Part 6 of the nj.com Lakewood series: A rare glimpse into the elite college that changed Lakewood forever
Photo Gallery 27 photos inside Yeshiva Bais Medrash Govoha HERE
"In a scene unlike any traditional college class, the ornate podium at the front of the room is vacant, with no professor in sight. Some students rock back and forth -- and back and forth and back and forth -- in their chairs. Others stand, their heads sticking out among the sea of white shirts. Animated facial expressions and hand gestures are exchanged between students, deep in discussion with one another. And the singing. It cuts through the continuous hum of deliberation and debate. It's all part of the process of studying the Talmud, a school official said. "Kotler, however, insisted growth is not an objective for the yeshiva and wouldn't speculate on whether enrollment will continue to surge. "If size were to be an obstacle to quality, then size gets rejected," Kotler said. "If size has an advantage, if it can be in support of quality, then we want to look at size and say, 'OK, how can we leverage that to become even stronger?'" Read more at nj.com
Photo Gallery 27 photos inside Yeshiva Bais Medrash Govoha HERE
"In a scene unlike any traditional college class, the ornate podium at the front of the room is vacant, with no professor in sight. Some students rock back and forth -- and back and forth and back and forth -- in their chairs. Others stand, their heads sticking out among the sea of white shirts. Animated facial expressions and hand gestures are exchanged between students, deep in discussion with one another. And the singing. It cuts through the continuous hum of deliberation and debate. It's all part of the process of studying the Talmud, a school official said. "Kotler, however, insisted growth is not an objective for the yeshiva and wouldn't speculate on whether enrollment will continue to surge. "If size were to be an obstacle to quality, then size gets rejected," Kotler said. "If size has an advantage, if it can be in support of quality, then we want to look at size and say, 'OK, how can we leverage that to become even stronger?'" Read more at nj.com