Ottawa Torah Institute

Ottawa Torah Institute was a yeshiva high school located in Ottawa providing secular and Judaic education.^[1] Founded in 1982 as a boys' school, it is Ottawa's first and only full-time Jewish high school. In 1990 the high school expanded to include a girls' division, known as Machon Sarah. Graduates from Ottawa Torah Institute earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

Ottawa Torah Institute
Address
1119 Lazard Street Ottawa , Ontario , k2c 2r5 Canada
Coordinates	45°21′35.9″N 75°45′48.7″W
Information
School type	Independent offering secular and religious education Yeshiva High School
Religious affiliation(s)	Orthodox Judaism
Opened	1982
Closed	End of 2020-2021 school year
Head of school	Rabbi Baruch Perton, 2019-2022
Grades	9-12
Campus	1119 Lazard Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Affiliation	Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen Yeshiva High School of Ottawa
Website	www.ottawatorah.org

History

In 1981, Reuven Bulka brought a Jewish educational program from Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim to Machzikei Hadas synagogue. In 1982, this was followed by Rabbis Yisroel Morgenstern and Yaakov Deitsch of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim opening a Yeshiva High School for boys and establishing OTI as Ottawa's first full-time Jewish high school for boys.

Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Porat was head of school for twenty five years. The school was later run by the team of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Harris (from 2013 to 2019) and Rabbi Dovid Mandel (from 2013 - 2018). It was headed by Rabbi Baruch Dov Perton from 2018-2021. Rabbi Michael Fine then ended the 2021 school year; in 2022, Ottawa Torah Institute and Machon Sarah merged with the Torah Day School elementary. The K-12 school is now known as Yeshiva High School of Ottawa.^[2]

See also

• List of schools in Ottawa

References

1. Bilsky, Anna; Knowles, Valerie (2009). A Common Thread: A History of the Jews of Ottawa. General Store Publishing House. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-897508-57-2.
2. "High School". Choose Ottawa. Retrieved 2024-11-01.

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