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Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ) (Hebrew: מתיבתא תפארת ירושלים, Mesivta Tiferet Yerushaláyim) is a yeshiva in the Lower East Side of New York City. One of the oldest yeshivas in the city, MTJ was once led by Moshe Feinstein. A second campus, known as Yeshiva of Staten Island, is located in Staten Island, New York.
Dec 16, 2021 · MTJ, often referred to simply as “The Yeshiva,” especially by people on the Lower East Side, is an iconic institution whose impact on the Orthodox-Jewish world has been powerful, ever since its opening in 1907 at 87 Eldridge Street, where it was called Talmud Torah Tifereth Jerusalem Yeshiva.
Sep 23, 2020 · You describe MTJ as a yeshiva without a large community surrounding it, unlike the major yeshivas in Lakewood, NJ, or Rockland County that are the center of booming Orthodox communities.
- Andrew Silow-Carroll
Feb 18, 2021 · Sadly, the Rosh Yeshiva will not have the zechut to be part of the dinner that he initiated. Jack Yonah Forgash began his studies at MTJ in 1960. Living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at the time, he attended shiurim in the morning and evenings, attending Baruch College during the day.
Mar 18, 2021 · Every year I dutifully attend the annual dinner that benefits both the kollel of MTJ and that of its sister yeshiva (run by our Rosh Yeshiva’s brother) in Staten Island. The fried chicken...
In 2012, Jonathan Boyarin, the Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, spent a year of academic leave studying Torah at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ), New York’s oldest institution of rabbinic learning. He describes his experience in “Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side.”
Apr 22, 2021 · Yeshiva Days is neither a memoir of Boyarin finding his place at MTJ nor an exposé of a ‘secret religious world.’ Rather, it aims to help all readers―both those familiar with the Yeshiva and those encountering the Yeshiva for the first time―gain a greater appreciation for the experience of Torah study.
