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AJewish seminary is a Jewish educational institution. See Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Reform), Jewish Theological Seminary (Conservative), Yeshiva University (Orthodox), Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Academy for Jewish Religion
Ayeshiva is an institution for boys or young men focused on the study of religious texts, especially Torah study and the Talmud. These include mesivta for high school-aged boys and beit midrashoryeshiva gedola for men of college age.
Amidrasha is an institute of Jewish studies for women, roughly equivalent to yeshiva. In Israel a midrasha that also offers academic degrees is sometimes called a machon. In the United States, midrasha may also be co-educational.
Akolel is an institute for advanced study of Talmudic or rabbinic literature. Students of a kolel are married men.
Bais Yaakov is a type of elementary and secondary school for Jewish girls from religious, especially Orthodox families.
