# Valley Torah High School

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Orthodox Jewish high school in Valley Village, California

Valley Torah High School Location 12517 Chandler Blvd Valley Village , California 91607 United States 34°10′08″N 118°24′22″W / 34.168950°N 118.406045°W / 34.168950; -118.406045 Information Type Independent, Yeshiva Religious affiliation Chofetz Chaim NCES School ID 00081953[1] Grades 9–12 Enrollment 250 (2020-2021)[1] Student to teacher ratio 7.3[1] Website www.vths.org

**Valley Torah High School** is an [Orthodox Jewish](/source/Orthodox_Jewish) high school located in [Valley Village, California](/source/Valley_Village%2C_California). The school has two separate divisions (in different buildings and locations): a Boys Division, and a Girls Division. The current [Rosh Yeshiva](/source/Rosh_Yeshiva) is Rabbi Avraham Stulberger.[2]

Valley Torah is [hashkafically](/source/Hashkafa) aligned with the [Chofetz Chaim](/source/Chofetz_Chaim) school of thought, which is a subset of [Litvishe](/source/Litvishe) [Haredi Judaism](/source/Haredi_Judaism) rooted in the [Musar movement](/source/Musar_movement) of 19th-century [Lithuanian Jewry](/source/Lithuanian_Jewry).[3] The high school is part of the [Freelance League](/source/Freelance_League).

## Athletics

### Basketball

The Valley Torah Wolfpack won the 2011 Division 6AA [CIF](/source/California_Interscholastic_Federation) basketball championship, becoming the first Jewish school in [Southern California](/source/Southern_California) to ever earn a [CIF title](/source/California_Interscholastic_Federation), and the only orthodox Jewish school to do so.[4]

The Wolfpack have also won three national Jewish tournaments: Memphis Cooper,[5] Glouberman,[6] and the Red Sarachek Tournament at [Yeshiva University](/source/Yeshiva_University).[7] They are the only Jewish school to accomplish all three feats.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

[Ryan Turell](/source/Ryan_Turell) attended and played as a [shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard) on the varsity basketball team at the school.[8][9] 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.[10] In 2018, he received a [McDonald's All-American Game](/source/McDonald's_All-American_Game) nomination, and was [California Interscholastic Federation](/source/California_Interscholastic_Federation) (CIF) Division IV State Player of the Year and First Team Division IV.[9][11]

## Girls' Division

The girls' branch of the school is located on 12003 Riverside Drive, 91607. Previously led by master menaheles [Sheindy Gross](https://jewishhomela.com/2014/03/28/new-principal-brings-new-energy-to-valley-torah-girls-division/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230522194303/https://jewishhomela.com/2014/03/28/new-principal-brings-new-energy-to-valley-torah-girls-division/) May 22, 2023, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), 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](/source/David_Draiman) (born 1973), lead singer for the band [Disturbed](/source/Disturbed_(band)).[12]

- [Leah Gottfried](/source/Leah_Gottfried) (born 1991), [Orthodox Jewish](/source/Orthodox_Judaism) actress and filmmaker.

- [Ami Horowitz](/source/Ami_Horowitz) (born 1973), [conservative](/source/Conservatism_in_the_United_States) [documentary filmmaker](/source/Documentarian) and activist.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- [Ryan Turell](/source/Ryan_Turell) (born 1999), basketball player in the [Israeli Basketball Premier League](/source/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League).[13]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NCES_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NCES_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NCES_1-2) ["Search for Private Schools – School Detail for VALLEY TORAH HIGH SCHOOL"](https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00081953). *[National Center for Education Statistics](/source/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics)*. [Institute of Education Sciences](/source/Institute_of_Education_Sciences). Retrieved March 8, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Boys Division Administration"](https://vths.org/boys-division-administration/). *VTHS*. September 28, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Maryles, Harry. ["Chofetz Chaim Musmach Tells It Like It Is on Charedi Child Molestation"](https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/haemtza/chofetz-chaim-musmach-tells-it-like-it-is-on-charedi-child-molestation/2013/06/05/). Retrieved October 3, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Valley Torah basketball wins 6AA title \[UPDATE, video\] | Sports |"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110310190633/http://www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/valley_torah_basketball_wins_6aa_title_20110308/). *Jewish Journal*. Archived from [the original](http://www.jewishjournal.com/sports/article/valley_torah_basketball_wins_6aa_title_20110308/) on March 10, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Valley Torah WOLFPACK 2017 Cooper Yeshiva H.S. Invitational Champions! – Cooper Invitational"](http://cooperinvitational.com/scoreboard/valley-torah-wolfpack-v-milken-community-school-wildcats/#:~:text=He%20drove%20and%20then%20passed,National%20Invitational%20Tier%20I%20Champions.).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Glouberman Tournament Champions"](https://vths.org/2017/11/12/glouberman-tournament-champions/). November 12, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["(2) Valley Torah Holds off (4) DRS; Finally Claims Elusive First Sarachek Tier I Championship"](https://www.macslive.com/post/2-valley-torah-holds-off-4-drs-finally-claims-elusive-first-sarachek-tier-i-championship). March 29, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ryan Turell - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles"](http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/223091/ryan-turell). *ESPN*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto5_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto5_9-1) Peleg, Oren (January 31, 2018). ["Valley Torah's Turell Makes Elite Players List"](https://jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/230273/valley-torahs-turell-makes-elite-players-list/). *Jewish Journal*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Ryan Turell's High School Basketball Stats"](https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/ryan-turell/VWDnRd9sEeaT-Oz0u-e-FA/basketball/stats.htm). *MaxPreps*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Tennis, Mark (April 24, 2018). ["Boys BB: Divisional All-State 2018"](https://www.calhisports.com/2018/04/24/boys-bb-divisional-all-state-2018/). *Cal-Hi Sports*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["David Draiman"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145211/http://www.mtv.com/artists/david-draiman/biography/). *MTV*. Archived from [the original](http://www.mtv.com/artists/david-draiman/biography) on February 2, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Ryan Turell"](https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ryan-Turell/Summary/107975). *RealGM*.

## External links

- [Greater Los Angeles portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Greater_Los_Angeles)
- [Schools portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Schools)
- [Judaism portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Judaism)

- [Official website](http://www.vths.org/)

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