Type Private Head master Richard Altabie Number of students ~1400 Phone +1 718-645-6231 Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Hillel Haber | Established 1982 Grades Pre-K - 12 Color(s) Blue and White Mascot Stars Founded 1982 | |
Similar Yeshiva Shaare Torah Bo, Yeshiva Shaare Torah Bo, Yeshiva Shaare Torah Girls, Magen David Congreg, Boys High School | ||
Yeshivat shaare torah
Yeshivat Shaare Torah (more popularly known as Shaare Torah or just Shaare) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that operates five Sephardic private Jewish day school programs located in Brooklyn, New York. It includes elementary schools and high schools for both boys and girls, separately. The boys high school has 309 students and the girls high school has 120 students. The organization also operates a preschool program for 60 children.
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Teaching philosophy
Shaare Torah is affiliated philosophically with the haredi branch of Orthodox Judaism. Its stated goal is "to promote and foster the development of a Ben Torah, a young [person] capable of actively and wholesomely interacting with his fellow Jews and citizens".
Student demographics
Shaare Torah primarily caters to the Sephardic Jewish community of Brooklyn, but also has students from around the Tri-State area.
Post-high school
Graduates are encouraged to participate in year-long programs at yeshivot and seminaries in Israel. Afterwards, some continue their studies in similar institutions, while others enroll in university, or go straight into the workforce. Some of the most popular universities among Shaare alumni, such as Brooklyn College and Baruch College, grant as much as a year's worth of credit to students who study in Israel, allowing them to apply these credits to their undergraduate degree.
History
In 2009, 34 students at the girl's elementary school were injured when a sidewalk grate collapsed during a graduation ceremony. The girl's elementary school has about 300 students. That same year, the school closed due to the swine flu epidemic.
In 2015, the school hosted a political rally promoting tax credits for parents of children in private schools. New York governor Andrew Cuomo spoke at the event, as did city council member David G. Greenfield.
Athletics
The boy's high school has athletic teams competing in softball, basketball and flag football. The school is a member of the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League.
Leadership
The Rosh Yeshiva of Shaare Torah is Rabbi Hillel Haber, a Syrian Jew raised in Brooklyn. Haber had moved to Israel to further his study of Torah, but returned to Brooklyn to found Shaare Torah.
The Headmaster of Yeshivat Shaare Torah was Richard Altabe.