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Tel Aviv's secular yeshiva: Not your typical classroom -
As soon as you step foot through the door, it is clear that this is not your stereotypical yeshiva: there are no kippot, no black hats, and no prayer shawls. Welcome to the single secular seminary in Tel Aviv.
Established in 1996, BINA Center for Jewish Identity and Hebrew Culture was the first of its kind. Founded by scholars from the kibbutz movement in the wake of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, the yeshiva was created for two main reasons: to help close the gap between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews in Israel, and to try to resolve the problems secular scholars had with traditional Judaism.Click here to read the full story.
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