Opened 1949 Head of school Benjy Owen Founded 1949 | Religious affiliation(s) Orthodox Jewish President Joel Siegel Phone +1 901-682-2400 Color Blue and Yellow | |
Sister school Goldie Margolin School for Girls Motto ...To EMPOWER and INSPIRE... Similar White Station High Sch, Lausanne Collegiate School, Briarcrest Christian School, Colonial Middle School, St Mary's Episcopal School | ||
Governor bill haslam at margolin hebrew academy part 1
The Margolin Hebrew Academy is a co-educational school located in East Memphis, Tennessee. It is the only Orthodox Jewish day school in Memphis. The MHA/FYOS comprises the Margolin Hebrew Academy, a pre-kindergarten through 8th grade section, with the Feinstone Yeshiva of the South, including Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys, and the Goldie Margolin High School for Girls.
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- Governor bill haslam at margolin hebrew academy part 1
- Governor bill haslam at margolin hebrew academy part 2
- Athletics
- Goldie Margolin High School for Girls
- Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys
- References
The head of school for the PK-12th grades is Rabbi Benjy Owen.
Governor bill haslam at margolin hebrew academy part 2
Athletics
The school offers basketball, soccer, cross country, flag football, golf, and baseball. The team name is the Maccabees (shortened to the "Macs," carrying a Jewish background as the team bases its name off of the Jewish soldiers in the war against the Greeks). The varsity high school girls and boys teams play in Division II of the TSSAA league.
Goldie Margolin High School for Girls
The Goldie Margolin High School for Girls (GMSG) was established in 1964 as an extension of the former Memphis Hebrew Academy, created in response to a community and regional need for an Orthodox Jewish high school for girls. The current principal is Sara Plotitsa.
Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys
The CYHSB was founded in 1966 as the Feinstone Yeshiva of the South, and was changed to the CYHSB in 1993, but kept the FYOS name for the elementary school and part of the high school. The current principal is Rabbi Yonason Gersten.