Valley Torah High School

{{short description|Orthodox Jewish high school in Valley Village, California}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Valley Torah High School | native_name = | logo = | logo_size = | address = 12517 Chandler Blvd | motto = | established = | type = [[Independent School|Independent]], [[Yeshiva]] | religious_affiliation = Chofetz Chaim | head = | founder = | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID|00081953|school_name=VALLEY TORAH HIGH SCHOOL|access_date=March 8, 2022|ref_name=NCES}} | enrollment = 250 (2020-2021)<ref name=NCES/> | faculty = | teaching_staff = | grades = 9–12 | city = [[Valley Village]] | state = [[California]] | zipcode = 91607 | country = USA | coordinates = {{Coord|34.168950|-118.406045|type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-CA|display=it}} | gender = | accreditation = | campus = | colors = | athletics = | mascot = | newspaper = | ratio = 7.3<ref name=NCES/> | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | website = {{URL|http://www.vths.org/}} | nickname = }} '''Valley Torah High School''' is an [[Orthodox Jewish]] high school located in [[Valley Village, California]]. The school has two separate divisions (in different buildings and locations): a Boys Division, and a Girls Division. The current [[Rosh Yeshiva]] is Rabbi Avraham Stulberger.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Boys Division Administration |url=https://vths.org/boys-division-administration/ |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=VTHS |language=en-US}}</ref>

Valley Torah is [[Hashkafa|hashkafically]] aligned with the [[Chofetz Chaim]] school of thought, which is a subset of [[Litvishe]] [[Haredi Judaism]] rooted in the [[Musar movement]] of 19th-century [[Lithuanian Jewry]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maryles |first1=Harry |title=Chofetz Chaim Musmach Tells It Like It Is on Charedi Child Molestation |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/haemtza/chofetz-chaim-musmach-tells-it-like-it-is-on-charedi-child-molestation/2013/06/05/ |access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> The high school is part of the [[Freelance League]].

==Athletics== ===Basketball=== The Valley Torah Wolfpack won the 2011 Division 6AA [[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF]] basketball championship, becoming the first Jewish school in [[Southern California]] to ever earn a [[California Interscholastic Federation|CIF title]], and the only orthodox Jewish school to do so.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/valley_torah_basketball_wins_6aa_title_20110308/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110310190633/http://www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/valley_torah_basketball_wins_6aa_title_20110308/| archive-date = 2011-03-10| title = Valley Torah basketball wins 6AA title [UPDATE, video] {{!}} Sports {{!}}|work= Jewish Journal}}</ref>

The Wolfpack have also won three national Jewish tournaments: Memphis Cooper,<ref>{{cite web| url =http://cooperinvitational.com/scoreboard/valley-torah-wolfpack-v-milken-community-school-wildcats/#:~:text=He%20drove%20and%20then%20passed,National%20Invitational%20Tier%20I%20Champions.| title=Valley Torah WOLFPACK 2017 Cooper Yeshiva H.S. Invitational Champions! – Cooper Invitational }}</ref> Glouberman,<ref>{{cite web| url =https://vths.org/2017/11/12/glouberman-tournament-champions/| title =Glouberman Tournament Champions| date =12 November 2017}}</ref> and the Red Sarachek Tournament at [[Yeshiva University]].<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.macslive.com/post/2-valley-torah-holds-off-4-drs-finally-claims-elusive-first-sarachek-tier-i-championship| title =(2) Valley Torah Holds off (4) DRS; Finally Claims Elusive First Sarachek Tier I Championship| date =29 March 2022}}</ref> They are the only Jewish school to accomplish all three feats.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[[Ryan Turell]] attended and played as a [[shooting guard]] on the varsity basketball team at the school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/223091/ryan-turell|title=Ryan Turell - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles|website=ESPN}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/230273/valley-torahs-turell-makes-elite-players-list/|title=Valley Torah's Turell Makes Elite Players List|first=Oren|last=Peleg|date=January 31, 2018|website=Jewish Journal}}</ref> Playing for the high school, as a junior in 2016-17 he averaged 25.3 points per game, and as a senior in 2017-18 he averaged 34.3 points per game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/ryan-turell/VWDnRd9sEeaT-Oz0u-e-FA/basketball/stats.htm|title=Ryan Turell's High School Basketball Stats|website=MaxPreps}}</ref> In 2018, he received a [[McDonald's All-American Game]] nomination, and was [[California Interscholastic Federation]] (CIF) Division IV State Player of the Year and First Team Division IV.<ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calhisports.com/2018/04/24/boys-bb-divisional-all-state-2018/|title=Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2018|first=Mark|last=Tennis|website=Cal-Hi Sports|date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

== Girls' Division == The girls' branch of the school is located on 12003 Riverside Drive, 91607. Previously led by master menaheles [https://jewishhomela.com/2014/03/28/new-principal-brings-new-energy-to-valley-torah-girls-division/ Sheindy Gross] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522194303/https://jewishhomela.com/2014/03/28/new-principal-brings-new-energy-to-valley-torah-girls-division/ |date=May 22, 2023 }}, it is now directed by Yael Wakslak Rosenberg. Gross left Bnos Devorah High School in the middle of a school year in order to join Valley Torah Girls' Division in 2014, where she stayed until 2022.

==Notable alumni== * [[David Draiman]] (born 1973), lead singer for the band [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/david-draiman/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145211/http://www.mtv.com/artists/david-draiman/biography/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2014|title=David Draiman |website=MTV}}</ref> * [[Leah Gottfried]] (born 1991), [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] actress and filmmaker. * [[Ami Horowitz]] (born 1973), [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[Documentarian|documentary filmmaker]] and activist.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} * [[Ryan Turell]] (born 1999), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ryan-Turell/Summary/107975|title=Ryan Turell|website= RealGM}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

{{Portal|Greater Los Angeles|Schools|Judaism}} * {{Official website|http://www.vths.org/}}

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