Yeshivat Ma'alot Ya'akov ( ) is a Hesder Yeshiva , founded in 1975 in the town of Maalot following the Ma'alot massacre . The Yeshiva is named after Rabbi Dr. Ya'akov Herzog , son of the late Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog and brother of the late President of Israel Chaim Herzog . The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman . There are over 300 students in the yeshiva and kollel . The yeshiva also has a program for overseas students headed by Rabbi Ariel Friedman
Ma'alot massacre
Ma'alot massacre
Yeshivat Ma'alot