Rabbi Shachne Zohn, and Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Shurkin. Reestablishment Despite the destruction of the yeshivas in Europe, many of these institutions were re-established in the United States and/or Israel during or after World War II. The Mir yeshiva, likely the only Eastern European yeshiva to continue operating during the Holocaust, divided after World War II between a location in New York, opened and led by Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz, and a location in Jerusalem, opened and led by Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Finkel, who had previously served as Mir rosh yeshiva in Europe. The Telshe yeshiva was reopened in Cleveland, Ohio, by Rabbis Eliyahu Meir Bloch and Chaim Mordechai Katz. The Ramailes Yeshiva was reestablished by Rabbi Yisrael Zev Gustman in New York and later in Israel. The Grodno yeshiva was reestablished in Queens, where it was led by Rabbi Zelig Epstein. In Israel, the Kaminetz yeshiva was reestablished by Rabbi Moshe Bernstein and Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Leibowitz in Jerusalem, while the Ponovezh yeshiva was reestablished in Bnei Brak by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman. The branch of the Lomza Yeshiva that had been opened in Petach Tikvah in 1926 continued functioning after the war. References Orthodox yeshivas in Europe Pre-World War II European yeshivas Escapes and rescues during World War II Jews of World War II