Religion:Shuvu Bonim
| Shuvu Bonim Yeshiva | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Rehov Hebron 32 Old City | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : |
| Information | |
| Established | 1978 |
| Rosh Yeshiva | Eliezer Berland |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
Shuvu Bonim (also Yeshivat Breslov—Nechamat Tzion) is a yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem[1] with 1,500 students.[2] It was founded in 1978 in Bnei Brak by Rabbi Eliezer Berland, a convicted sex offender[3][4] and fraudster[5][3] who is still the rosh yeshiva.[6] The yeshiva was declared a cult by The Israeli Center for Cult Victims in 2018.
It is a Breslov yeshiva based on the teachings of Nachman of Breslov. About 30 percent of the student body is affiliated with the Haredi or national–religious communities.[2] In 1980, an additional branch was opened in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. In 1982 the two branches merged into a single institution with the Bnei Brak yeshiva moving to Jerusalem.
It runs ten kollels, three yeshivot for young men, a Talmud Torah, an elementary school for girls, a range of preschools and kindergartens, youth groups, and evening lectures for women.[7]
The relation with other Breslov branches during the New Year pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine, has been tense.[8]
References
- ↑ "Institutions Index". http://www.torahindex.com/en/inst/default.aspx?index=1&name=shuvu+banim.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Shuvu Bonim". https://shuvubonim.org/about.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-09-14/ty-article/convicted-sex-offender-rabbi-berland-turned-away-at-ukrainian-border-on-way-to-uman/0000018a-93ea-d077-a7da-f3ebea800000
- ↑ "Sex offender rabbi who defrauded followers gets 18 months in plea deal" (in en-US). The Times of Israel. 7 June 2021. https://www.timesofisrael.com/sex-offender-rabbi-who-defrauded-followers-gets-18-months-in-plea-deal-report/.
- ↑ "Sex offender rabbi Berland begins fraud sentence as followers mass outside jail | The Times of Israel". https://www.timesofisrael.com/followers-mass-outside-prison-as-sex-offender-rabbi-set-to-start-sentence/amp/.
- ↑ "Welcome | Yale University Press". http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/excerpts/garb_chosen.pdf.
- ↑ "Shuvu Bonim". https://shuvubonim.org/educational.html.
- ↑ Pfeffer, Anshel (Sep 15, 2018). "My pilgrimage into the Jewish future: Partying, praying, prostitution and absolution in Uman" (in en). Haaretz.com. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2018-09-15/ty-article/.premium/partying-praying-prostitution-and-absolution-at-a-pilgrimage-into-the-jewish-future/0000017f-f0a7-da6f-a77f-f8afb53f0000. "In recent years it has been the scenes of fights between various Breslav factions, chiefly the violent Shuvu Banim sect, [...] last Rosh Hashanah, a fight broke out as they forced his way in to the Kloyz. [...] To preserve a tense ceasefire, none of the Breslav rabbis was honored with an aliyah, so the Shuvu Banim thugs couldn’t claim Berland was disrespected."
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