Yad Yisroel
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| Founded | 1990 |
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| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Founder | Stoliner Rebbe |
| Key people | Rabbi Yochonon Berman, Rabbi Moshe Fhima, Rabbi Yaakov Shteireman, Rabbi Shmuel Dishon |
| URL | http://yadyisroel.com, http://yadyisroel.org |
The Yad Yisroel is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by the Stoliner rebbe in 1990 to work with Jews from the former Soviet Union. It has established community projects and schools in, Minsk, Pinsk and Khmelnytski.
Yad Yisroel is a registered non-profit organization in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel and the former Soviet Union.[1]
In April 1992, as an emissary of Stolin, Rabbi Yochonon Berman travelled to Pinsk to conduct a seder.
In 2000, at Berman's suggestion, Yad Yisroel sent Moshe Fhima, who had been working for Yad Yisroel in Kyiv at the Jewish Boarding School, to Pinsk.
Yad Yisroel has established two boarding schools, a yeshiva, a kosher store, a mikveh, and Chesed aid for the elderly in Pinsk.
Education
The schools, with dormitories on campus, combine Jewish studies and a general secular high school curriculum.
Beis Aharon Boys' School
Limudei Kodesh
Classes cover all levels from introductory level Judaism up to Mishna and Gemara. Full-time counsellors, a doctor and a psychologist are on staff.
Beis Aharon Bielski Campus
The 5070 square meter campus includes an educational wing, a residence and an orphanage, an auditorium, a kindergarten, a recreational facility, and a kitchen and dining hall. It was inaugurated on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.
Beis Aharon Girls' School
There are Beis Aharon Girls Schools in England, USA, Canada, Belarus and Israel.
