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Lamplighters Yeshivah

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Lamplighters Yeshivah was a Jewish Montessori-style school for Jewish children located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn that was founded in 2009. In 2020, the school was closed due to financial difficulties.

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Lamplighters Yeshivah
President Street, New York Brooklyn

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11213 New York, Brooklyn
New York, United States
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