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Private secondary school in Brooklyn, New York, United States

Sinai Academy Junior High and High School Location 2025 79th Street Brooklyn , New York United States Information Type Private secondary Established 1987 Founder Rabbi Aryeh Katzin Grades 6–12 Affiliation Orthodox Jewish

**Sinai Academy** is an Orthodox Jewish private junior high and high school currently located in the [Bensonhurst](/source/Bensonhurst%2C_Brooklyn) section of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York, whose students used to be primarily children of immigrants from the former [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) kavkazi jews and jews from uzbekistan called bukharian jews , the Sephardic community, the Russian community and other members of the Jewish community.[1] It was founded in 1987 during the years of peak immigration of Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union by [Aryeh Katzin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aryeh_Katzin&action=edit&redlink=1) with the support of leading Orthodox rabbis in the United States, especially that of Rabbi [Elya Svei](/source/Elya_Svei) of the [Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia](/source/Talmudical_Yeshiva_of_Philadelphia).

In 1992, Leonid Reyzin was awarded 4th place in the [Intel Science Talent Search](/source/Intel_Science_Talent_Search) (formerly Westinghouse Science Talent Search).[2]

## Academics

Sinai Academy is a dual-curriculum school: first three classes of each day are in Hebrew / Judaic studies followed by five classes of general studies. Sinai Academy offers a number of [AP](/source/Advanced_Placement) Classes such as [Calculus AB](/source/AP_Calculus_AB), Economics (Macro and Micro), European History, Psychology, Language and Composition.[3] They offer several extracurricular clubs including a film club, a debate club, and occasionally partakes in the New York [model UN](/source/Model_United_Nations) conference.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sinai Academy Official Website: History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240130031702/https://sinaius.com/about/history/). *Sinai Academy Official Website; History*. Archived from [the original](https://sinaius.com/about/history/) on January 30, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Intel Science Talent Search - 1992 Winners"](https://student.societyforscience.org/science-talent-search-1992).[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sinai Academy Official Website - Academics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240208170142/https://sinaius.com/academics/electives/). Archived from [the original](http://sinaius.com/academics/electives/) on February 8, 2024.

## External links

- [Official website](http://sinaius.com/)

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