campus

The Living Memorial Project

The Living Memorial Project is a project to develop a national curriculum to teach day school students about the Jewish world in Europe before the Holocaust, headed by members of the school faculty. The curriculum has included the "Learning For Letters" Mishnayos Program, dedicating a Sefer Torah in memory of the one million martyred children, a family genealogy project and four published textbooks which delve into pre-war life. [3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Ira (December 1, 2018). "The Evolution of the Orthodox Jewish Community in Cleveland, Ohio, 1940 to the Present". Studies in Judaism, Humanities, and the Social Sciences. 2 (2): 105–120. doi:10.26613/sjhss.2.2.46 (inactive August 27, 2025). ISSN   2473-2613.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2025 (link)
  2. ↑ GOLDENagolden@cjn.org, ALEXANDRA (September 8, 2023). "Renovation forces Hebrew Academy girls to start year at Wiley Middle School". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rabbi A. Leib Scheinbaum". www.hac1.org. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Brian Michael Bendis". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Jacoby - Op-Ed Columnist - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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