Valley Torah High School is an Orthodox Jewish high school located in Valley Village, California, a northern suburb of Los Angeles. The school has two separate divisions: a Boys Division, and a Girls Division. The current Dean and Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Avraham Stulburger. The Boys Division Principal is Rabbi Dovid Felt and their General Studies Principal is Dr. Eliezer Jones. The Girls Division Principal is Mrs. Sheindy Gross and their The General Studies Principal is Mr. Randy Rutschman.
Valley Torah is theologically aligned with the Chofetz Chaim school of thought. This religious philosophy is rooted in the Musar movement of 19th-century Lithuanian Jewry.
Athletics
Basketball
The Valley Torah Wolfpack won the 2011 Division 6AA CIF basketball championship, becoming the first Jewish school in Southern California to ever earn a CIF title.
The Wolfpack frequently play against the YULA Panthers and Shalhevet Firehawks, two Modern Orthodox Jewish high schools in Los Angeles, California.
Notable alumni
- Aaron Liberman â€" Currently playing for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team. Liberman is the first player in Big Ten history to wear a yarmulke in a game.
- David Draiman â€" Lead singer for the band Disturbed attended Valley Torah High School.
*Yitzi Teichman - Played for the Los Angeles Lakers.
References
External links
- Official website
