Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto (Ner Israel Yeshiva College) () is a Haredi yeshiva (Jewish educational institution) in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada with government recognition of its degree-granting programs. The yeshiva includes both a Beis Midrash program and a high school. Programs. The yeshiva has been granted restricted degree-granting authority by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, to grant degrees in the field of religious studies and research in higher Jewish learning at the Bachelors, and Masters levels. In addition, the college offers University Diplomas and Certificates. The current Roshei HaYeshiva (headmasters) are Rabbi Uri Mayerfeld  and Rabbi Meyer D. Greenberger. The Menahel of the High School is Rabbi Moshe Englander. The Mashgiach of the High School is Rabbi Yerucham F. Kravetz. The current Rebbeim (religious studies faculty) are: Rabbis Enkin and Spinrad (grade nine), Rabbis Garfunkel and Greenberg (grade ten), Rabbis Faivushevitz and Richter(grade eleven), and Rabbis Nulman and Hirsh (grade twelve). The head of the general studies department is Jory Vernon. History. The yeshiva was established by Rabbi Sholom Gold in 1959 as a branch of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore (NIRC). Meyer Lebovic and Rabbi Moshe Hochman were also involved. The yeshiva opened  in September of that year with 12 students. The yeshiva has grown to approximately 130 students since then. It is no longer affiliated with Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. In 1964 Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg came from NIRC and assumed the post of Rosh Yeshiva until 1971. The yeshiva was next headed by Rabbi Naftali Friedler. The mantle of Rosh Yeshiva was then assumed by Rabbi Gavriel Ginsburg in 1988. Progress. Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, while still in Toronto, sent his children to the original Baltimore, Maryland-based Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, "which in those days was a major distance away." Yeshivas Ner Yisroel