Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim, also called the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies, is a yeshiva for baalei teshuva currently located in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1970 by Rabbi Boruch Horovitz.

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Prior to his move to Israel, Rabbi Boruch Horovitz was a rabbi in Manchester, England. Born 1930 in Frankfurt, his family and he moved to London pre-WW II. Horovitz studied in Gateshead and, in 1957, became rav of Manchester's Central Synagogue.