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{{Infobox school
|name              = EYAHT College of Jewish Studies for Women
|native_name       = {{langx|he|איה״ת}}
|streetaddress     = 22 Imrei Binah St.
|region            = [[Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem]]
|city              = [[Jerusalem]]
|country           =
|coordinates       =
|established       =
| opened           = 1982
| closed           = 
|head_name         = Menahel
|head              = Rebbetzin [[Denah Weinberg]]
|affiliation       = [[Orthodox Judaism]]
|free_label        =
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}}
'''EYAHT''' ({{langx|he|איה״ת}}, a [[Hebrew abbreviations|Hebrew abbreviation]] for the {{langx|hbo|אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל}} "It is for her fear of the LORD / That a woman is to be praised", [[Proverbs 31]]:30),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FU95wXi_L78C&q=eyaht&pg=PA149 |title=The Taste of Shabbos: the complete Sabbath cookbook |author=Aish HaTorah Women's Organization |year=1987 |isbn=0-87306-426-7 |page=149 |access-date=30 November 2010}}</ref> was a full-time college for advanced Jewish learning for women in [[Jerusalem]].

Geared to unaffiliated, college-educated and professional women aged 22–30<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishwomenlearning.com/learning-opportunities/jewish-studies/israel/38-eyaht.html |title=EYAHT |year=2009 |access-date=30 November 2010 |publisher=jewishwomenlearning.com}}</ref> from English-speaking countries, EYAHT introduced women to the basics of [[Orthodox Judaism]] and encouraged them to integrate it into their lives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/mishpatim/jewel.htm |title=Educating Women to Judaism |last=Zeldman |first=Melanie |date=10 February 1999 |access-date=30 November 2010 |publisher=Dei'ah veDibur |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015213604/http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/mishpatim/jewel.htm |archive-date=15 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most of its students became ''[[baal teshuva|baalot teshuva]]'' ("returnees to the faith"). EYAHT has over 2,000 alumnae.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eyaht.org/about.htm |title=EYAHT - Aish HaTorah's College of Jewish Studies for Women |publisher=eyaht.org |access-date=30 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606045429/http://www.eyaht.org/about.htm |archive-date=6 June 2010 }}</ref>

==History==
The college was founded with seed money from [[Aish HaTorah]] in 1982 by Rebbetzin [[Denah Weinberg]], wife of Aish HaTorah's [[rosh yeshiva]], Rabbi [[Noah Weinberg]]. Classrooms were located in two ground-floor apartments across the street from the Weinbergs' home in [[Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem|Kiryat Sanz]].<ref name="binah">{{cite news |url=http://www.eyaht.org/article_2.html |title=Inspired Through Intellect |last=Dolgin |first=Yehudit |date=January 7, 2008 |publisher=[[Binah (magazine)|Binah Magazine]] |access-date=24 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227153918/http://www.eyaht.org/article_2.html |archive-date=27 February 2009 }}</ref> Dormitory apartments were rented in surrounding buildings.

==Curriculum==
EYAHT offered classes on Jewish philosophy, [[Jewish history|history]], prayer, [[Parashah]], [[Chumash (Judaism)|Chumash]], [[Jewish holidays|holidays]] and ''The 48 Ways to Wisdom'' (a curriculum developed by Weinberg based on [[Pirkei Avot]] 6:6) at beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. There was a focus on the role of the Jewish woman in her family and community, with classes in ''[[shalom bayit]]'' (domestic harmony) and ''chinuch habonim'' (raising Jewish children). Day and week programs were available.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

==Alumni==
Noteworthy alumnae include:
* Rebbetzin [[Lori Palatnik]], author and Jewish educator<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.projectsinai.org/event/10715 |title=About the Presenter |publisher=Project Sinai |access-date=30 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420002453/http://www.projectsinai.org/event/10715 |archive-date=20 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Ayelet the Kosher Komic]], women's entertainer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freewebs.com/kosherkomic/p5tjt.htm |title=Kosher Komedy |last=Bains |first=Josh |access-date=30 November 2010 |publisher=Five Towns Jewish Times}}</ref>

==New campus==
Shortly after inaugurating a five-story, {{convert|15400|sqft|m2|adj=on}} campus in the [[Romema, Jerusalem|Romema]] neighborhood in 2014,<ref>{{citation |url=|title=This Week in Jerusalem|first=Peggy|last=Cidor|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=13 June 2014|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=moving>{{citation |url=|title=Moving Upstairs|first=Barbara|last=Sofer|date=28 February 2014|access-date=|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> EYAHT was closed.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20130122212447/http://www.eyaht.com/ Home page]

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