Quotes About Yeshiva

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew.

In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years completely immersed in the Hasidic culture, disconnected completely from the secular world - movies, music, people.

They required roughhousing that was just too physically demanding for her. They needed a constant male figure. The boys at the yeshiva were nice, but didn't provide consistency. She had tried a Jewish Big Brother once, but it hadn't worked out. It was nearly impossible to get someone who had an understanding of her religious views.

The yeshiva where I studied considers itself modern Orthodox, not ultra-Orthodox. We followed a rigorous secular curriculum alongside traditional Talmud and Bible study.

In Russia I went to a great yeshiva, and in America I work in a carnival.

Virtuosity in Talmud was the achievement most sought after by every student of a yeshiva, for it was the automatic guarantee of a reputation for brilliance.