Beit El yeshiva
The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin Regional Council|Binyamin] region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank.
History
The Yeshiva was founded in late 1977 by a group of students from the Mercaz haRav yeshiva in Jerusalem. The students originally lived on a nearby army base, but today the yeshiva has its own premises, and over 250 students enrolled. The rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Zalman [Baruch Melamed].Arutz Sheva - Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva. The Beit El Yeshiva also founded Yeshiva.co, a large Jewish website.
The Beit El Yeshiva Center also includes:
- A yeshiva high school for boys, Yeshivat Bnei Zvi, also known as Bnei Zvi Yeshiva Ketana
- An ulpana high school for girls, Ulpanat Ra'aya
- An ulpana high school for girls "with a wide variety of studies", Tal Ra'aya
- A mechina pre-military program for young men