The cornerstone was laid here today at the entrance to Jerusalem for a building to house a yeshiva which had flourished in Galicia for 100 years until World War II broke out.
The spiritual head of the transplanted Kochav Miyakov Yeshiva, is Rabbi Dovberish Weidenfeld, the Czebin Rebbe, whose father founded it in Hrumelov exactly a century ago. The yeshiva complex will accommodate 1,000 students, of whom 200 will be dormitory members. It will cost 1,000,000 pounds ($333,000) to complete.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
