Haredi yeshiva in Brooklyn preserving Torah study across generations since 1945.
The Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute offers a comprehensive Haredi educational structure spanning elementary school through advanced kollel study. The curriculum emphasizes Talmudic study (Limudei Kodesh) alongside general studies. High school students are organized by grade level (9th through 11th) with multiple rabbinical instructors per grade. The institution maintains rigorous daily schedules with multiple sedarim (study sessions) and shiurim (lectures) throughout the day, including specialized tracks such as Kinyan Hamesechta (mastery of tractates).
The Brooklyn campus was established in 1945 following World War II by survivors of the original Mir Yeshiva, which had fled Nazi persecution through Siberia to Japan and Shanghai. Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz led the Brooklyn branch for nearly 20 years until his death in 1964. Leadership subsequently passed to his son Rabbi Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz and son-in-law Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum. The yeshiva is currently led by a council of rosh yeshivas and includes a mashgiach (spiritual supervisor) Rabbi Ezriel Erlanger.
The yeshiva is located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn at 1791 Ocean Parkway. It previously occupied space in the New Lots section of East New York before relocating to its current campus. The institution is currently undergoing significant construction to build a new dormitory and beis midrash (study hall), reflecting its growth and commitment to expanding facilities for students and advanced scholars.
The Mir Yeshiva has produced numerous prominent Jewish scholars and leaders, including Samuel Belkin, Meir Kahane, Aryeh Kaplan, and Yaakov Bender. The institution is recognized as a major center for preserving Torah scholarship and Haredi Jewish culture, particularly in maintaining traditions that survived the Holocaust. Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the yeshiva for building it into one of the largest centers for Torah study in the world.