yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
yə-ˈshē-və 
variants
or less commonly yeshivah
plural yeshivas or yeshivot
yə-ˌshē-ˈvōt
-ˈvōth
1
: a school for talmudic study
2
: an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
3
: a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction
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What To Know The Lawsuit A yeshiva is a Jewish religious school, typically for boys, that focuses on intensive study of sacred texts such as the Torah and Talmud, with varying amounts of general secular education depending on the community.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors had tried pointing to two cases – the 1994 shooting of a van full of Hasidic yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 1997 shooting from the observation deck of the Empire State Building – as terroristic acts that ended with just one deceased victim.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The Nisanov’s are prominent members of the Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community, and Rachel spent all of her schooling years at Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills, the Miami Herald reported.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Both girls attended Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills about two and a half miles from the family’s Kew Gardens Hill home.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors had tried pointing to two cases – the 1994 shooting of a van full of Hasidic yeshiva students on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 1997 shooting from the observation deck of the Empire State Building – as terroristic acts that ended with just one deceased victim.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
The Nisanov’s are prominent members of the Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community, and Rachel spent all of her schooling years at Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills, the Miami Herald reported.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Both girls attended Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills about two and a half miles from the family’s Kew Gardens Hill home.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeshiva. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
variants
also yeshivah
plural yeshivas or yeshivot
-ˌshē-ˈvōt(h)
: a Jewish school especially for religious instruction
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