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The Yeshivah of Flatbush (YOF) is a Modern Orthodox private Jewish day school located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. It educates students from age 2 to age 18 and includes an early childhood center, an elementary school, and a High School.

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History

The Yeshivah of Flatbush (YOF) was founded in 1927 by Joel Braverman, among others. The school, which at first was located on East 10th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn (a neighborhood sometimes identified with nearby Flatbush), at first consisted of an early childhood program, an elementary school, and a middle school. The high school, founded in 1950 to complement the elementary school, was originally housed in an adjoining building. In 1962, the high school moved into a new building on nearby Avenue J, and the elementary school expanded into what was formerly the high school building.\n

Hebrew

The school incorporates Hebrew into Judaic Studies to enable its students to achieve fluency in the Hebrew language.\n

Student demographics

YOF comprises Jewish students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds. In the past, more than half of the students were Ashkenazi Jews whose families originated from communities in Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe, and Russia. In recent years, the majority has shifted to students of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish descent. The overwhelming number of Sephardic students can be attributed to the growth of the Syrian Jewish community in Flatbush, and the decline in Ashkenazi enrollment can be attributed to the movement of Modern Orthodox communities to Long Island and New Jersey, with a concomitant increase in the number and quality of Jewish day schools and yeshivot in those areas. In 2022, the lower school consisted of 1,400 students.\n

Leadership

David Eliach was the principal emeritus, following a decades-long tenure as principal of the high school. In later years, Raymond Harari, an alumnus of Yeshivah of Flatbush High School, served as the \"head of school\" of the high school, followed by Joseph Beyda.\n

The Elementary School, formerly led by Lawrence Schwed, is currently headed by Yahel Tsaidi.\n

Sports

Shorts teams are called the Flatbush Falcons and in most cases are members of the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League.\n

Notable alumni

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Arlene Agus (1949-2024), feminist and activist
Howard Apfel, rabbi and expert on medical halacha and ethics
Robert J. Avrech, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter
David Berger, academic, expert in medieval Jewish history
David Bernstein (born 1967), Professor, George Mason University School of Law and author
Lee Bienstock (born 1983), finalist on The Apprentice 5.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925–2011), recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, identified the Hepatitis B virus
Chaim Brovender, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivat HaMivtar
Abraham Cooper (born 1950), rabbi who is the associate dean and director of Global Social Action Agenda for the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Abraham Foxman (1940–2026), director of the Anti-Defamation League (1987–2015)
Gideon Gartner (born 1936), founder of the Gartner Group
Baruch Goldstein, perpetrator of the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
Judith Hauptman (born 1943), feminist Talmudic scholar and professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Neal Hendel (born 1952), former Israeli Supreme Court Justice
Yehuda Henkin (1945–2020), Israeli posek
Meir Kahane (1932–1990) (Elementary school graduate), founder of the Jewish Defense League and former Israeli Knesset member. Head of the Kach party
Eric Kandel (born 1929), 2000 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Elihu Katz (born 1926), American sociologist and founder of Israeli television
Ira Katznelson (born 1944), American political scientist and historian, currently Ruggles Professor at Columbia University, and previously president of the Social Science Research Council and the American Political Science Association. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Ezra Labaton (1950–2013), Modern Orthodox Rabbi, Philosopher, Educator, and Founding Rabbi of Congregation Magen David of West Deal
Naomi Levy, member of the first class of women to enter the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, bestselling author and founder of Nashuva, The Jewish Spiritual Outreach Movement
Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer
Bertram L. Podell (1925–2005), former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
Dennis Prager (born 1948), public speaker and radio talk show host.
Kenneth Prager, physician
Samuel Schafler (1929–1991), rabbi, historian, editor and Jewish educator
Charlie Shrem (born 1989), entrepreneur, bitcoin advocate, and convicted felon
Joseph Sitt (born 1974), real estate investor who was founder of the real estate company Thor Equities
Daniel Sperber, professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University and winner of the Israel Prize in 1992
Joseph Telushkin (born 1948), author and speaker on Jewish topics
Elana Maryles Sztokman (born 1969), author, researcher and feminist activist
Joe Tacopina (born 1966), lawyer, media personality and professional sports executive
Bruce Wasserstein (1947–2009), investment banker, businessman, and writer
Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), playwright
Larry Weinberg (1926–2019), former president of AIPAC and former owner of the Portland Trail Blazers
Leon Wieseltier (born 1952), writer, editor of The New Republic
Joel B. Wolowelsky, author and former Dean of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School
Alan Zelenetz (former Principal), co-founder of Ovie Entertainment, and comic book writer for Marvel Comics
Efraim Zuroff (born 1948), Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Israel

References

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External links

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Official website
Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School YouTube channel
Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School YouTube channel

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