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Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

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The Hebrew Academy of Cleveland is a private day school offering over 1,000 students a Judaic and secular education from pre-school through high school. It is located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Hebrew Academy was established in 1943 by the Telz Yeshiva. It was the first Jewish day school founded off the east coast. In 1947, Yavne – a girls division – was added.

Divisions

Early Childhood Division
Girls Elementary Division
Yeshiva Ketana / Boys Elementary Division
Yeshiva High School / The Oakwood Campus
Beatrice J. Stone Yavne High School (named after the late first wife of Mr. Irving I. Stone, a former chairman of the board, Hebrew Academy of Cleveland).[1])

The Living Memorial Project

The Living Memorial Project, is a project to develop curriculum to teach day school students nationally about the Jewish world in Europe before the Holocaust. The project is headed by various faculty in the school. To date, the curriculum has included the "Learning For Letters" Mishnayos Program, dedicating a [Sefer Torah] in memory of the one million martyred children, a family genealogy project and four published textbooks which delve into the pre-war life.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (January 19, 2000). "Irving Stone, 90, an Innovator In the Greeting Card Industry". The New York Times. Born in Cleveland