Yeshiva Toras Emes Kaminetz

Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz[1] is an Orthodox boys school located in the Midwood section of Flatbush.[2]

This article is about a yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY. For the in pre-war Europe, see Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak-Kaminetz.

History

The school began as a pair of buildings housing the elementary grades, on 43rd street between 13th and 14th Avenue, and a separate building blocks away housing the high school, all in the lower end of Boro Park.

Decades later, the 3 buildings were consolidated into a single building, a mile away.

In the year 2000, the school relocated to its present location at 1904 Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY 11230.[1]

Student population

The backgrounds of students changed from "the 1940s..." when "Rabbi Schwartz assumed leadership of Torah Emes."[3][4] The growing presence of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union within Brooklyn added to the yeshiva, and he helped with "the many challenges they faced."[5][6]

High school

The high school's historical Kamenitz name[7] has been augmented to include the name Joseph S. Gruss.[8]

Elementary school

References to the elementary school use Yeshiva Toras Emes.[9] Rabbi Elias Schwartz served "over 50 years"[10] as the Dean/Hebrew principal of the yeshiva, beginning in its early (Boro Park) years.

References
  1. Garry Pierre-Pierre (April 17, 1994). "Tale of the Half-Built Yeshiva". The New York Times.
  2. Michael Brick (June 1, 2004). "There's Something in the Water, And It May Not Be Strictly Kosher". NYTimes.com. Midwood ... officials at Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz elementary school have spent ...
  3. Rafael Hoffman (November 23, 2016). "Rabbi Elias Schwartz". Hamodia. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  4. Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz (January 21, 2015). "The Miracle of Mesorah". Yated_Ne'eman (United States).
  5. "Shuvu's 26th Annual Dinner: Dedication L'Iluy Nishmas Rabbi Elias Schwartz, Z"l". February 26, 2017.
  6. At one point, they were one of six NYC non-public schools with a special federally-funded "English as a Second Language" program. "Brooklyn, NY - Three NYC Yeshivos to Participate in Title I Pilot Program". vosizneias.com. April 30, 2008.
  7. The name is derived from the famous but unrelated yeshiva headed in Europe by Refael Reuvain Grozovsky
  8. "ROSENKRANZ". The New York Times. July 15, 1979.
  9. "MORTON FUNK Obituary - New York, NY - New York Times". December 14, 2010.
  10. "Elias Schwartz".

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