Yeshiva of New Haven focuses on fundamental academic skills which range across all Judaic and General studies. Elementary founded by Rabbi Daniel Greer , this is primarily a community of student-scholars, where questions, and thoughtful comments are always welcome. Some of the facts of Yeshiva of New Haven The students there are quite comfortable using Hebrew texts and original sources. They may not be able to translate the entire source, but from quite a young age they can discern whether or not their ‘question’ of topic is discussed or not. Then the child is required to write a rough draft summarizing the collected ‘answers’. The essay will undergo numerous drafts, all of which are done in class to ensure that it belongs exclusively to the student. As the Torah essay takes shape, the writer will, inevitably find him/her drawn to particular approaches in the commentaries which will resonate more strongly than others with the young student-author. As Ye...
Daniel Greer is born in New York City. He is the founder of the Yeshiva of New Haven. He has completed his education at the Princeton University & Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy. He was the first Deputy Commissioner of Ports and Terminals of New York City in the late 1960's.