This project collects information Of Jewish Families in Gateshead, United Kingdom

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne, including the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The town is known for its architecture, including the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Residents of Gateshead, like the rest of Tyneside, are referred to as Geordies. Gateshead's population in 2011 was 120,046.

Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council. Since 1974, the town has been administered as part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead within the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear

Judaism

The Bensham district is home to a community of hundreds of Jewish families and used to be known as "Little Jerusalem". Within the community is the Gateshead Yeshiva, founded in 1929, and other Jewish educational institutions with international enrollments, such as Sunderland Yeshiva, Yeshiva Ketana, Beer Hatorah, Sunderland Kibutz, Yeshiva Gedola, Nezer Hatorah and Nesivos Hatorah, Beth Midrash LeMorot and Beis Chaya Rochel Seminary.

Gateshead Talmudical College

popularly known as Gateshead Yeshiva, is the largest yeshiva in Europe and considered to be one of the most prestigious advanced yeshivas in the Orthodox world. The student body currently (as of 2012) numbers approx. 300. Although students are mainly British, there are European, American, Canadians as well as some from South America, Australia and South Africa. It has government accreditation, and the lunchroom has been rated "5 (Very Good)" for Food Hygiene.

Roshei yeshiva:

• 1929-1951: Rabbi Nachman Dovid Landinski, an alumnus of Radin, Eishyshok,[12] Kelm, Mir, Łomża, Suvalk and Novardok yeshivas
• 1947-1979: Rabbi Leib Lopian, son of Rabbi Elyah Lopian, an alumnus of Telz yeshiva
• 1947-1984: Rabbi Leib Gurwicz, an alumnus of Mir, Baranovitch and Brisk yeshivas
• 1984-: Rosh Yeshiva: Rabbi Avrohom Gurwicz, an alumnus of Brisk yeshiva, and a past student

Mashgichim:

Rabbi Matisyohu Salomon, now mashgiach at Lakewood Yeshiva

Notable alumni

Over its 82-year history, Gateshead Yeshiva has produced thousands of alumni, among them prominent rabbis.

• Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu, (head dayan of London Beth Din)
• Dayan Berel Berkovits zt'l (Dayan of the Federation of Synagogues)
• Rabbi Boruch Horovitz, (Rosh Yeshiva of Dvar Yerushalayim)
• Rav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (Gaavad, Edah HaChareidis, Jerusalem)
• Dayan Casriel Dovid Kaplin (dayan of London Beth Din)
• Dayan Baruch Rapoport (dayan of The Johannesburg Beth Din)
• Rabbi Binyomin Cohen (Dean of Chabad Yeshiva, the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand)
• Dayan David Baddiel (dayan of The Johannesburg Beth Din)
• Rabbi Pini Dunner (Senior Rabbi at Beverly Hills Synagogue, California, USA)
• Rabbi Daniel Lapin
• Rabbi Jonathan Rietti (lecturer at Gateways)
• Dayan Yehuda Refson (Chief religious judge Leeds, England)