Gateshead Talmudical College

54°57′11″N 1°36′38″W / 54.95306°N 1.61056°W / 54.95306; -1.61056 Gateshead Talmudical College (Hebrew: ישיבת בית יוסף גייטסהעד), popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, is located in the Bensham area of Gateshead in North East England. It is the largest yeshiva in Europe and considered to be one of the most prestigious advanced yeshivas in the Orthodox world.[1][2] The student body currently (as of 2019) numbers approx. 350.[3] Although students are mainly British, there are European, American, Canadians as well as some from South America, Australia and South Africa. Most students are Litvish, but up to a third are Hasidic.[4]

  1. ^ "This is a group photo of the students and staff of the famous Gateshead Yeshiva probably from the early 1930s. Today this is the most important yeshiva in ..." "Gateshead Talmudical College, early 1930s". January 1930.
  2. ^ Liphshiz, Cnaan (3 October 2017). "Why Orthodox Jews are flocking to this gritty English town". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ Sherwood, Harriet (22 December 2019). "Torah on Tyne: how Orthodox Jews carved out their very own Oxbridge". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Judah, Jacob (11 March 2020). "In This Northern English Town, a Pizzeria Can Divide the Jewish Community". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 November 2024. There is an informal cap on the number of Hasidim that Gateshead Yeshiva accepts per year: No more than one-third of the intake can be Hasidic – a legacy of bitter disputes between Hasidic and Lithuanian Jewry in Eastern Europe.