Mesivta Birkas Yitzchok

Mesivta Birkas Yitzchok, also known as MBY or MBYLA, is an orthodox Jewish yeshiva high school in Los Angeles, California. The school is not affiliated with the similarly named Los Angeles school, Bais Yaakov High School of Los Angeles (BYLA).

The school shares an educational philosophy with the Bais Yaakov school system. Its stated goals are for it's graduates to have a life-long devotion to Jewish religious observance and Torah study and to be prepared for a profession or vocation.

History

In 2006, Rabbi Sholom Tendler resigned from his positions as Hebrew principal of Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles (YULA) and as rabbi of Young Israel of North Beverly Hills. He left in order to create a high school for the ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Los Angeles that would also have a serious academic curriculum.

The school is named for Tendler's father, Rabbi Yitzchok Tendler.

The school opened in September 2006 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Educational philosophy and curriculum

The school teaches a dual curriculum of Judaic studies and secular studies. The school states that its primary educational emphasis is to produce students ProFicient in Torah study both skills and knowledge, and who value Jewish ethics and character traits. As such, religious studies are given primacy relative to the curriculum of secular education taught in the school.

Student body

The school has a student body of approximately seventy boys from various areas of Los Angeles, the majority of them live in the Pico-Robertson, Fairfax District and San Fernando Valley areas.

References

• http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/sd/details.asp?cds=19647336136204&public=N
• https://start.cortera.com/company/research/k9q3lym6k/mesivta-birkas-yitzchok/
• http://www.jkidla.com/resource.asp?RID=332

External links

• - Official school website