Ottawa Torah Institute
Ottawa Torah Institute | |
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Address | |
1119 Lazard Street , , k2c 2r5 Canada | |
Coordinates | 45°21′35.9″N 75°45′48.7″W / 45.359972°N 75.763528°W |
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School type | Independent offering secular and religious education Yeshiva High School |
Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Judaism |
Opened | 1982 |
Principal/Menahel | Rabbi Dov Nimchinsky, 2019-Present |
Head of school | Rabbi Baruch Perton, 2019-Present |
Grades | 9-12 |
Campus | 1119 Lazard Street, Ottawa, Ontario |
Affiliation | Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen |
Website | OttawaTorah.org |
Ottawa Torah Institute is a Yeshiva high school for boys located in Ottawa providing secular and Judaic education. Founded in 1982, it is Ottawa's first and only full-time Jewish high school. In later years the high school expanded to include a girls division, known as Machon Sarah. Graduates from Ottawa Torah Institute earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), and have moved on to some of the finest Universities, Yeshivas, and Seminary's in the world.
History
In 1981, Rabbi Reuven Bulka brought a Jewish educational program from Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim to Machzikei Hadas synagogue. In 1982, this was followed by Rabbis Yisroel Morgenstern and Yaakov Deitsch of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, opening a Yeshiva High School for boys and establishing OTI as Ottawa's first full-time Jewish high school for boys. The school was later run by the team of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Harris (from 2013-2019) and Rabbi Dovid Mandel (from 2013 - 2018).
During the summer of 2019 the school's board hired Rabbi Baruch Perton as Head of School and Rabbi Dov Nimchinsky as Principal / Menahel of both the boys (OTI) and the girls (Machon Sarah) divisions of Ottawa Torah Institute.