Public Notice: Actions Taken At December 7, 2025 Accreditation Commission Meeting

On Sunday, December 7, 2025, the Accreditation Commission of the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (“AC”) took the following actions:

Renewal in Accreditation Status

Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary – For a period to end on June 1, 2033.

UTA Mesivta of Kiryas Joel – For a period to end on January 1, 2035.

Yeshivas Sanz Klausenburg – For a period to end on February 1, 2032.

Yeshivath Viznitz – For a period to end on February 1, 2033.

Continuation in Accreditation Status

Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia – For a period to end on May 1, 2029.

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All of the above actions were taken as a result of the schools having been found to satisfy the relevant AARTS standards and requirements, as applicable to each application.

This notice is published in accordance with Federal Regulations governing the recognition of accrediting agencies.

Information about the Accreditation Commission can be readily obtained in the Handbook of the Association, available by phone (212-363-1991), mail (2329 Nostrand Avenue, Suite M200, Brooklyn, NY  11210) or by email (office@aarts.org). Information regarding each individual member institution is available through the AARTS office. This information includes each school’s address and telephone number, its accreditation status, quantitative indicators of student achievement selected by the school and its performance. For schools which maintain websites containing this information we will provide the website address.