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{{Infobox school
| name = Yeshivah of Flatbush
| name = Yeshivah of Flatbush
| native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|ישיבה דפלטבוש}}
| native_name = {{Script/Hebrew|ישיבת פלטבוש}}
| logo = [[Image:Flatbush.png|250px]]
| logo = Yeshivah of Flatbush Logomark Maroon V1 (1).jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| image = File:Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School Coney Is Av jeh.JPG
| image = Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School Coney Is Av jeh.JPG
| caption = Elementary school
| caption = Elementary school
| motto ={{Script/Hebrew| אם אין קמח אין תורה }} <br /> ''Im ein kemach ein Torah''
| motto = {{Script/Hebrew| אם אין קמח אין תורה }} <br /> ''Im ein kemach ein Torah''
| motto_translation = Without work (literally: flour) there is no Torah, "The Standard of Excellence."
| motto_translation = Without work (literally: flour) there is no Torah, "The Standard of Excellence."
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| established = 1927
There was some controversy regarding the motto during a staff trivia night in April 2020.
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| type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Jewish day school]], [[University-preparatory school|College-prep]]
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| established = 1927
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| religion = [[Modern Orthodox Judaism]]
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| type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Jewish day school]], [[University-preparatory school|College-prep]]
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| head_label = [[Rosh Yeshivah]]
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| religion = [[Modern Orthodox Judaism]]
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| head = Raymond Harari
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| head_label = [[Rosh Yeshivah]]
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| founder = Joel Braverman
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| head = Raymond Harari
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| principal = {{ubl|Joseph Beyda|Yahel Tsaidi}}
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| founder = Joel Braverman
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| grades = [[Preschool|Atidenu]] (preschool)–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
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| principal = Joseph Beyda<br />Yahel Tsaidi
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| students = 10,644
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| grades = [[Preschool|Atidenu]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
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| city = [[Brooklyn]], New York
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| students = 10,644
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| country = United States
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| city = [[Brooklyn]]
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| address = 919 East 10th Street (elementary) <br /> 1609 Avenue J (high school)
| state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
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| colors = Maroon and gold
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| country = United States
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| team_name = Falcons
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| address = 919 East 10th Street (Elementary) <br /> 1609 Avenue J (High School)
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| mascot = Freddy the Falcon
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| colors = Maroon and gold
| yearbook = Summit <!-- Imagination -->
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| team_name = Falcons
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| newspaper = The Phoenix
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| mascot = Freddy the Falcon
| website = {{url|www.flatbush.org}}
| yearbook = ''Summit''
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| coordinates = {{Coord|40.6255|-73.9600|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu}}
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| newspaper = The Phoenix
| website = [http://www.flatbush.org www.flatbush.org]
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The '''Yeshivah of Flatbush''' is a [[Modern Orthodox]] private [[Jewish day school]] located in the [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]] section of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. It educates students from age 2 to age 18 and includes an early childhood center, an elementary school and a secondary school.
The '''Yeshivah of Flatbush''' is a [[Modern Orthodox]] private [[Jewish day school]] located in the [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]] section of [[Brooklyn]], New York. It educates students from age 2 to age 18 and includes an early childhood center, an elementary school and a secondary school.


==History and mission==
==History==
The Yeshivah of Flatbush was founded in 1927 by [[Joel Braverman]], among others. The institution, located on East 10th Street in [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], Brooklyn (a neighborhood sometimes identified with nearby [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]]) at first consisted of an early childhood program, an elementary school and a middle school.<ref name="Haman">Gergely, Julia (March 16, 2022) [https://www.jta.org/2022/03/16/ny/yeshivah-of-flatbush-students-do-talk-about-haman-in-their-purim-encanto-spoof "Yeshivah of Flatbush Students Do Talk About Haman in Their Purim 'Encanto' Spoof"], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved September 19, 2022.</ref> The high school, founded in 1950 to complement the elementary school, was originally housed in an adjoining building. In 1962, the high school moved into a new building on nearby [[List of lettered Brooklyn avenues#Avenue J|Avenue J]], and the elementary school expanded into what was formerly the high school building.
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The Yeshivah of Flatbush was founded in 1927 by [[Joel Braverman]], among others. At first, the school consisted of an elementary school, middle school and an atedenu (Pre-school) located on East 10th Street in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]]. The high school was founded in 1950 to complement the elementary school. The high school was originally in a building adjoining the elementary school. After 1962, a new high school building was built on Avenue J, and the elementary school expanded into what was formerly the high school building.


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==Teaching philosophy==
The institution combines a [[Torah study|Torah education]] and a secular education for both boys and girls. The school's philosophy is a synthesis of Judaic studies (Bible, Talmud, Jewish Thought) and the liberal arts.
The institution combines a [[Torah study|Torah education]] and a secular education for both boys and girls. The school's philosophy is a synthesis of Judaic studies (Bible, Talmud, Jewish Thought) and the liberal arts.


The school has two mottos: "The Standard of Excellence" and "''Im ein kemach ein Torah''," which roughly translates to: "Without food (literally: flour) there is no Torah."

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==Teaching philosophy==
One of the Yeshivah of Flatbush's fundamental tenets is its "''Ivrit b'Ivrit''" (literally, "[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] in Hebrew") philosophy of teaching Judaics. This means that every such class is conducted completely in Hebrew, regardless of the level or ability of students.<ref>[http://www.lookstein.org/articles/ivrit.htm Ivrit B’Ivrit: A Discussion in Ten Da’at] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423114937/http://www.lookstein.org/articles/ivrit.htm |date=April 23, 2016 }}, ''Ten Da’at'', Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 1990.</ref> With this technique, the Yeshivah aims to enable its students to achieve fluency in the Hebrew language.<ref>[http://www.flatbush.org/YOF/InsideYof.asp?yoflinkname=mission Message from the President, Jack Rahmey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813232008/http://www.flatbush.org/YOF/InsideYof.asp?yoflinkname=mission |date=August 13, 2012 }}, accessed February 25, 2007.</ref>
One of the Yeshivah of Flatbush's fundamental tenets is its "''Ivrit b'Ivrit''" (literally, "[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] in Hebrew") philosophy of teaching Judaics. This means that every such class is conducted completely in Hebrew, regardless of the level or ability of students.<ref>[http://www.lookstein.org/articles/ivrit.htm Ivrit B’Ivrit: A Discussion in Ten Da’at] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423114937/http://www.lookstein.org/articles/ivrit.htm |date=April 23, 2016 }}, ''Ten Da’at'', Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 1990.</ref> With this technique, the Yeshivah aims to enable its students to achieve fluency in the Hebrew language.<ref>[http://www.flatbush.org/YOF/InsideYof.asp?yoflinkname=mission Message from the President, Jack Rahmey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813232008/http://www.flatbush.org/YOF/InsideYof.asp?yoflinkname=mission |date=August 13, 2012 }}, accessed February 25, 2007.</ref>


==Student demographics==
==Student demographics==
The Yeshivah of Flatbush comprises Jewish students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds. In the past, more than half of the students were [[Ashkenazi Jews]] whose families originated from communities in Germany, [[Poland]], [[Eastern Europe]] and Russia. In recent years, the majority has shifted to students of [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]] descent, mainly those whose families originated in [[Middle East]]ern countries. The overwhelming number of Sephardic students can be attributed to the growth of the [[Syrian Jews|Syrian community]] in Flatbush, and the decline in [[Ashkenazi]] enrollment can be attributed to the movement of [[Modern Orthodox]] communities to [[Long Island]] and [[New Jersey]], with a concomitant increase in the number and quality of [[Jewish day school]]s and [[yeshivot]] in those areas. Some [[Yemenite Jews|Yemenite]], Native American, Estonian, Cuban, Honduran, and [[Beta Israel|Ethiopian Jews]] have also been enrolled.
The Yeshivah of Flatbush comprises Jewish students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds. In the past, more than half of the students were [[Ashkenazi Jews]] whose families originated from communities in Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe and Russia. In recent years, the majority has shifted to students of [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]] and [[Mizrahi Jewish]] descent. The overwhelming number of Sephardic students can be attributed to the growth of the [[Syrian Jews|Syrian Jewish community]] in Flatbush, and the decline in Ashkenazi enrollment can be attributed to the movement of [[Modern Orthodox]] communities to [[Long Island]] and [[New Jersey]], with a concomitant increase in the number and quality of [[Jewish day school]]s and [[Yeshiva|yeshivot]] in those areas.<ref name="Rising">Hootnick, Alexandra (July 26, 2011) [http://brooklynink.org/2011/07/26/26821-a-rising-tide-of-sephardic-jews-brings-change-to-yeshivah-of-flatbush/ "A Rising Tide of Sephardic Jews Brings Change To The Yeshivah of Flatbush"], ''The Brooklyn Ink''. Retrieved July 17, 2022.</ref> In 2022, the lower school consisted of 1,400 students.<ref name="Haman"/>


==Post-High school==
==Post-high school==
[[File:Joel Braverman HS 1609 Av J Yeshivah of Flatbush jeh.jpg|thumb|left|High school on Avenue J]]
[[File:Joel Braverman HS 1609 Av J Yeshivah of Flatbush jeh.jpg|thumb|left|High school on Avenue J]]
Many graduates participate in year-long programs at yeshivot, seminaries and volunteer organizations in Israel for a year. Afterwards, some continue their studies in similar institutions, enroll in university or enlist in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] for another year or more. However, most come back to the United States for university. Graduates of the Yeshivah of Flatbush have studied at universities and colleges across the country, from [[Tulane]] to the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] and [[Boston University]] to [[Yale]]. Some of the most popular universities among Flatbush's alumni, including [[Yeshiva University]] and the [[City University of New York]], grant as much as a year's worth of credit to students who study in Israel for a year, allowing them to apply these credits to their undergraduate degree. A large number of students graduate with college credit due to the many [[Advanced Placement Program]] (AP) courses offered in the Junior, Senior, and more recently Sophomore years of high school.
Many graduates participate in year-long programs at yeshivot, seminaries and volunteer organizations in Israel for a year. Afterwards, some continue their studies in similar institutions, enroll in university or enlist in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] for another year or more. However, most come back to the United States for university. Graduates of the Yeshivah of Flatbush have studied at universities and colleges across the country, from [[Tulane]] to the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] and [[Boston University]] to [[Yale]]. Some of the most popular universities among Flatbush's alumni, including [[Yeshiva University]] and the [[City University of New York]], grant as much as a year's worth of credit to students who study in Israel for a year, allowing them to apply these credits to their undergraduate degree. A large number of students graduate with college credit due to the many [[Advanced Placement Program]] (AP) courses offered in the Junior, Senior, and more recently Sophomore years of high school.


==Leadership==
==Leadership==
[[David Eliach]] was the principal emeritus, following a decades-long tenure as principal of the high school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jta.org/2021/10/01/obituaries/david-eliach-beloved-educator-who-led-yeshivah-of-flatbush-for-decades-dies-at-99 | title=David Eliach, beloved educator who led Yeshivah of Flatbush for decades, dies at 99 | date=October 2021 }}</ref> In later years, Raymond Harari, an alumnus of Yeshivah of Flatbush High School, served as the "head of school" of the high school, followed by Joseph Beyda.<ref>(November 8, 2021) [https://imageusa.com/yeshivah-of-flatbush-remembers-rabbi-dr-david-eliach-ztl/ "Yeshivah of Flatbush Remembers Rabbi Dr. David Eliach Zt'l"], ''Jewish Image''. Retrieved July 17, 2022.</ref>
Raymond Harari is the ''[[rosh yeshivah]]'', or "head of school," of the high school. Harari, an alumnus of Yeshivah of Flatbush High School, received his BA in philosophy and MA in Jewish Studies from Yeshiva University, his rabbinic ordination from [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]], and his PhD in Jewish History from [[New York University]]. In addition to his leadership roles at the school, he continues to teach a course in Talmud to high school students in the ninth and tenth grades. Between 1980 and 1998, Harari led the B'nei Shaare Zion minyan at [[Congregation Shaare Zion]]. Currently{{When|date=April 2018}}, he leads the Mikdash Eliyahu Congregation in [[Brooklyn]].

Joseph Beyda is its principal, and Sari Bacon and Esther Hidary are the associate principals. Alumnus, David Galpert (class of 2009), has emerged as an influential member of the Yeshivah of Flatbush leadership and is considered by many as a modern day Joel Braverman.

The elementary school was formerly led by Lawrence Schwed, who retired in 2016. Since 2017, the Head of Elementary School has been Yahel Tsaidi (grades 1-8). Tsaidi studied at [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]], [[Yeshivat HaKotel]], [[Yeshiva University]] and [[American Jewish University]]’s Graduate Center for Education, where he received his Master’s in the Arts of Teaching. He is pursuing his Doctorate in Education at the [[Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration]].

Grades 6-8 are led by David Hertzberg.

Debbie Levine-Greenbaum is the Director of Early Childhood, presiding over ''Atideinu'' (literally, "Our Future"), Nursery and Kindergarten classes.

[[David Eliach]] was the principal emeritus, following a decades-long tenure as principal of the high school.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2021/10/01/obituaries/david-eliach-beloved-educator-who-led-yeshivah-of-flatbush-for-decades-dies-at-99</ref>


The Elementary School was formerly led by Lawrence Schwed.<ref name="Rising"/>
Since 2017, the school has been led by Executive Director Jeffrey Rothman.


==Student government==
==Student government==
Each spring, the student body of the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School elects four juniors to positions in the Student Government Organization (SGO). These students assume their respective positions the following fall. The SGO plans various trips and other activities for students throughout the year. The SGO also organizes and plans Color War, which occurred recently for the first time, two years in a row.
Each spring, the student body of the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School elects four juniors to positions in the Student Government Organization (SGO). These students assume their respective positions the following fall. The SGO plans various trips and other activities for students throughout the year. The SGO also organizes and plans Color War, which occurred recently for the first time, two years in a row.


The Senior Council is similarly chosen every year. Juniors elect four of their peers to lead them into and during their last year in the high school. The Council's responsibilities include collecting senior dues and planning the wintertime Senior Ski Trip, the springtime Senior Trip, and the year-ending Senior Dinner.
The Senior Council is similarly chosen every year. Juniors elect four of their peers to lead them into and during their last year in the high school. The council's responsibilities include collecting senior dues and planning the wintertime Senior Ski Trip, the springtime Senior Trip, and the year-ending Senior Dinner.


==Community interaction==
==Community interaction==
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==Music and the arts==
==Music and the arts==
Since the early 1990s, the yeshivah has gained acclaim through its high school and chamber choirs. Under the direction of Daniel Henkin until the year 2007, the choral program at the yeshivah has been featured at venues ranging from New York city hall, Brooklyn city hall, The Jewish Heritage Museum, and others. Their repertoire spans across genres which include arrangements of both secular and religious pieces. In 2008, Daniel Henkin resigned as choir director and assumed a position at the [[Ramaz School|Ramaz Upper School]] in Manhattan. Henkin was replaced by Brian Gelfand, who directs the choir to date.
Since the early 1990s, the yeshivah has gained acclaim through its high school and chamber choirs. Under the direction of Daniel Henkin until the year 2007, the choral program at the yeshivah has been featured at venues including New York's city hall, Brooklyn's city hall, The Jewish Heritage Museum, and others. Their repertoire spans across genres which include arrangements of both secular and religious pieces. In 2008, Daniel Henkin resigned as choir director and assumed a position at the [[Ramaz School|Ramaz Upper School]] in Manhattan. Henkin was replaced by Brian Gelfand, and was eventually replaced by Mordy Weinstein and finally Ricky Sasson, who directs the elementary and high school choirs to date.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
The school also has a production of musicals performed in Hebrew each year by a select amount of talented students. The students write these plays and translate them from English to Hebrew, as well as star in them each year.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}


In addition to this Flatbush High School has a two year art class and one year music class built into the school curriculum.
In addition to this, Flatbush High School has an Expressive Arts class during 9th grade, which includes a music class and an [[Improvisational theatre|acting/improv]] course, as well as a full-year 10th grade art class class- both of which are built into the school curriculum.


==Sports==
==Sports==
The Flatbush Falcons compete in a number of sports: the [[ice hockey|hockey]], [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]], and [[bowling]] teams compete in the fall, while the [[softball]], [[pickleball]], [[association football|soccer]], and boys varsity volleyball squads play in the spring; the [[Swimming (sport)|swim]], [[badminton]], and [[tennis]] teams compete year-round. In most cases, teams are members of the [[Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League]], which represents many of the Jewish day schools in the New York area.
The Flatbush Falcons compete in a number of sports: the [[ice hockey|hockey]], [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]], and [[bowling]] teams compete in the fall, while the [[softball]], [[pickleball]], [[association football|soccer]], and boys varsity volleyball squads play in the spring; the [[Swimming (sport)|swim]], [[badminton]], and [[tennis]] teams compete year-round. In most cases, teams are members of the [[Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League]], which represents many of the Jewish day schools in the New York area.


The Flatbush Varsity Tennis Team won their first championship ever in June, 2017 beating Heschel 3-2. Players like Meyer Tawil, Joe Benhaim, and Meyer Kassin led the team to victory.
The Flatbush Varsity Tennis Team won their first championship ever in June, 2017 beating Heschel 3–2. Players like Meyer Tawil, Joe Benhaim, and Meyer Kassin led the team to victory.


Two basketball tournaments are held every year. The Thomas Hausdorff Memorial Basketball Tournament in November brings the male junior varsity teams of three American Jewish high schools to Brooklyn for a weekend of competition and solidarity. At the Marc Sackin Memorial Basketball Tournament in December, the varsity team competes against other New York-area Jewish high schools. Hausdorff was a former principal of the school; Sackin was a student killed just days before his scheduled graduation in 1973.
Two basketball tournaments are held every year. The Thomas Hausdorff Memorial Basketball Tournament in November brings the male junior varsity teams of three American Jewish high schools to Brooklyn for a weekend of competition and solidarity. At the Marc Sackin Memorial Basketball Tournament in December, the varsity team competes against other New York-area Jewish high schools. Hausdorff was a former principal of the school; Sackin was a student killed just days before his scheduled graduation in 1973.
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*''The Phoenix'' - Student newspaper
*''The Phoenix'' – Student newspaper
*''Imrei Shefer'' - A D'var [[Torah]] weekly (Hebrew)first initiated in 1974 by Marc Lichtenthal ז’ל a member of the Class of 1975.
*''Imrei Shefer'' – A D'var [[Torah]] weekly (Hebrew)first initiated in 1974 by Marc Lichtenthal ז’ל a member of the Class of 1975.
*''Haaretz V'haam'' - An Israel-affairs newspaper
*''Haaretz V'haam'' – An Israel-affairs newspaper
*''Summit'' - Senior [[yearbook]]
*''Summit'' – Senior [[yearbook]]
*"Pegasus" - A liberal arts pamphlet
*"Pegasus" – A liberal arts pamphlet


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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* [[Howard Apfel]], rabbi and noted expert on medical halacha and ethics in Ramat Bet Shemesh Alef{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
* [[Howard Apfel]], rabbi and noted expert on medical halacha and ethics<ref>[https://www.flatbush.org/alumni/read_our_newsletter_/archive/newsletter_archive/passover_thoughts "Passover Thoughts"], Yeshivah of Flatbush. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Rabbi Dr. Howard Apfel (HS ‘80) is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center."</ref>
* [[Robert J. Avrech]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[screenwriter]]<ref>[https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/to-repair-an-unhinged-heart/2004/12/01/ "To Repair An Unhinged Heart"], ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', December 1, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Karen and I have journeyed a lifetime together. I first fell in love with her when I was ten years old and we were students at Yeshivah of Flatbush."</ref>
* [[Robert J. Avrech]], [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[screenwriter]]
* [[David Berger (professor)|David Berger]], academic, expert in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Jewish history]]
* [[David Berger (historian)|David Berger]], academic, expert in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Jewish history]]
* [[David Bernstein (law professor)|David Bernstein]] (1967-), Professor, [[George Mason University School of Law]] and author
* [[David Bernstein (law professor)|David Bernstein]] (born 1967), Professor, [[George Mason University School of Law]] and author
* [[Lee Bienstock]] (1983-), finalist on ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]] [[The Apprentice (US Season 5)|5]]''.<ref>Resnick, Elliot. [http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/18501/The_Almost_Apprentice:_An_Interview_With_Lee_Bienstock.html "The Almost Apprentice: An Interview With Lee Bienstock"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213190844/http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/18501/The_Almost_Apprentice%3A_An_Interview_With_Lee_Bienstock.html |date=December 13, 2006 }}, ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', June 14, 2006, accessed April 29, 2007. "The Jewish Press: What’s your background? Bienstock: I grew up in Brooklyn and went to Yeshivah of Flatbush as a kid. Then when my family moved out to Long Island, I went to HAFTR."</ref>
* [[Lee Bienstock]] (born 1983), finalist on ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]] [[The Apprentice (US Season 5)|5]]''.<ref>Resnick, Elliot. [http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/18501/The_Almost_Apprentice:_An_Interview_With_Lee_Bienstock.html "The Almost Apprentice: An Interview With Lee Bienstock"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213190844/http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/18501/The_Almost_Apprentice%3A_An_Interview_With_Lee_Bienstock.html |date=December 13, 2006 }}, ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', June 14, 2006, accessed April 29, 2007. "The Jewish Press: What’s your background? Bienstock: I grew up in Brooklyn and went to Yeshivah of Flatbush as a kid. Then when my family moved out to Long Island, I went to HAFTR."</ref>
* [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]] (1925-2011), recipient of the 1976 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], identified the [[Hepatitis B]] [[virus]]<ref>{{cite news|last=SEGELKEN|first=H. ROGER|title=Baruch Blumberg, Who Discovered and Tackled Hepatitis B, Dies at 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/health/07blumberg.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]] (1925–2011), recipient of the 1976 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], identified the [[Hepatitis B virus]]<ref>{{cite news|last=SEGELKEN|first=H. ROGER|title=Baruch Blumberg, Who Discovered and Tackled Hepatitis B, Dies at 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/health/07blumberg.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|url-access=subscription|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 April 2011 |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>
* [[Chaim Brovender]], rosh yeshivah of [[Yeshivat HaMivtar]]
* [[Chaim Brovender]], rosh yeshivah of [[Yeshivat HaMivtar]]
* [[Abraham Foxman]] (1940-), former director (1987-2015) of the [[Anti-Defamation League]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo= Rosner's Guest: Abraham H. Foxman] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111915/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo= |date=February 13, 2010 }}, [[Haaretz]], February 28, 2006. "He arrived in America in 1950 with his parents, graduating from the Yeshiva of Flatbush, in Brooklyn, NY, and later earning degrees in political science and law. "</ref>
* [[Abraham Foxman]] (born 1940), former director (1987–2015) of the [[Anti-Defamation League]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo= Rosner's Guest: Abraham H. Foxman] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111915/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo= |date=February 13, 2010 }}, [[Haaretz]], February 28, 2006. "He arrived in America in 1950 with his parents, graduating from the Yeshiva of Flatbush, in Brooklyn, NY, and later earning degrees in political science and law. "</ref>
* [[Gideon Gartner]] (1936-), founder of the [[Gartner]] Group
* [[Gideon Gartner]] (born 1936), founder of the [[Gartner]] Group
* [[Baruch Goldstein]], perpetrator of the [[Cave of the Patriarchs massacre]].<ref>Precker, Michael. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0ED3D460D1AEC80A&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Brooklyn's image as extremist hotbed disputed by some Borough defenders say ties to Israel cherished, but radical groups aren't"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', March 20, 1994. Accessed August 6, 2007. "'This is not what we are teaching,' said Rabbi David Eliach, principal at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, where Dr. Goldstein attended high school."</ref>
* [[Baruch Goldstein]], perpetrator of the [[Cave of the Patriarchs massacre]].<ref>Precker, Michael. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0ED3D460D1AEC80A&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Brooklyn's image as extremist hotbed disputed by some Borough defenders say ties to Israel cherished, but radical groups aren't"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', March 20, 1994. Accessed August 6, 2007. "'This is not what we are teaching,' said Rabbi David Eliach, principal at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, where Dr. Goldstein attended high school."</ref>
* [[Judith Hauptman]] (1943-), [[Feminism|feminist]] [[Talmud]]ic scholar and professor at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]
* [[Judith Hauptman]] (born 1943), [[Feminism|feminist]] [[Talmud]]ic scholar and professor at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]
* [[Neal Hendel]], Israeli Supreme Court Justice
* [[Neal Hendel]], Israeli Supreme Court Justice
* [[Yehuda Henkin]] (1945-2020), noted Israeli [[posek]]
* [[Yehuda Henkin]] (1945–2020), noted Israeli [[posek]]
* [[Meir Kahane]] (1932–1990) (Elementary school graduate), founder of the [[Jewish Defense League]] and former Israeli [[Knesset]] member. Head of the [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party
* [[Meir Kahane]] (1932–1990) (Elementary school graduate), founder of the [[Jewish Defense League]] and former Israeli [[Knesset]] member. Head of the [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party
* [[Eric Kandel]] (1929-), 2000 [[Nobel Prize]] laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2000/kandel-autobio.html Eric R. Kandel: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530234704/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2000/kandel-autobio.html |date=May 30, 2013 }}, [[Nobel Foundation]]. Accessed September 20, 2007. "My grandfather and I liked each other a great deal, and he readily convinced me that he should tutor me in Hebrew during the summer of 1939 so that I might be eligible for a scholarship at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, an excellent Hebrew parochial school that offered both secular and religious studies at a very high level. With his tutelage I entered the Yeshiva in the fall of 1939. By the time I graduated in 1944 I spoke Hebrew almost as well as English, had read through the five books of Moses, the books of Kings, the Prophets and the Judges in Hebrew, and also learned a smattering of the Talmud."</ref>
* [[Eric Kandel]] (born 1929), 2000 [[Nobel Prize]] laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2000/kandel-autobio.html Eric R. Kandel: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530234704/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2000/kandel-autobio.html |date=May 30, 2013 }}, [[Nobel Foundation]]. Accessed September 20, 2007. "My grandfather and I liked each other a great deal, and he readily convinced me that he should tutor me in Hebrew during the summer of 1939 so that I might be eligible for a scholarship at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, an excellent Hebrew parochial school that offered both secular and religious studies at a very high level. With his tutelage I entered the Yeshiva in the fall of 1939. By the time I graduated in 1944 I spoke Hebrew almost as well as English, had read through the five books of Moses, the books of Kings, the Prophets and the Judges in Hebrew, and also learned a smattering of the Talmud."</ref>
* [[Elihu Katz]] (1926-), American sociologist and founder of Israeli television
* [[Elihu Katz]] (born 1926), American sociologist and founder of Israeli television
* [[Ira Katznelson]] (1944-), American political scientist and historian, currently Ruggles Professor at Columbia University, and previously president of the Social Science Research Council and the American Political Science Association. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* [[Ira Katznelson]] (born 1944), American political scientist and historian, currently Ruggles Professor at Columbia University, and previously president of the Social Science Research Council and the American Political Science Association. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
* [[Ezra Labaton]] (1950-2013), Modern Orthodox Rabbi, Philosopher, Educator, and Founding Rabbi of Congregation Magen David of West Deal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://njjewishnews.com/article/19786/r.-ezra-labaton-a-bright-star-dies-at-63#.WpY5GpPwab9|title=R. Ezra Labaton, a 'bright star,' dies at 63|website=New Jersey Jewish News {{!}} NJJN|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>
* [[Ezra Labaton]] (1950–2013), Modern Orthodox Rabbi, Philosopher, Educator, and Founding Rabbi of Congregation Magen David of West Deal<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://njjewishnews.com/article/19786/r.-ezra-labaton-a-bright-star-dies-at-63#.WpY5GpPwab9|title=R. Ezra Labaton, a 'bright star,' dies at 63|website=New Jersey Jewish News {{!}} NJJN|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>
* [[Naomi Levy]], member of the first class of women to enter the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, bestselling author and founder of [[Nashuva]], The Jewish Spiritual Outreach Movement
* [[Naomi Levy]], member of the first class of women to enter the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, bestselling author and founder of [[Nashuva]], The Jewish Spiritual Outreach Movement
* [[Isaac Mizrahi]] (1961-), [[fashion design]]er<ref>Nachman, Barbara. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F3D889AE8C324E2&p_docnum=3&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Mizrahi"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Journal News]]'', November 1, 2001. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Though she encouraged his creativity, Sarah Mizrahi enrolled her reluctant son in Yeshiva Flatbush, where he spent his days honing a repertoire of rabbi impersonations."</ref><ref>Gottschalk, Mary. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB52F8C532D00D5&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Fashion is sure to catch up with Isaac Mizrahi"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''. October 18, 1998. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Fashion is and always has been an integral part of Mizrahi's life. He often recounts his eight years at Yeshiva Flatbush in his native Brooklyn, where his habit of drawing fashion sketches in the Old Testament regularly got him expelled. Just as regularly, he says, his mother, Sarah, would discard her couture clothes, makeup and accessories, change into a dowdy dress and go to the school to plead for her son's reinstatement. Then the two would celebrate by going shopping."</ref>
* [[Isaac Mizrahi]] (born 1961), [[fashion design]]er<ref>Nachman, Barbara. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F3D889AE8C324E2&p_docnum=3&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Mizrahi"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Journal News]]'', November 1, 2001. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Though she encouraged his creativity, Sarah Mizrahi enrolled her reluctant son in Yeshiva Flatbush, where he spent his days honing a repertoire of rabbi impersonations."</ref><ref>Gottschalk, Mary. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB52F8C532D00D5&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q4CL4EJFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Fashion is sure to catch up with Isaac Mizrahi"]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''. October 18, 1998. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Fashion is and always has been an integral part of Mizrahi's life. He often recounts his eight years at Yeshiva Flatbush in his native Brooklyn, where his habit of drawing fashion sketches in the Old Testament regularly got him expelled. Just as regularly, he says, his mother, Sarah, would discard her couture clothes, makeup and accessories, change into a dowdy dress and go to the school to plead for her son's reinstatement. Then the two would celebrate by going shopping."</ref>
* [[Bertram L. Podell]] (1925–2005), former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref>{{cite news|title = State of Israel Bonds will honor former Rep. Podell
* [[Bertram L. Podell]] (1925–2005), former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[New York (state)|New York]]<ref>{{cite news|title = State of Israel Bonds will honor former Rep. Podell
|publisher = Real Estate Weekly|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_12_47/ai_|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053216/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_12_47/ai_|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2015-09-24}}</ref>
|publisher = Real Estate Weekly|url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_12_47/ai_|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053216/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_12_47/ai_|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2015-09-24}}</ref>
* [[Dennis Prager]] (1948-), public speaker and radio [[talk show]] host.<ref name=Hadassah>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030307224708/http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2000/April/one.htm Portrait of Joseph Telushkin], ''Hadassah Magazine'', April 2000</ref>
* [[Dennis Prager]] (born 1948), public speaker and radio [[talk show]] host.<ref name=Hadassah>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030307224708/http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2000/April/one.htm Portrait of Joseph Telushkin], ''Hadassah Magazine'', April 2000</ref>
* [[Kenneth Prager]], physician
* [[Kenneth Prager]], physician
* [[Samuel Schafler]] (1929-1991), rabbi, historian, editor and Jewish educator{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}<!--Reliable sources are needed to establish connection to Yeshiva of Flatbush.-->
* [[Samuel Schafler]] (1929–1991), rabbi, historian, editor and Jewish educator{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}<!--Reliable sources are needed to establish connection to Yeshiva of Flatbush.-->
* [[Charlie Shrem]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flatbush.org/content.aspx?rec_id%3D100133 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204154006/https://flatbush.org/content.aspx?rec_id=100133 |archive-date=2016-12-04 }}</ref> American entrepreneur, bitcoin advocate, and convicted felon
* [[Charlie Shrem]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flatbush.org/content.aspx?rec_id%3D100133 |title=Message from Head of School &#124; Yeshivah of Flatbush |access-date=2014-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204154006/https://flatbush.org/content.aspx?rec_id=100133 |archive-date=2016-12-04 }}</ref> American entrepreneur, bitcoin advocate, and convicted felon
* [[Daniel Sperber]], professor of [[Talmud]] at [[Bar-Ilan University]] and winner of the [[Israel Prize]] in 1992
* [[Daniel Sperber]], professor of [[Talmud]] at [[Bar-Ilan University]] and winner of the [[Israel Prize]] in 1992
* [[Joseph Telushkin]] (1948-), author and speaker on Jewish topics<ref name=Hadassah/><ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16675 Books: 'Holy' Ethically Speaking -- Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Covers It All] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221072236/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16675 |date=December 21, 2007 }}, ''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]'' by Sandee Brawarsky, October 27, 2006. "Telushkin cites Prager as one of his rebbes -- the people he turns to with ethical questions. The two have been close friends since their sophomore year at Brooklyn's Yeshivah of Flatbush."</ref>
* [[Joseph Telushkin]] (born 1948), author and speaker on Jewish topics<ref name=Hadassah/><ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16675 Books: 'Holy' Ethically Speaking -- Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Covers It All] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221072236/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16675 |date=December 21, 2007 }}, ''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]'' by Sandee Brawarsky, October 27, 2006. "Telushkin cites Prager as one of his rebbes -- the people he turns to with ethical questions. The two have been close friends since their sophomore year at Brooklyn's Yeshivah of Flatbush."</ref>
* [[Elana Maryles Sztokman]] (born 1969), author, researcher and feminist activist<ref>Weizman, Janice. [https://www.tarb.co.il/an-abusive-system/ "An Abusive System"], ''The Tel Aviv Review of Books'', Summer 2021. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman was once an Orthodox religious Jew. Growing up in Brooklyn, she attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush, where she received an education that schooled her in the requirements and practices of Orthodox women."</ref>
* [[Elana Maryles Sztokman]], author, researcher, feminist activist
* [[Joe Tacopina]] (born 1966), lawyer, media personality and professional sports executive<ref>[[Mark Leibovich|Leibovich, Mark]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/magazine/a-rods-defender-knows-how-to-tap-dance.html "A-Rod’s Defender Knows How to Tap Dance"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 20, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2023. "[Q] You grew up in Sheepshead Bay, and yet you went to Yeshiva of Flatbush for elementary school. [A] My mother and father quickly determined that the best education I was going to get as a young child was at Yeshiva, instead of getting beat up at P.S. 12. I still have my yarmulke."</ref>
* [[Bruce Wasserstein]] (1947–2009), investment banker, businessman, and writer<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/05/wasserstein-201005</ref>
* [[Wendy Wasserstein]] (1950-2006), playwright<ref>Bleyer, Jennifer. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05wend.html?_r=1 "The Real Lady of the Canyons"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115122730/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05wend.html?_r=1 |date=January 15, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 5, 2006. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Perhaps it was because, at the yeshiva in Flatbush, we never studied the religious aspects of Christmas, the holiday seemed to me spectacular, truly magical."</ref>
* [[Bruce Wasserstein]] (1947–2009), investment banker, businessman, and writer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/05/wasserstein-201005 | title=Bruce Wasserstein's Last Surprise | website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | date=March 29, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Wendy Wasserstein]] (1950–2006), playwright<ref>Bleyer, Jennifer. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05wend.html?_r=1 "The Real Lady of the Canyons"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115122730/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/nyregion/thecity/05wend.html?_r=1 |date=January 15, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 5, 2006. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Perhaps it was because, at the yeshiva in Flatbush, we never studied the religious aspects of Christmas, the holiday seemed to me spectacular, truly magical."</ref>
* [[Larry Weinberg (businessman)|Larry Weinberg]], former president of [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee|AIPAC]] and former owner of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]]
* [[Larry Weinberg]] (1926–2019), former president of [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee|AIPAC]] and former owner of the [[Portland Trail Blazers]]<ref>[https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/obituaries/292140/former-aipac-president-larry-weinberg-92/ "Former AIPAC President Larry Weinberg, 92"], ''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]'', January 9, 2019. Accessed December 24, 2023. "He attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush, and later went on to study chemistry at Cornell University under a special U.S. government program for gifted math and science students."</ref>
* [[Leon Wieseltier]] (1952-), writer, editor of ''[[The New Republic]]''<ref>[http://www.nyulawglobal.com/GrussLectureFall2005_000.htm The Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture: Fall 2005: "Law and Patience: Unenthusiastic Reflections on Jewish Messianism"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220641/http://www.nyulawglobal.com/GrussLectureFall2005_000.htm |date=July 14, 2011 }}, [[New York University]]. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Educated at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University."</ref>
* [[Leon Wieseltier]] (born 1952), writer, editor of ''[[The New Republic]]''<ref>[http://www.nyulawglobal.com/GrussLectureFall2005_000.htm The Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture: Fall 2005: "Law and Patience: Unenthusiastic Reflections on Jewish Messianism"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220641/http://www.nyulawglobal.com/GrussLectureFall2005_000.htm |date=July 14, 2011 }}, [[New York University]]. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Educated at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University."</ref>
* [[Joel B. Wolowelsky]], author and current Dean of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School
* [[Joel B. Wolowelsky]], author and current Dean of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School
* [[Alan Zelenetz]] (former Principal), co-founder of [[Ovie Entertainment]], and comic book writer for [[Marvel Comics]]
* [[Alan Zelenetz]] (former Principal), co-founder of [[Ovie Entertainment]], and comic book writer for [[Marvel Comics]]
* [[Efraim Zuroff]] (1948-), Director of the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]], Israel
* [[Efraim Zuroff]] (born 1948), Director of the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]], Israel


==References==
==References==
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Yeshivah of Flatbush
ישיבת פלטבוש‎
Elementary school
Address
Map
919 East 10th Street (elementary)
1609 Avenue J (high school)

Brooklyn, New York

Vereinigte Staaten
Coordinates40°37′32″N 73°57′36″W / 40.6255°N 73.9600°W / 40.6255; -73.9600
Information
TypPrivate, Jewish day school, College-prep
Motto אם אין קמח אין תורה ‎
Im ein kemach ein Torah
(Without work (literally: flour) there is no Torah, "The Standard of Excellence.")
Religious affiliation(s)Modern Orthodox Judaism
Established1927
GründerJoel Braverman
Direktorin
  • Joseph Beyda
  • Yahel Tsaidi
Rosh YeshivahRaymond Harari
GradesAtidenu (preschool)–12
Number of students10,644
Color(s)Maroon and gold
MascotFreddy the Falcon
Team nameFalcons
NewspaperThe Phoenix
YearbookSummit
Websitewww.flatbush.org

The Yeshivah of Flatbush is a Modern Orthodox private Jewish day school located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. It educates students from age 2 to age 18 and includes an early childhood center, an elementary school and a secondary school.

History

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The Yeshivah of Flatbush was founded in 1927 by Joel Braverman, among others. The institution, located on East 10th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn (a neighborhood sometimes identified with nearby Flatbush) at first consisted of an early childhood program, an elementary school and a middle school.[1] The high school, founded in 1950 to complement the elementary school, was originally housed in an adjoining building. In 1962, the high school moved into a new building on nearby Avenue J, and the elementary school expanded into what was formerly the high school building.

Teaching philosophy

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The institution combines a Torah education and a secular education for both boys and girls. The school's philosophy is a synthesis of Judaic studies (Bible, Talmud, Jewish Thought) and the liberal arts.

One of the Yeshivah of Flatbush's fundamental tenets is its "Ivrit b'Ivrit" (literally, "Hebrew in Hebrew") philosophy of teaching Judaics. This means that every such class is conducted completely in Hebrew, regardless of the level or ability of students.[2] With this technique, the Yeshivah aims to enable its students to achieve fluency in the Hebrew language.[3]

Student demographics

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The Yeshivah of Flatbush comprises Jewish students and teachers from a variety of backgrounds. In the past, more than half of the students were Ashkenazi Jews whose families originated from communities in Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe and Russia. In recent years, the majority has shifted to students of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish descent. The overwhelming number of Sephardic students can be attributed to the growth of the Syrian Jewish community in Flatbush, and the decline in Ashkenazi enrollment can be attributed to the movement of Modern Orthodox communities to Long Island and New Jersey, with a concomitant increase in the number and quality of Jewish day schools and yeshivot in those areas.[4] In 2022, the lower school consisted of 1,400 students.[1]

Post-high school

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High school on Avenue J

Many graduates participate in year-long programs at yeshivot, seminaries and volunteer organizations in Israel for a year. Afterwards, some continue their studies in similar institutions, enroll in university or enlist in the Israel Defense Forces for another year or more. However, most come back to the United States for university. Graduates of the Yeshivah of Flatbush have studied at universities and colleges across the country, from Tulane to the University of Maryland and Boston University to Yale. Some of the most popular universities among Flatbush's alumni, including Yeshiva University and the City University of New York, grant as much as a year's worth of credit to students who study in Israel for a year, allowing them to apply these credits to their undergraduate degree. A large number of students graduate with college credit due to the many Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses offered in the Junior, Senior, and more recently Sophomore years of high school.

Leadership

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David Eliach was the principal emeritus, following a decades-long tenure as principal of the high school.[5] In later years, Raymond Harari, an alumnus of Yeshivah of Flatbush High School, served as the "head of school" of the high school, followed by Joseph Beyda.[6]

The Elementary School was formerly led by Lawrence Schwed.[4]

Student government

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Each spring, the student body of the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School elects four juniors to positions in the Student Government Organization (SGO). These students assume their respective positions the following fall. The SGO plans various trips and other activities for students throughout the year. The SGO also organizes and plans Color War, which occurred recently for the first time, two years in a row.

The Senior Council is similarly chosen every year. Juniors elect four of their peers to lead them into and during their last year in the high school. The council's responsibilities include collecting senior dues and planning the wintertime Senior Ski Trip, the springtime Senior Trip, and the year-ending Senior Dinner.

Community interaction

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Each year, the Yeshivah holds events that cater to the New York Jewish community. The largest ones include the annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance day) and Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) programs, which traditionally feature performances by the high school's Choir and Chamber Choir, now under the direction of Brian Gelfand. In addition to this a 9/11 memorial program is held annually.

Each month, there is the Sunday Morning Learning program where students, faculty, and alumni get together for prayers, breakfast, and a faculty-prepared presentation of given texts. In addition to this there are also many alumni and members of the community come to help at programs.

Music and the arts

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Since the early 1990s, the yeshivah has gained acclaim through its high school and chamber choirs. Under the direction of Daniel Henkin until the year 2007, the choral program at the yeshivah has been featured at venues including New York's city hall, Brooklyn's city hall, The Jewish Heritage Museum, and others. Their repertoire spans across genres which include arrangements of both secular and religious pieces. In 2008, Daniel Henkin resigned as choir director and assumed a position at the Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan. Henkin was replaced by Brian Gelfand, and was eventually replaced by Mordy Weinstein and finally Ricky Sasson, who directs the elementary and high school choirs to date.[citation needed] The school also has a production of musicals performed in Hebrew each year by a select amount of talented students. The students write these plays and translate them from English to Hebrew, as well as star in them each year.[citation needed]

In addition to this, Flatbush High School has an Expressive Arts class during 9th grade, which includes a music class and an acting/improv course, as well as a full-year 10th grade art class class- both of which are built into the school curriculum.

Sports

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The Flatbush Falcons compete in a number of sports: the hockey, basketball and volleyball, and bowling teams compete in the fall, while the softball, pickleball, soccer, and boys varsity volleyball squads play in the spring; the swim, badminton, and tennis teams compete year-round. In most cases, teams are members of the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School Athletic League, which represents many of the Jewish day schools in the New York area.

The Flatbush Varsity Tennis Team won their first championship ever in June, 2017 beating Heschel 3–2. Players like Meyer Tawil, Joe Benhaim, and Meyer Kassin led the team to victory.

Two basketball tournaments are held every year. The Thomas Hausdorff Memorial Basketball Tournament in November brings the male junior varsity teams of three American Jewish high schools to Brooklyn for a weekend of competition and solidarity. At the Marc Sackin Memorial Basketball Tournament in December, the varsity team competes against other New York-area Jewish high schools. Hausdorff was a former principal of the school; Sackin was a student killed just days before his scheduled graduation in 1973.

Academic teams

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The Yeshivah of Flatbush's academic teams compete in a wide range of areas. Some of the teams include: debate, Mock Trial, Model Congress, the Yeshiva University National Model United Nations, Envirothon, chess, mathematics, College Bowl and Torah Bowl.

Publications

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  • The Phoenix – Student newspaper
  • Imrei Shefer – A D'var Torah weekly (Hebrew)first initiated in 1974 by Marc Lichtenthal ז’ל a member of the Class of 1975.
  • Haaretz V'haam – An Israel-affairs newspaper
  • Summit – Senior yearbook
  • "Pegasus" – A liberal arts pamphlet

Notable alumni

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References

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  3. ^ Message from the President, Jack Rahmey Archived August 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 25, 2007.
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  5. ^ "David Eliach, beloved educator who led Yeshivah of Flatbush for decades, dies at 99". October 2021.
  6. ^ (November 8, 2021) "Yeshivah of Flatbush Remembers Rabbi Dr. David Eliach Zt'l", Jewish Image. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Passover Thoughts", Yeshivah of Flatbush. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Rabbi Dr. Howard Apfel (HS ‘80) is a board certified pediatric cardiologist at Columbia University Medical Center."
  8. ^ "To Repair An Unhinged Heart", The Jewish Press, December 1, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2023. "Karen and I have journeyed a lifetime together. I first fell in love with her when I was ten years old and we were students at Yeshivah of Flatbush."
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  13. ^ Eric R. Kandel: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 Archived May 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Nobel Foundation. Accessed September 20, 2007. "My grandfather and I liked each other a great deal, and he readily convinced me that he should tutor me in Hebrew during the summer of 1939 so that I might be eligible for a scholarship at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, an excellent Hebrew parochial school that offered both secular and religious studies at a very high level. With his tutelage I entered the Yeshiva in the fall of 1939. By the time I graduated in 1944 I spoke Hebrew almost as well as English, had read through the five books of Moses, the books of Kings, the Prophets and the Judges in Hebrew, and also learned a smattering of the Talmud."
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  20. ^ Books: 'Holy' Ethically Speaking -- Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Covers It All Archived December 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles by Sandee Brawarsky, October 27, 2006. "Telushkin cites Prager as one of his rebbes -- the people he turns to with ethical questions. The two have been close friends since their sophomore year at Brooklyn's Yeshivah of Flatbush."
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  24. ^ Bleyer, Jennifer. "The Real Lady of the Canyons" Archived January 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 5, 2006. Accessed August 6, 2007. "Perhaps it was because, at the yeshiva in Flatbush, we never studied the religious aspects of Christmas, the holiday seemed to me spectacular, truly magical."
  25. ^ "Former AIPAC President Larry Weinberg, 92", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, January 9, 2019. Accessed December 24, 2023. "He attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush, and later went on to study chemistry at Cornell University under a special U.S. government program for gifted math and science students."
  26. ^ The Annual Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Lecture: Fall 2005: "Law and Patience: Unenthusiastic Reflections on Jewish Messianism" Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, New York University. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Educated at the Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University."
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