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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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About the Program Summer Connections is a free, optional supplemental program for students in kindergarten through 7th grade focused on reading, math, and social-emotional skill-building.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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By kindergarten, children must be vaccinated against diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox, and Hepatitis B.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Voller then spoke of Angel — a lanky star baseball pitcher who, months before the explosion, had finished a perfect 10-0 season for his Stockton charter school.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Student learning funds investigated Epic Youth Services, a private company contracted to manage the charter school system for a decade, made school co-founders Ben Harris and David Chaney very wealthy.—
Andrea Eger,
Oklahoma Watch,
14 Apr. 2026
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For years, they have been drawn by zero income tax, security, international schools, and a glamorous lifestyle.—
Emma Graham,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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