Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr Eliyahu
Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu (YAYOE) is a private Orthodox Jewish day school located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California.
| Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu | |
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| Address | |
241 S. Detroit St. Los Angeles 90036 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Kindergarten-8th Grade |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Jewish |
| Information | (323) 939-3330 |
| Website | Official website |
History
Ohr Eliyahu Academy, originally called the Emanuel Streisand School of the Pacific Jewish Center, was founded in the mid-1980s in Venice, California. As the school grew, Ohr Eliyahu relocated to a former Culver City public school near Kenneth Hahn State Park. After leasing the site for four years the school purchased the campus for $1.4 million in 1999.[1]
New Campus
In April 2009, Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov - Ohr Eliyahu bought the former Daniel Murphy Catholic High School campus, located in the heavily Orthodox Jewish populated Fairfax District.[1] The old site was sold and is now the Stoneview Nature Conservancy.
The 2010-2011 school year marked the beginning of YAYOE's use of its newly remodeled 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) campus.
Curriculum
YAYOE offers a dual curriculum with both secular and Judaic studies for students from kindergarten through eighth grade with separate boys and girls divisions. Originally, a majority of the Judaic studies program was taught in Hebrew, but this is no longer the case. However, Hebrew is still taught as a subject. The Yeshiva's outlook and curriculum are based upon the philosophies of the Chofetz Chaim movement of Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz. The Principal, Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg, was a student of Rabbi Leibowitz, and many of the Judaic Studies Rabbis studied at Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva.
The school has music and art programs and various after-school enrichment electives.
YAYOE is accredited by the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[2][3]
Administration
Headmaster: Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg[4]
Torah Studies Principal: Mrs. Malca Schwarzmer[4]
General Studies Principal: Position split among various members of the staff [4]
Awards
Torah Umesorah awarded the school and Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg the Hersh Potok Memorial School of the Year Award and the Maurice and Goldie Rothman Award for Outstanding Educator respectively.[5][6]