opened a branch in Chicago, Illinois. Within 10 years the branch in Chicago became independent of the yeshiva in Cleveland and no longer has an official formal connection to the yeshiva in Cleveland, although informal ties remain close. Kiryat Ye'arim (Telz-Stone), Israel. In 1977 Rabbi Mordechai Gifter brought a group of 20 students from Cleveland to open a branch of the yeshiva in Kiryat Ye'arim (Telz-Stone), Israel. Classes took place in several apartments. In 1979, when Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin died, Rabbi Gifter was asked to return to Cleveland and the Israeli branch closed. Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni. In the early 1980s, Rabbi Avraham Ausband, a grandson of the Telzer Rov Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, was sent to open up the Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni in Riverdale, New York by his Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Gifter. Birchas Chaim. In 2001 Rabbi Chaim Stein's son, Rabbi Shmuel Zalman Stein, opened Yeshivah Birchas Chaim in Lakewood, NJ. Gallery See also Holocaust in Telšiai References External links An explanation and synopsis of the Telzer Derech Catalog of historic items from Telshe Yeshiva in Ohio "An Analysis of Darchei HaLimud (Methodologies of Talmud Study) Centering on a Cup of Tea" History of the town of Telsiai (shtetlinks) The Ohel Tomb of Reb Eliezer Gordon in Edmonton Beis Olam London with photos of the Matzeivo Education in Cleveland Educational institutions established in 1875 Haredi Judaism in the United States Haredi yeshivas High schools in Lake County, Ohio Lithuanian-American culture in Ohio Lithuanian-Jewish culture in the United States Rabbinical College of Telshe Orthodox yeshivas in the United States Telšiai Jews and Judaism in Telšiai Seminaries and theological colleges in Ohio Yeshivas of Lithuania Private high schools in Ohio The Holocaust in Lithuania Pre-World War II European yeshivas Haredi Judaism in Lithuania 1875 establishments in the Russian Empire