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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
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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
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The piece filled both a madrasa and a caravanserai, placing ancient craft next to modern technology.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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The girl was a kindergarten student at Cheney Hills Elementary School, according to a message issued to families obtained by The Dallas Morning News.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The campus serves children in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Last year, the court unanimously backed a Catholic charity in Wisconsin in a dispute over unemployment tax exemptions for religious groups but deadlocked over whether to allow the church to create the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Signs are now posted at the public charter school to restrict access.—
Sara Sidner,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
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Officials haven't been able to assess the destruction fully but the cost of the storm could top $1 billion, including damage to airports, schools, roads, people's homes and a Maui hospital in Kula, Green said.—
Matt Gutman,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Angie is class president, has won a full scholarship to college, stars in the school musicals, has two jobs; no drugs, alcohol or smoking.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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