Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov/ Ohr Eliyahu
School Profile

YESHIVA AHARON YAAKOV/OHR ELIYAHU sits upon 4 acre campus overlooking state parks and the Los Angeles skyline.

The caring and dedicated staff at YAYOE strives to encourage, support, and guide each and every student. They are excellent role models who demonstrate their passion for educating the "whole child."

How can OHR ELIYAHU make this claim? The theory and practice of values are an integral part of the curriculum for every class at every grade level. Each month, the entire student body focuses on a particular character trait (in Hebrew, middah). Through the use of hands-on projects, special speakers, in-depth study from classical Jewish sources, and at-home support from our committed parent body, the highest standard of behavior is set, reinforced and adhered to by OHR ELIYAHU students.

ABOVE ALL, SEEING IS BELIEVING

YESHIVA AHARON YAAKOV OHR ELIYAHU has set a new standard with its vision for Torah education. It is a school where love of Torah, love of learning, and love of children are intertwined to create an exciting and stimulating place; not just to learn, but to grow.

Isn’t it time for you to discover the school that shares your dream of what Jewish education can and should be? Please come and visit the campus, tour the classrooms and sit in on some lessons. You are guaranteed to be impressed, deeply moved, and inspired to join in OHR ELIYAHU’S success.

"I have not seen the combination of high teacher morale and love for their students -- and that feeling being reciprocated by the students -- anywhere in the world the way I’ve seen it at OHR ELIYAHU..."

- Rabbi Noach Orlowek, teacher and internationally acclaimed authority on education.

Recent Accolades

Ohr Eliyahu Gets Rare Double Award

by Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Education Editor, Jewish Journal, Los Angeles

Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov/Ohr Eliyahu in Culver City and its principal, Rabbi Shlomo Goldberg, received national recognition recently for being an institution that values individualized education, promotes skill building and emphasizes character development. Torah Umesorah, a 60-year-old national umbrella organization for 675 Orthodox day schools, awarded the school the Hersh Potok Memorial School of the Year Award and Goldberg received the Maurice and Goldie Rothman Award for Outstanding Educator. The two prizes are rarely awarded to the same institution in one year, making this honor even more meaningful.

“When you have someone from the outside offer recognition, it gives everyone the confidence that, with God’s help, we’re going in the right direction,” said Goldberg, who has been at the helm of the school since it moved to its current location 10 years ago.

Tucked unassumingly into the hills off La Cienega Boulevard on a lush four acres, the preschool-through-eighth-grade campus has 260 students. With individualized programs from inclusion specialists to enrichment resources, the school sets varied avenues of success so children can feel they’ve accomplished their goals. The arts and physical education play important roles in the curriculum, as does extensive programming to build interpersonal kindness and societal responsibility.

“The mission of the school is to inspire a love of learning in each child,” Goldberg said. “We are trying to create a nurturing, secure place where children can grow up with refined midot [characteristics] and become b’nai and b’not Torah [sons and daughters of Torah].” For more information on Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov/Ohr Eliyahu, call (310) 559-3330.

 

YESHIVA AHARON YAAKOV/OHR ELIYAHU
5950 STONEVIEW DRIVE
CULVER CITY, CA 90232
TEL: 310-559-3330
FAX: 310-559-2211

e-mail: yayoeoffice@aol.com