Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy
high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
The Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy (also known as RASG Hebrew Academy or Hebrew Academy) is a private coeducational college preparatory yeshiva and Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located in Miami Beach, Florida. The school has been awarded a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and is ranked among the top Jewish K-12 schools in the United States.
History
According to Joseph I. Lauer, in November 1946 a meeting was set up by his father Aaron S. Lauer at The Tides of Miami Beach with the purpose of setting up a yeshiva. The meeting, which was attended by The Tides owner Samuel N. Grundwerg, the school's first president David S. Andron and a few other community activists, ended with brothers Ira and Joseph Rosenzweig of Brooklyn contributing $10,000 towards the establishment of the yeshiva. In the next month, Lauer asked Torah Umesorah for help, and they sent Alexander S. Gross on fundraising trips. Classes began in February 1947 with a kindergarten and six students in first grade, which were housed in two rooms of the YMHA community center located at 1 Lincoln Road. Later, the Hebrew Academy moved into the former Methodist Church building at 918 Sixth Street. By 1950, the school had already gone through two principals when Lauer suggested that Gross be appointed to the role. The latter was instrumental in Hebrew Academy's development as the first Orthodox Jewish Day School south of Baltimore.
The school is currently expanding with a new middle and high school building planned for the near future at its Pine Tree Drive campus.
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