A rabbinical seminary in southern Israel is open for business once again. Prior to the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, the Max and Ruth Schwartz Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot was a home to roughly 300 college-age men, and a smaller female class, who were pursuing religious instruction. While there are many such schools throughout Israel, this
Sderot has been nearly empty since the Oct. 7 terror attacks but a large religious school, called a yeshiva, is again hosting its students, hoping to reinvigorate life in the city.
The majority of residents in the town of Sderot, Israel, left their homes after the October 7th terrorist attack due to the proximity to Gaza and the ongoing violence. Located in Sderot is the 'Max and Ruth Schwartz Hesder Yeshiva', Israel's largest Hesder Yeshiva seminary school, which immediately