ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv dʒˈoʊsəf kˈæmaɪntski, ðˈɛn hˈɛd ʌv tˈoːɹə jˈuːmɪsˌoːɹə, ɹˌɛkəmˈɛndᵻd ɹˈæbaɪ dˈeɪvɪd ɹᵻbˈiːboʊ, ɐn ɐlˈʌmnəs ʌv jˈɛshɪvˌæt tʃˈætʃmeɪ tsˈɑːɹfæt ɪn ˈeɪkslˈɛsbˈeɪnz, fɹˈæns, ænd ðə mˈɪɹ jˈɛshɪvə ɪn bɹˈʊklɪn, nˈuː jˈɔːɹk, æz ðə bˈɛst tʃˈɔɪs tʊ ˈoʊpən ɐ dʒˈuːɪʃ dˈeɪ skˈuːl ɪnðə saʊθwˈɛstɚn jˌuːˈɛs sˈɪɾi ʌv fˈiːnɪks, wˌɪtʃ ðˈɛn hæd ɐ pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən ʌv tˈɛn,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ dʒˈuːz.
In 1965 Joseph Kaminetzky, then head of Torah Umesorah, recommended Rabbi David Rebibo, an alumnus of Yeshivat Chachmei Tzarfat in Aix-les-Bains, France, and the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York, as the best choice to open a Jewish day school in the southwestern US city of Phoenix, which then had a population of 10,000 Jews.