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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
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
His ultra-Orthodox allies wanted the reform to prevent the drafting of thousands of yeshiva students, who have long been exempt from military service.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
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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
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
His ultra-Orthodox allies wanted the reform to prevent the drafting of thousands of yeshiva students, who have long been exempt from military service.
—Ilan Z. Baron, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeshiva
Noun
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One was a girls' madrassa, or religious school.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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After his mother’s death, he was sent to study Urdu and Islamic calligraphy at his grandfather’s madrassa in Sidhpur, Gujarat.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Today, Kneeland has 25 students in transitional kindergarten through eighth grade.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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At least, that’s what the poster in my niece’s kindergarten classroom says.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Ferreira is a current board member for the charter school and still collects income from the school separate from his state retirement pension, according to a campaign finance disclosure.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Rivas also has worked in the district’s charter school office and focused on education research while earning her master’s and doctorate.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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My high-school years were spent much like theirs.—
Eli Durst,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd’s decision to pass on North Carolina and remain with the Wildcats brought him a raise, more money for his staff and a new chain of command, as the school’s president will make more high-level determinations for the program, rather than the athletic director.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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