List of Jewish communities by country
This is a list of yeshivas.
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Pre-World War II Europe
In yeshivish culture, there are some major Yeshivas which are known not so much by their name, but are rather referred to by the name of the location they are in. Most of the following yeshivas are referred to by the name of the city they are located in.
- Ess Hayim Seminary of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Amsterdam
- Brisk yeshiva
- Baranovitch yeshiva (named "Ohel Torah")
- Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin
- Chust yeshiva
- Grodno yeshiva (named "Shaar HaTorah")
- Kamenetz yeshiva
- Kelm yeshiva
- Keser Torah (Radomsk)
- Kletzk yeshiva
- Lomza yeshiva
- Mir Yeshiva
- Novardok yeshiva
- Pinsk yeshiva
- Ponevezh Yeshiva
- Pressburg Yeshiva
- Raduń Yeshiva
- Slabodka yeshiva (later became Hebron yeshiva)
- Slonim yeshiva
- Slutsk yeshiva (later became Lakewood yeshiva)
- Telshe yeshiva
- Tomchei Temimim
- Torah Vodaas (of Lida, Lithuania)
- Vilkomir yeshiva
- Volozhin yeshiva
Pre-World War II United States
- Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Israel
- Bet Rabbi Shemayahu (Bet Shemaya) [Bene Berak]
- Aish HaTorah
- Ateret Cohanim
- Ateret Yisrael
- Bais Yisroel
- Beis Shmuel
- Beit El Yeshiva in Bet El
- Bet El Yeshiva in Jerusalem, for Sephardi and Mizrahi students of Kabbalah
- Beit Hatalmud
- Beit Meir
- Beit Orot
- Binyan Av
- Bircas HaTorah
- Bnei Chayil
- Bnei David
- Brisk yeshivas
- Chidushei Horim
- Hebron Yeshiva (in Jerusalem, moved from Hebron following the 1929 Hebron massacre)
- HaKotel
- Har Etzion
- Har Hamor
- Har Bracha
- Itri (Israel Torah Research Institute)
- Yeshivat Kedumim
- Kerem B'Yavneh
- Kisse Rahamim, Bene Berak: Sephardi/Tunisian
- Knesset Chizkiyahu
- Kol Torah
- Kol Yaacob
- Lakewood East (Israeli branch of Lakewood yeshiva, known officially as "Bais Medrash Govoha D'America B'Eretz Yisrael" in Jerusalem)
- Ma'ale Gilboa
- Yeshivat Ma'alos HaTorah
- Ma'alot
- Maaneh Simcha
- Meorot Chabad
- Machon Meir
- Mercaz HaRav
- Mirrer Yeshiva
- Migdal Haemek
- Neizer Hatorah
- Orot Hatorah
- Pachad Yitzchok
- Petach Tikva
- Pirchei Shoshanim
- Ponevezh yeshiva
- Panim Meiros, Bnei Brak
- Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Sephardi, Jerusalem
- Pressburg Yeshiva
- The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
- Sfas Emes Yeshiva
- Yeshivat Sha'alvim
- Toldos Yeshurun Yeshiva for Russian Speakers in Jerusalem
- Tomchei Temimim
- Torat Hachaim
- Yeshivat Bnei Akiva
- Yeshivat Ramat Gan
- Yeshivat Harei Yehuda
There are also many Hesder yeshivas which combine study with military service; various Hasidic yeshivas; and dozens of others.
Israel, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking
- Binyan Olam
- Shaarei Daat
- Mayanot (Spanish program)
Israel, English-speaking
Yeshivos located in Israel that cater to the international Anglophone community include:
- Aish HaTorah
- Ateret Yerushalayim
- Bais Yisroel
- Bircas HaTorah
- Boneh Yerushalayim
- Chassidic Rabbinical College (CRC)
- The Conservative Yeshiva
- Darche Noam/Shappel's
- Derech Institute (Ohr Sameach)
- Derech Etz Chaim
- Derech Hatalmud
- Eretz HaTzvi
- Heichal Hatorah
- Keser Hatalmud
- Lakewood East (Israeli branch of Lakewood yeshiva)
- Lev Aryeh
- Lev Hatorah
- Ma'ale Gilboa
- Machon Shlomo
- Machon Yaakov
- Marbeh Torah
- Mayanot
- Medrash Chaim
- Meorot Chabad
- Mercaz HaTorah
- Midrash Shmuel
- Netiv Aryeh
- Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem
- Ohr Yerushalayim
- Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
- Reishit Yerushalayim (In Bet Shemesh)
- Shaarei Chaim
- Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion
- Sha'arei T'Vunah
- Sha'arei Yerushalayim
- Tehillas Shlomo
- Tiferet Yerushalayim
- Toras Moshe
- Torah Ore
- Toras Simcha (also known as Toras Simcha College of Talmudic Research)
- Torat Shraga
- Tzeiri Hashluchim
- Yeshivat Baalei Daat (Sephardi)
- Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim
- Yeshivat HaMivtar
- Yeshivat Ohr David
- Yeshivat Temimei Darech
- Yesodei Hatorah
United Kingdom
- Be'er Hatorah (in Gateshead)
- Chayei Olam (in London)
- Gateshead Yeshiva (largest Yeshiva in Europe)
- Lev Simcha (in London)
- Manchester Yeshiva (Lubavitch]
- Hitchin Yeshiva
- Sha'arei Torah Yeshiva (in Manchester)
- Sunderland Yeshiva (now located in Gateshead)
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov Gateshead
- Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch London
United States
In Yeshivish culture, there are some major Yeshivas which are known not so much by their name, but are rather referred to by the name of the location they are in. Examples include: Adelphia, Belle Harbor, Carteret, Lakewood, Long Beach, Passaic, Peekskill, Philadelphia, Scranton, South Fallsburg, Staten Island and Waterbury. Locations below often refer to Metropolitan areas, rather than to the city itself.
- See also: "Jewish Religious Vocational Institutions" under Men's colleges in the United States.
California
- Yeshiva Ohr Elchanan Chabad
- Yeshiva Gedola of Los Angeles
- Mesivta Birchas Yitzchok of Los Angeles
- Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles (Calabasas)
Colorado
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim of Denver
Connecticut
- Beis Dovid Shlomo - Oholei Torah Mesivta (New Haven, CT)[1]
- Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT)
- Yeshiva Gedola of Waterbury - http://waterburyyeshiva.org/ (Waterbury, CT)
- Yeshiva Bais Binyomin of Stamford (Stamford, CT)
- Yeshiva of New Haven (New Haven, CT)[2]
Florida
- Academy of Jewish Education, Miami Beach - FL
- Yeshiva V'Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim (Miami, FL)
- Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical College of Greater Miami- Lubavitch (Miami Beach, Fl)
- Yeshiva Toras Chaim Bais Medrash Zichron Ezra - North Miami Beach, FL
- Yeshiva Torah Or (N Miami Beach, Fl)
Georgia
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael, (Atlanta, GA)
Illinois
- Hebrew Theological College, Yeshivat Beit HaMidrash LaTorah (Skokie, IL)
- Telshe - Chicago
- Skokie Yeshiva
- Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago
Indiana
- Rabbi Naftali Riff Yeshiva, (Indianapolis, IN)
- Yeshiva of South Bend, (South Bend, IN)
Maryland
- Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch (Baltimore, MD)
- Ner Yisroel (Baltimore, MD)
- Yeshiva of Greater Washington (Silver Spring, MD)
- Bais Medrash and Mesivta of Baltimore (R' Shlanger's)
- Beis Medrash Birkas Shmuel (TA)
Michigan
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Detroit
- Yeshivat Akiva - Southfield,MI
Missouri
- Mesivta D'Missouri/ Missouri Torah Institute (MTI)
New York
Monticello
Monsey
- Yeshivat Tiferet Torah Sephardic Heritage (Monsey, NY)
- Beis Medrash Elyon (Monsey, NY)
- Ohr Reuven
- Ohr Somayach
- Mesivta Shaarei Arazim
- Shaarei Torah
- Yeshiva Bais Shraga
- Yeshiva Gedula of Rockland
- Yeshiva Zichron Yaakov
- Yeshiva Menachem Mendel Lubavitch
Queens
- Beis Medrash L'Talmud - Lander College for Men (Flushing, NY)
- Mercaz HaTorah of Belle Harbor, Belle Harbor, NY
- Chofetz Chaim (Kew Gardens, NY)
- Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim, Kew Gardens, NY
- Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah -Grodno ,Kew Gardens NY
- Yeshiva Etzion, Fresh Meadows, NY
Brooklyn
- Beth Hatalmud Rabbinical College, (Bensonhurst, New York)
- Bais Joseph Novardok - Bialystok (Brooklyn, NY)
- Chaim Berlin (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yeshivas Chasan Sofer, Borough Park, Brooklyn
- Yeshiva Derech Hatalmud (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah (Brooklyn, NY)
- Hadar Hatorah (Brooklyn NY)
- Mirrer Yeshiva (Brooklyn, NY)
- Oholei Torah
- Yeshivas Toras Emes Kamenitz (Brooklyn,NY)
- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yeshiva Torah Temima (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim - Lubavitch
- Yagdil Torah (Borough Park)
Manhattan
- MTJ (New York, NY)
- Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
- Yeshivat Hadar
- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchak Elchanan) of Yeshiva University (New York, NY)
- Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (Breur's)
- Beit Midrash Yeshiva (New York, NY)
Staten Island
- Nesivos HaTorah, Staten Island, NY
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph School (RJJ) (Edison, NJ and Staten Island, NY)
- Yeshiva of Staten Island (Staten Island, NY)
Long Island
- Yeshiva Derech Ayson (Yeshiva of Far Rockaway) (Far Rockaway, NY)
- Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Mesivta Chaim Shlomo (Far Rockaway, NY)
- Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island
- Mesivta of Roslyn, North Hills New York, http://www.mesivtaofroslyn.info/home/3.html
- Hebrew Academy of Nassau County
- Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh
- North Shore Hebrew Academy
- Hebrew Academy of Five towns and the Rockaways
- Yeshiva of South Shore
- Yeshiva Har Torah
- Shor Yoshuv
- Yeshiva Bnei Torah
Catskills
Upstate
New Jersey
- Beth Medrash Govoha (Lakewood, NJ)
- Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic
- Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok (Elizabeth, NJ)[1]
- Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret (Carteret, NJ)
- Mesivta Zichron Baruch (Clifton, NJ)
- Bais Meir Yeshiva (Lakewood,NJ)
- Linden Yeshiva
- Springfield Yeshiva
- Yeshiva Gedola of Cliffwood
- Paterson Yeshiva
- Deal Yeshiva
- Yeshiva Gedola of Edison (RJJ)
- Yeshiva Gedola of Bayonne
- Yeshiva of Belmar
- Yeshiva Gedola of Teaneck
- Yeshiva of Englewood
- Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim of Cherry Hill
- Yeshivas Toras Chaim (Lakewood, NJ)
- Yeshivas Toras Chesed (Lakewood, NJ)
- Yeshivas Ohr Yissochar (Lakewood, NJ)
- Yeshivas Medrash Chaim (Lakewood, NJ)
- Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch, Rabbinical College of America, Morristown, NJ
- Yeshiva of Mesivta Keser Torah (Belmar , NJ)
- Yeshiva of Asbury Park (Lakewood, NJ)
Ohio
- Telshe Yeshiva (Cleveland)
- Yeshivas Lubavitch (Cincinnati)
Pennsylvania
- Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
- Yeshiva Tiferes Avigdor (Philadelphia, PA)
- Yeshiva Bais Moshe (Scranton, PA)
Virginia
- Rochkind Yeshiva of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Institute of Torah Study - WITS (Milwaukee, WI)
There are a handful of other prestigious yeshivas and dozens of smaller ones, including those affiliated with various Hasidic groups.
Australia
- Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne
- Mesivta Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Rabbinical College of Sydney, Sydney (Chabad Lubavich)
Belgium
- Yeshiva des Etudiants de Bruxelles
- Etz Chaim Wilrijk Antwerpen Yeshiva
- Yeshivat Tal Toïre
Canada
Toronto
- Yeshiva Darchei Torah of Toronto
- Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto
- Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
- Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu
- Yeshivas Mishkan Hatorah
- Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi
- Yeshivat Or Chaim
- Yeshivat Nachalas Tzvi (Kaplans)
Montreal
- Yeshiva Gedolah Merkaz Hatorah Tiferes Mordechai
- Mesivta Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch
Germany
- Yeshivas Beis Zion, Berlin
- Yeshiva Gedolah Chabad, (Frankfurt)
South Africa
- See also: Jewish education in South Africa under History of the Jews in South Africa.
- Kollel Bet Mordechai
- Kollel Toras Chaim, South Africa
- Kollel Yad Shaul
- Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg
- Ohr Somayach, South Africa
- Rabbinical College of Pretoria
- Yeshiva of Cape Town
- Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg
- Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon
- Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim
Switzerland
- Lugano
- Lucerne