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]'''''Yeshiva Torah Temimah''''' is a ] '']'' with branches in ] and ] that was founded by Rabbi ]. In 2006 the yeshiva gained widespread notoriety for allegedly harboring and employing a known pedophile, Rabbi ], as a teacher. assistant principal and summer camp director for over thirty years, and was the subject of a May 2006 article in ]]. The civil case filing received media coverage,, resulting in several additional alledged victims stepping forward.
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'''Yeshiva Torah Temimah''' is an ] ] with branches in ] and ].
Kolko was subsequently indicted for child molestation ]and several civil lawsuits are also pending against the yeshiva.


== History ==
The civil case index numbers are:
Yeshiva Torah Temimah was founded by Lipa Margolis<ref>'']''. Dec/5/12. p. C51.</ref> as Yeshiva Torah Vodaath of Flatbush,<ref name=Kolker>Kolker, Robert. , '']'', May 15, 2006. Accessed March 8, 2008.</ref> and began operating under its current name in 1976.<ref name=nyc>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkyeshivatorah.pdf|title=School Safety Engineering Project Final Report: Yeshiva Torah Temimah School, Brooklyn|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation Office of School Safety Engineering|date=2006-10-06|access-date=2009-03-22|archive-date=2010-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529100209/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bkyeshivatorah.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The yeshiva grew to social prominence between 1980 and 2000.<ref>{{cite book | last = Helmreich | first = William B. | title = The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry - Augmented Edition | publisher = Ktav Publishing | year = 2000 | location = Hoboken, New Jersey | pages = xix | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=zjfPA1NZFbgC&q=%22Yeshiva+Torah+Vodaath%22&pg=PA47 | isbn = 978-0-88125-641-3 }}</ref>


The yeshiva provides a combined religious and secular ] to approximately 675 male students,<ref name="privateschoolsreport"/> including training in ], ], history, classical Jewish scholarship and literature, mathematics, ] and ].
US District Court: 06-CV-2096;
US District Court: 06-CV-2215;
NYS Supreme Court: 37492/06;
NYS Supreme Court: 268/07.


In 2023, the yeshiva sold one of their Brooklyn buildings to Rabbi ]’s ] faction<ref name="Yeshiva">{{cite web |title=Satmar Purchases Famed Yeshiva Torah Temimah Building On Ocean Parkway |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/featured/2167189/satmar-purchases-famed-yeshiva-torah-temimah-building-on-ocean-parkway.html |website=The Yeshiva World |access-date=20 February 2023 |date=20 February 2023}}</ref> for an estimated $20 million.<ref name="Matzav">{{cite web |title=Satmar Announces Contract to Purchase Iconic Torah Temimah Bais Medrash Building {{!}} Matzav.com |url=https://matzav.com/satmar-announces-contract-to-purchase-iconic-torah-temimah-bais-medrash-building/ |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
Kolko's criminal indictment was followed by his arrest. His arrest received much media coverage.


== Enrollment ==
Kolko was indicted for a third time in September 2007. He was again arrested from his home and arraigned on September 12, 2007.
The New York branch of the yeshiva consists of two buildings. The location on ] in ] houses approximately 650 boys ranging in age from ] through the twelfth grade; the school previously maintained a separate building for ] study, with an additional enrollment of about 100 students, which has since moved to ], with current enrollment at approximately 25 students.<ref name=nyc/> It has a student-teacher ratio of approximately nineteen to one.<ref name="privateschoolsreport">{{cite web| url=http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/NewYork/Brooklyn/YeshivaMesivtaTorahTemimah.html| title=Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah - Brooklyn, New York| publisher=schools.privateschoolsreport.com| access-date=2009-03-22| archive-date=2017-12-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031317/http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/NewYork/Brooklyn/YeshivaMesivtaTorahTemimah.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Notable faculty==
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* '''Shlomo Feivel Shustal''': He taught the highest level students of the ] (study hall) until August 2014, when he left to open his own Talmudic seminary called Yeshiva Neos Yaakov.
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* '''Betzalel Busel''': He succeeded Shlomo Feivel Shustal and currently teaches the highest level students.<ref>(May 18, 2014) , ''matzav.com''. Retrieved August 10, 2023.</ref>
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* '''Yaakov Landau''' (d. 2022): He taught the 9th grade students for nearly three decades. He then founded and served as ] of ''Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel'' in Lakewood New Jersey, where he also was the Rabbi of ''K’hal Chanichei Hayeshivos''.<ref name="Yeshiva World">{{cite news |title=Lakewood: Petirah of Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Landau ZT"L; Longtime Marbitz Torah |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/2061923/lakewood-petirah-of-hagaon-harav-yaakov-landau-ztl-longtime-marbitz-torah.html |access-date=21 February 2022 |work=The ] |date=20 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BDE - Harav Yaakov Landau, Zt"l - Hamodia.com |url=https://hamodia.com/2022/02/19/bde-harav-yaakov-landua-ztl/ |access-date=21 February 2022 |work=] |date=20 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
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* '''Mendel Margulius''' (d. 2020): He was a son of the school’s founder, Lipa. Initially, Mendel was appointed by his father to lead the younger campus in Brooklyn, while simultaneously delivering regular Torah lectures to the older students. Eventually, the junior Margulies was appointed to lead the Staten Island division.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rabbi Mendel Margulies, 65, Brooklyn, N.Y. - |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4726209/jewish/Rabbi-Mendel-Margulies-65-Brooklyn-NY.htm |access-date=21 February 2022 |agency=] |publisher=chabad.org News |date=27 April 2020}}</ref>

== Alumni ==
Graduates of the school generally pursue further Talmudic education in such institutions as the ] and ], as well as ] in New Jersey, with a significant percentage of school alumni occupying rabbinic pulpits and positions of Jewish education. They also attend prestigious universities.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

== Controversies ==
The yeshiva made headlines when one of its teachers and assistant principal,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/nyregion/09rabbi.html | title=Brooklyn Rabbi Is Arraigned on Charges of Sexual Abuse | work=The New York Times | date=December 9, 2006 | access-date=November 11, 2011 | author=Khan, Daryl}}</ref> Joel (Yehuda) Kolko, was charged in 2006 with sexually abusing two first-graders and forcing an adult former student to touch him during a visit to the school. Six former students also filed suit against the yeshiva, alleging the school administrators knew about Kolko’s molestation of students for decades, but sought to cover it up and intimidate students who spoke out. Kolko later pleaded guilty to two lesser counts of child endangerment and was sentenced to three years' probation,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national/no_sex_charge_kolko_boys%27_parents_foiled_da_0 | title=No Sex Charge For Kolko; Boys' Parents Foiled By DA | work=The Jewish Week | date=April 18, 2008 | access-date=November 11, 2011 |author1=Winston, Hella |author2=Cohler-Esses, Larry |name-list-style=amp }}</ref> later left the school,<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/nyregion/13hikind.html| title=Sexual Abuse Complaints Subpoenaed | work=The New York Times | date=November 12, 2008 | access-date=November 14, 2011 | author=Vitello, Paul}}</ref> and died in November 2020. The suit also alleged that school principal Lipa Margulies waged a "a campaign of intimidation, concealment and misrepresentations designed to prevent victims from filing lawsuits."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/features/17010/index1.html|title=On the Rabbi's Knee|website=NYMag.com|date=12 May 2006 |access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref> Four of the lawsuits were dismissed for being filed beyond the then five year statute of limitations. In October, 2016 it was reported that the school had reached a $2.1 million settlement on the two remaining cases.<ref>Edelman, Susan (October 23, 2016) , ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 30, 2020.</ref> In August, 2019 Baruch Sandhaus filed a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act (NYS Kings County Supreme Court Index #518057/2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/427441370/Lawsuit-against-Lakewood-yeshiva-rabbi-Joel-Falk#from_embed|title = Lawsuit Against Lakewood Yeshiva Rabbi Joel Falk &#124; PDF &#124; Fiduciary &#124; Negligence}}</ref> against Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Kolko and Yoel Falk,<ref>Martinez, Gustavo (October 7, 2019) , ''Asbury Park Press''. Retrieved January 30, 2020.</ref> alleging that Kolko<ref>Fenton, Reuven; Edelman, Susan (August 16, 2019) , ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 30, 2020.</ref> and Falk<ref>Edelman, Susan (September 24, 2020) , ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 30, 2020.</ref> sexually abused him around 1980 with the knowledge of the yeshiva and Margulies. In December 2019, an additional lawsuit was filed under the Child Victims Act against the school and Margulies (NYS Kings County Supreme Court Index #526789/2019) by a "John Doe" plaintiff alleging that Kolko sexually abused him in 1994 while he was a student at the yeshiva.

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School in Brooklyn, New York, United States
Yeshiva Torah Temimah
Location
Brooklyn, New York
United States
Coordinates40°38′07″N 73°58′20″W / 40.635271°N 73.97217°W / 40.635271; -73.97217
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Established1976
Websitehttp://www.ytt.edu

Yeshiva Torah Temimah is an Orthodox yeshiva with branches in Brooklyn, New York and Lakewood, New Jersey.

History

Yeshiva Torah Temimah was founded by Lipa Margolis as Yeshiva Torah Vodaath of Flatbush, and began operating under its current name in 1976. The yeshiva grew to social prominence between 1980 and 2000.

The yeshiva provides a combined religious and secular single-sex education to approximately 675 male students, including training in Talmud, musar literature, history, classical Jewish scholarship and literature, mathematics, language arts and science education.

In 2023, the yeshiva sold one of their Brooklyn buildings to Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum’s satmar faction for an estimated $20 million.

Enrollment

The New York branch of the yeshiva consists of two buildings. The location on Ocean Parkway in Flatbush, Brooklyn houses approximately 650 boys ranging in age from nursery school through the twelfth grade; the school previously maintained a separate building for tertiary study, with an additional enrollment of about 100 students, which has since moved to Staten Island, with current enrollment at approximately 25 students. It has a student-teacher ratio of approximately nineteen to one.

Notable faculty

  • Shlomo Feivel Shustal: He taught the highest level students of the Beis Medrash (study hall) until August 2014, when he left to open his own Talmudic seminary called Yeshiva Neos Yaakov.
  • Betzalel Busel: He succeeded Shlomo Feivel Shustal and currently teaches the highest level students.
  • Yaakov Landau (d. 2022): He taught the 9th grade students for nearly three decades. He then founded and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Shmuel in Lakewood New Jersey, where he also was the Rabbi of K’hal Chanichei Hayeshivos.
  • Mendel Margulius (d. 2020): He was a son of the school’s founder, Lipa. Initially, Mendel was appointed by his father to lead the younger campus in Brooklyn, while simultaneously delivering regular Torah lectures to the older students. Eventually, the junior Margulies was appointed to lead the Staten Island division.

Alumni

Graduates of the school generally pursue further Talmudic education in such institutions as the Brisk yeshiva and Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, as well as Beth Medrash Govoha in New Jersey, with a significant percentage of school alumni occupying rabbinic pulpits and positions of Jewish education. They also attend prestigious universities.

Controversies

The yeshiva made headlines when one of its teachers and assistant principal, Joel (Yehuda) Kolko, was charged in 2006 with sexually abusing two first-graders and forcing an adult former student to touch him during a visit to the school. Six former students also filed suit against the yeshiva, alleging the school administrators knew about Kolko’s molestation of students for decades, but sought to cover it up and intimidate students who spoke out. Kolko later pleaded guilty to two lesser counts of child endangerment and was sentenced to three years' probation, later left the school, and died in November 2020. The suit also alleged that school principal Lipa Margulies waged a "a campaign of intimidation, concealment and misrepresentations designed to prevent victims from filing lawsuits." Four of the lawsuits were dismissed for being filed beyond the then five year statute of limitations. In October, 2016 it was reported that the school had reached a $2.1 million settlement on the two remaining cases. In August, 2019 Baruch Sandhaus filed a lawsuit under the Child Victims Act (NYS Kings County Supreme Court Index #518057/2019) against Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Kolko and Yoel Falk, alleging that Kolko and Falk sexually abused him around 1980 with the knowledge of the yeshiva and Margulies. In December 2019, an additional lawsuit was filed under the Child Victims Act against the school and Margulies (NYS Kings County Supreme Court Index #526789/2019) by a "John Doe" plaintiff alleging that Kolko sexually abused him in 1994 while he was a student at the yeshiva.

References

  1. Hamodia. Dec/5/12. p. C51.
  2. Kolker, Robert. "On the Rabbi's Knee: Do the Orthodox Jews have a Catholic-priest problem?", New York (magazine), May 15, 2006. Accessed March 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "School Safety Engineering Project Final Report: Yeshiva Torah Temimah School, Brooklyn" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation Office of School Safety Engineering. 2006-10-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  4. Helmreich, William B. (2000). The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry - Augmented Edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Ktav Publishing. pp. xix. ISBN 978-0-88125-641-3.
  5. ^ "Yeshiva-Mesivta Torah Temimah - Brooklyn, New York". schools.privateschoolsreport.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  6. "Satmar Purchases Famed Yeshiva Torah Temimah Building On Ocean Parkway". The Yeshiva World. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. "Satmar Announces Contract to Purchase Iconic Torah Temimah Bais Medrash Building | Matzav.com". Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. (May 18, 2014) "Rav Betzalel Busel Appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Temimah", matzav.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  9. "Lakewood: Petirah of Hagaon HaRav Yaakov Landau ZT"L; Longtime Marbitz Torah". The Yeshiva World. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. "BDE - Harav Yaakov Landau, Zt"l - Hamodia.com". Hamodia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. "Rabbi Mendel Margulies, 65, Brooklyn, N.Y. -". chabad.org News. Chabad. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. Khan, Daryl (December 9, 2006). "Brooklyn Rabbi Is Arraigned on Charges of Sexual Abuse". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  13. Winston, Hella & Cohler-Esses, Larry (April 18, 2008). "No Sex Charge For Kolko; Boys' Parents Foiled By DA". The Jewish Week. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  14. Vitello, Paul (November 12, 2008). "Sexual Abuse Complaints Subpoenaed". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  15. "On the Rabbi's Knee". NYMag.com. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  16. Edelman, Susan (October 23, 2016) "Brooklyn Yeshiva Settles with Sexual Assault Accusers for $2.1M", New York Post. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  17. "Lawsuit Against Lakewood Yeshiva Rabbi Joel Falk | PDF | Fiduciary | Negligence".
  18. Martinez, Gustavo (October 7, 2019) "Lakewood Yeshiva Rabbi Accused of Molesting Brooklyn Student 40 Years Ago", Asbury Park Press. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  19. Fenton, Reuven; Edelman, Susan (August 16, 2019) "Florida Man Accuses Rabbi Joel Kolko of Sexual Abuse Under Child Victims Act", New York Post. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  20. Edelman, Susan (September 24, 2020) "Rabbi Accused of Molesting Student in Brooklyn Now Heads NJ Yeshiva", New York Post. Retrieved January 30, 2020.

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