Neve Yerushalayim

Neve Yerushalayim
נוה ירושלים
Address
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1 Beit Yitzchok St.



Israel
Information
School typeCollege
Religious affiliation(s)Haredi Judaism
Established1970 (1970)
FounderRabbi Dovid Refson
DeanRabbi Dovid Refson
Enrolment900
Campus size6-acre (2.4 ha)
Budget$7 million[1]
Alumni35,000
Websitenevey.org

Neve Yerushalayim (Hebrew: נוה ירושלים) is the oldest and largest college for Jewish women in the world.[1][2] Founded in 1970 to educate baalot teshuva (female returnees to Orthodox Judaism) in the why and how of living an Orthodox Jewish life, Neve has approximately 35,000 alumni. Its campus in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem is also home to 11 schools and seminaries for post-high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from religious backgrounds.

  1. ^ a b Besser 2014, pp. 42–51.
  2. ^ Aiken 2009, p. 363.