yeshiva

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Recent Examples on the Web Hate crimes, particularly against Jews, have spiked in the city since then, most recently on Wednesday morning when a cabbie passing a yeshiva in East Flatbush, Brooklyn verbally assaulted a group of Jewish people before driving up on the sidewalk and trying to run them down, police said. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024 The flagship initiative of the religious parties in Netanyahu’s coalition, this was a sweeping bill that would legalize the existing reality according to which all yeshiva students are exempt from military service. Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023 The country's Supreme Court ruled last week that the government must end subsidies for yeshiva students who fail to serve in Israel's armed forces. NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024 He and other young men in black coats and broad brim black hats were gathered for evening prayer outside the prestigious Chazon Ish religious seminary, or yeshiva. Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for yeshiva 

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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeshiva. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.

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