They want to learn as much as possible. I contacted a few Orthodox yeshivot and found that in order to study there I would have to hide my identity as a Conservative Jew. One Saturday night he visited an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva in the Old City. I know that if the Conservative Yeshiva had existed at the time, he would have found a place to learn and a place to call home. While some students who study at the yeshiva go on to rabbinical school, the program is designed for those who will enter traditional professions like medicine or law but want to deepen their knowledge of Torah, Talmud, halakha and Humash.
Students come from all backgrounds and most stay for one or two years.
The yeshiva, which just moved into its own home on Agron Street, will eventually have its own building and occupy a central place at the Fuchsberg Center, according to the center's director Rabbi James Lebeau, who has overall responsibility for the yeshiva.