Draft:Gateshead Kolel

The Gateshead Kolel is a prominent institution of Jewish higher learning located in Gateshead, UK. Established in 1941 by Rabbi Eliyohu Eliezer Dessler, the Kolel provides advanced Torah study programs for Jewish scholars and students, focusing on traditional Jewish texts and teachings. The Kolel offers a rigorous curriculum in Talmud, Jewish law, and other Jewish studies, attracting aspiring rabbis and scholars from around the world. It is known for its academic excellence and dedication to preserving and promoting Jewish heritage and scholarship. The Gateshead Kolel plays an important role in the global Jewish community, producing many respected scholars and religious leaders.

History
The Gateshead Kolel was founded in the midst of World War II, a time of immense hardship and uncertainty for the Jewish community. Reb Dovid Dryan, a dedicated Torah scholar, spearheaded the initiative, driven by a deep commitment to preserving and revitalizing Jewish learning. He envisioned a haven for post-marital scholars to continue their studies and contribute to the future of Jewish scholarship.

Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, a renowned Torah scholar, embraced Dryan's vision and became instrumental in the Kolel's development and growth. Despite initial skepticism and limited resources, the Kolel gained momentum due to the dedication of its founders and the unwavering support of leading Rabbis.

The Kolel faced numerous challenges, including financial constraints and wartime hardships, but persevered through the combined efforts of its members and supporters. It quickly established itself as a center of excellence, attracting scholars and nurturing future generations of Jewish leadership.

Notable alumni

 * Rabbi C Abenson, Rosh Chaburah Kolel Adass Yeshurun Manchester
 * Rabbi M Abenson, Maggid Shiur Gateshead
 * Rabbi N Adler, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Nezer Hatorah Gateshead
 * Rabbi J Babad, Dayan, Belz Community, London
 * Rabbi B Bamberger, Maggid Shiur, Beis Meir, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi E Bamberger, Shoel Umashiv Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi S Bamberger, Former Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov & Rosh Chabura Sunderland Kolel, Gateshead
 * Rabbi B S Barnett, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead, Lecturer Gateshead Seminary
 * Rabbi J Benaim, Former Principal, Nachlas Moshe Yeshiva, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi I Berger, Senior Dayan, Manchester Beth Din
 * Rabbi D Bowden, Former Principal, Jewish High School, Gateshead
 * Rabbi D B Breisacher, Mashgiach Jerusalem, Former Maggid Shiur Marseilles
 * Rabbi P Breuer, Rosh Yeshiva Knesses Eliyohu, Former Rov NY and Maggid Shiur Antwerp
 * Rabbi A David, Rabbi, Od Yosef Chai Sephardy Community, London
 * Rabbi A D Dunner, Dayan, Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congs., Rabbi Tottenham Adass Cong, London
 * Rabbi D A Dunner, Principal, Pardes House School, London
 * Rabbi A Ehrentreu, Rosh Yeshiva Kibbutz, Sunderland Yeshiva
 * Rabbi Ch Ehrentreu, Rosh Europian Beis Din, Former Rosh Manchester and London Beis Din and Rosh Sunderland Kolel
 * Rabbi I Ehrentreu, Formerly Principal, Jewish Teachers Training College Luzern, Switzerland
 * Rabbi J Ehrentreu, Rosh Yeshiva, Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Yech Ehrentreu, Maggid Shiur Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi C Emanuel, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Baer HaTorah, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Englard, Maggid Shiur Beis Hatalmud Manchester
 * Rabbi E Falk, Posek. Maggid Shiur, Gateshead Yeshiva and Jewish Teachers Training College. Gateshead
 * Rabbi S Feld, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Mechina Gateshead
 * Rabbi H Feldman, Emeritus Rav, Golders Green Beth Hamedrash, London
 * Rabbi M Fischer, Maggid Shiur, London
 * Rabbi Y Fisher, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Nezer Hatorah & Mechina, Gateshead
 * Rabbi E Freifeld, Vice-Principal, Wilrijk Yeshiva, Antwerp
 * Rabbi J M Gee, Former Principal, Yeshurun Chaim College, London
 * Rabbi M Gelley, Senior Dayan, London Beth Din
 * Rabbi Z Gelley, Rav, Adass Yeshurun Cong, New York, USA, Former Maggid Shiur Sunderland Yeshiva
 * Rabbi J S Goldstein, Lecturer, Beis Chaya Rochel Seminary, Gateshead
 * Rabbi A Greenberg, Formerly Vice-Principal, Beth Yacov Seminary & Rabbi, Crowland Rd Synagogue, London
 * Rabbi Y M Greenberg, Rabbi, Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Congregation, London
 * Rabbi C Y Greenblatt, Mashgiach and Maggid Shiur, Chaye Olam Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi S Grun, Shoel Umashiv Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi C N Grunfeld, Maggid Shiur Mechina Gateshead
 * Rabbi E Grunfeld, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Mechina Gateshead
 * Rabbi J Grunfeld, Director, SEED Europe
 * Rabbi C Grunwald, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov Gateshead
 * Rabbi A Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshiva, Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi S Gurwicz, Maggid Shiur, Chaye Olam Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi C O Gurwicz, Maggid Shiur Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi A Hammond, Lecturer Jewish Teachers Training College, Gateshead
 * Rabbi S Hess, Rebbe, Kesser Torah Gateshead
 * Rabbi E Hochhauser, Maggid Shiur Manchester
 * Rabbi Ch Holder, Rosh Chabura Kolel Mishkan HaTorah Gateshead
 * Rabbi C H Horwitz, Rosh Kolel, Antwerp, Belgium
 * Rabbi E Jaffe, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi J Jochnowitz, Kibbutz Shoel Umashiv Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi S Kaplin, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, BSS Seminary Manchester
 * Rabbi C Karnowsky, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Lezeirim Zurich
 * Rabbi E Karnowsky, Maggid Shiur, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi M J Karnowsky, Mashgiach Ruchni, Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi Y Kats, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Yad Mordechei Paris
 * Rabbi C B Katz, Rebbe, Gateshead Cheder
 * Rabbi E Kaufman, Rosh Chaburoh, Manchester Kolel
 * Rabbi W Kaufman, Rosh Kolel, Manchester Kolel
 * Rabbi B Knopfler, Principal, Chaye Olam Yeshiva, London & Rabbi Sinai Synagogue, London
 * Rabbi S Knopfler, Halachic Authority and Lecturer London
 * Rabbi R Kohn, Formerly Principal, Gateshead Jewish Boarding School
 * Rabbi M Koninski, Rosh HaKolel, Kiryat Sefer, Israel
 * Rabbi C Krausz, Dayan Choshen Mishpot & Rosh HaKolel Gateshead
 * Rabbi D Krausz, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi G Krausz, Rosh Beth Din, Manchester
 * Rabbi M B Krausz, Rosh Kolel Zichron Shaul, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Kupetz, Maggid Shiur Manchester
 * Rabbi M Kupetz, Rosh Mechina Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Levenberg, Rov Chovevei Torah, Former Principal Menorah Grammar School
 * Rabbi N Levy, Maggid Shiur Paris
 * Rabbi E Lieberman, Lecturer Beis Chaya Rochel Seminary & Halachic Authority, Gateshead
 * Rabbi N M Lieberman, Rosh Yeshiva Nezer Hatorah Gateshead, Lecturer Beis Chaye Rochel Seminary Gateshead
 * Rabbi N Lieberman, Maggid Shiur, Chaye Olam Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi N Lieberman, Emeritos Principal Toras Hashem, Mechanech London
 * Rabbi S Lieberman, Author of Seforim, Tzefas
 * Rabbi S R Lieberman, Shoel Umeishiv, Gateshead Yeshiva, Rav Avreichim Gateshead
 * Rabbi D Mapper, Head of Jewish Studies Yesodei HaTorah School, London
 * Rabbi A Margulies, Monsey
 * Rabbi C M Margulies, Maggid Shiur, Viznitz Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi E E Miller, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Baer HaTorah, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Miller, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, and Lecturer Jewish Teachers Training College, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Moore, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y A Oppenheimer, Maggid Shiur, Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi B Pels, Formerly Rav, Luzern Community, Switzerland
 * Rabbi M Pines, Gateshead
 * Rabbi E Portman, Canada
 * Rabbi Y Posen, Dayan, Adass Yeshurun Cong, New York, USA
 * Rabbi S Y Posen, Maggid Shiur, Pardes House School, London
 * Rabbi S P Posen, Maggid Shiur, Mesivta, London
 * Rabbi Z Rabi, Principal, Etz Chaim Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi B Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe & Rov of Lugano, Switzerland
 * Rabbi L Rabinowitz, Rabbi, Shaarei Tefila Cong, Manchester
 * Rabbi C S Rakow, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Rakow, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Manchester
 * Rabbi B Rebenwurzel, Rebbe, Gateshead Cheder
 * Rabbi P Roberts, Emeritus Rav, Hendon Adath Yisroel Cong, London
 * Rabbi M S Roitenbarg, Menahel, Gateshead Cheder
 * Rabbi E Rosenbaum, Maggid Shiur, Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi Y Y Rosenbaum, Shoel Umashiv Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi D Roth, Maggid Shiur Mechina School, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Rubin, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Salomon, Mashgiach Ruchni, Lakewood Yeshiva, USA
 * Rabbi M Salomon, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva Baer HaTorah, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Salomon, Maggid Shiur & Mashgiach Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Y Salomon, Mashgiach and Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Santhouse, Principal, Kolel Ziv HaTorah, Manchester
 * Rabbi P Schechter, Maggid Shiur Mechina Gateshead
 * Rabbi S Simons, Dayan London Beis Din, Formerly Rosh Chaburoh Golders Green Kolel, London
 * Rabbi M Sitzman, Maggid Shiur– Eretz Yisroel
 * Rabbi Y Sipper, Lecturer Beis Chaye Rochel Seminary, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Steinhaus, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi R L Steinhaus, Formerly Maggid Shiur, Gateshead Mechina
 * Rabbi S Steinhaus, Rosh Kolel, Kolel Beis Hatalmud, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Steinhaus, Maggid Shiur, Yeshiva LeZeirim, Marseilles, France
 * Rabbi A Sternbuch, Principal Bobov Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi D Sternbuch, Maggid Shiur Benei Brak, Former Lecturer, Gateshead Seminary
 * Rabbi M Teretsky, Halachic Authority Elad
 * Rabbi G Toledano, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivat Or Boruch, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi S Toledano, Rosh Yeshiva, Kolel Chazon Boruch, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi C Wachstock, Maggid Shiur Antwerp Belgium
 * Rabbi K Wagschal, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Baer HaTorah, Gateshead
 * Rabbi J Weinberg, Rosh Yeshiva, Slonim Yeshiva, Bnei Berak
 * Rabbi T Weiss, Chief Rabbi Eidah HaChareidis, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi C Wilchanski, Formerly Rabbi, Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash
 * Rabbi M Wiszman, Maggid Shiur– Eretz Yisroel
 * Rabbi Y L Wittler, Mashgiach Ruchni, Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi D Wolf, Antwerp Belgium
 * Rabbi S Wolf, Maggid Shiur Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi Y Wreschner, Rosh Kolel, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Rabbi A C Zahn, Maggid Shiur, Sunderland Yeshiva
 * Rabbi C M Zahn, Maggid Shiur Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Dayan Choshen Mishpat Manchester
 * Rabbi D L Zahn, Principal, Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M S Zahn, Maggid Shiur, Yeshivat Nachlas Moshe, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi M S Zahn, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Lezeirim Zurich
 * Rabbi B Zeilingold, Maggid Shiur Lakewood USA
 * Rabbi A Zonszajn, Maggid Shiur, LondonDeceased:


 * Rabbi B Rakow, Rav of Gateshead
 * Rabbi M L Bamberger, Founder and First Principal, Gateshead Jewish Boarding School
 * Rabbi Y Beck, Director, North West London Study Group
 * Rabbi S Bitton, Rosh Beis Din, Marseilles, France
 * Rabbi D Cooper, Rabbi, North Hendon Synagogue, London
 * Rabbi S Cohen, Lecturer in Talmud, Gateshead
 * Rabbi M Z Ehrentreu, Rosh Yeshiva, Manchester
 * Rabbi Y Y Falk, Manchester Yeshiva Kolel
 * Rabbi N Friedler, Rav Adass Yeshurun Congregation Monsey, USA
 * Rabbi P Gard, Founding Member, Gateshead Kolel
 * Rabbi L Grossnass, Senior Dayan, London Beth Din
 * Rabbi A D Gruner, Principal, Gateshead Jewish Boarding School
 * Rabbi M J Kamionka, Former Rov Zeirim Synagogue & Maggid Shiur Yesodei HaTorah School, London
 * Rabbi C D Kaplin, Dayan, London Beth Din
 * Rabbi R Z Karnowsky, Lecturer in Talmud, Zurich
 * Rabbi C S Kaufman, Rosh Yeshiva Tiferes Yaakov, Gateshead
 * Rabbi E Konigshofer, Lecturer & Author, Bnei Berak, Israel
 * Rabbi Y Lieberman, Rosh Yeshiva, Chaye Olam Yeshiva, London
 * Rabbi D Levy, Rav, IRG Community, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Rabbi C S Lopian, Lecturer, Sunderland Yeshiva, Gateshead
 * Rabbi L Lopian, Lecturer, Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi Z Michael, Lecturer in Talmud, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi K Pinsky, Rosh Kolel Kaminetz, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi B Posen, Vice-Principal, Kriens Yeshiva, Switzerland
 * Rabbi S Roth, Rov Amsterdam, Sydney and Shaarei Teffilla Congregation, Manchester
 * Rabbi M Schloss, Lecturer in Talmud & Codes, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi M Schwab, Mashgiach Ruchni Gateshead Yeshiva
 * Rabbi M Schwob, Maggid Shiur Yeshivas Horan, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi M Sebbag, Principal, Yeshiva LeZeirim, Marseilles, France
 * Rabbi Ch. Silber, Rosh Kolel Rabinow, London
 * Rabbi A Silver, Principal Rabbinical Supervisor Kashrus Commission, London
 * Rabbi Yech Silver, Maggid Shiur London – Eretz Yisroel
 * Rabbi M Shakowitzky, Founder Johannesburg Kolel. Rabbi, Arzei Habirah, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi J Toledano, Principal Merkaz Le Chinuch School, Paris
 * Rabbi Z Waltner, Lecturer in Talmud, Jerusalem
 * Rabbi S Wagschal, Principal Gateshead Jewish Primary School & Author on Codes
 * Rabbi Th Weisz, Rav I R G Community, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Rabbi A Westheim, Director Jewish Study Centre, Paris
 * Rabbi S Zahn, Rav and Rosh Yeshiva, Sunderland
 * Rabbi C Zelivansky