Rambam Mesivta
| Rambam Mesivta | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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15 Frost Lane, Lawrence, NY United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Mesivta |
| Motto | Torah, Midos, Excellence |
| Established | 1991 |
| Principal | Rabbi Yotav Eliach |
| Faculty | 20 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 150-200 |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Mascot | Raven |
| Newspaper |
Rambam Record Hamasmid |
| Website |
www |
Rambam Mesivta is a private Jewish High School in Lawrence, NY.[1] Rambam Mesivta was founded in 1991 by a group of individuals who saw the need for an all boys' Mesivta program that offers classes in Religious Jewish Studies and College Preparatory studies. Students attend from Queens, Brooklyn, Great Neck, the Five Towns, Plainview, West Hempstead, and Greater Long Island.[2]
Rabbi Yotav Eliach, son of Yaffa Eliach, currently serves as Principal, and Rav Zev Meir Friedman serves as Rosh HaMesivta.[3]
On May 5, 2016 Jewish high school dean Rabbi Zev Friedman, with bullhorn, and his students were protesting outside the Polish consulate in New York. The rally was organized by Rabbi Zev Friedman, the dean of a suburban New York high school, in response to the interrogation last month of a Polish Jewish scholar, Jan Gross, by prosecutors concerning statements he made implicating Poles in the persecution of the country’s Jews during and after World War II. They were holding a map of Russian-occupied Poland from 1945 having no knowledge that during the World War II Poland did not exist as a country. They did not know that Nazi camps were founded by Germans when Poland was under German ocupation and initially to kiling Polish citizens.
The citizens of Poland have the world's highest count of individuals who have been recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews from extermination during the Holocaust in World War II. There are 6,620 Polish men and women recognized as Righteous to this day, over a quarter of the total number of 24,811[1] awards. In German-occupied Poland the task of rescuing Jews was especially difficult and dangerous. All household members were punished by death if a Jew was found concealed in their home or on their property. It is estimated that the number of Poles who were killed by the Nazis for aiding Jews was as high as tens of thousands, 704 of whom were posthumously honored with medals.
Staff
- Rosh HaMesivta - Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman
- Principal - Rabbi Yotav Eliach
- Assistant Principal - Rabbi Avi Haar
- Assistant Principal - Mr. Hillel Goldman