# Research and image credits

This is an independent website concept prepared from public information. It is not an official publication of Yeshiva Bonim Lamokom. School leadership should verify all copy, admissions details, services, policies, dates, and contact information before a public launch.

## School information

- Current school profile, 2023–24: [NCES Private School Search — Yeshiva Bonim Lamokom](https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=A0302206&Search=1&Zip=11218)
- Continued listing, 2025–26: [New York State Education Department SFSP eligibility list](https://www.cn.nysed.gov/content/2025-26-sfsp-eligibility-list-open-and-closed-enrolled-sites)
- Founding history and founding-family account: [Kosher.com — The Amazing Story Behind the New Episodes of Queen of Cakes](https://www.kosher.com/article/the-amazing-story-behind-the-new-episodes-of-queen-of-cakes-1591/)
- Individualized and English/Yiddish learning description: [Mishpacha — Inbox, Issue 889](https://mishpacha.com/inbox-issue-889/)
- Historical program, instructional, social-skills, and “Buddy Time” descriptions: [NYSED SRO Decision 19-065](https://www.sro.nysed.gov/sites/sro/files/Decisions/2019/pdfversion/19-065.pdf)
- Historical leadership reference: [Yeshiva Torah Vodaath 2019 Centennial Journal](https://www.torahvodaath.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Journal-2.pdf)
- Historical services reference only; not treated as current policy: [The Jewish Press Building Blocks, December 2011](https://www.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Building-Blocks-Dec-2011.pdf)
- Placement/funding caution: [NYSED SRO Decision 22-035](https://www.sro.nysed.gov/decision/2022/22-035)

Conflicting third-party claims such as a 1918 founding date, 126 students, 14:1 ratio, a fixed grades 4–12 range, or rolling admissions were not used. They appear to conflate Yeshiva Bonim Lamokom with its host campus or rely on older/unclaimed data.

## Images used on the page

All image files are downloaded into `assets/images/`; the live page does not hotlink them.

- `campus.jpg` — Mesivta Torah Vodaath / Harry Herskowitz School shared campus, Jim.henderson, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesivta_Torah_Vodaas,_Hershowitz_school_jeh.jpg), CC BY 3.0. Cropped and color-adjusted in CSS.
- `torah-open.jpg` — Open Torah scroll, Lawrie Cate, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Torah_scroll.jpg), CC BY 2.0. Cropped in layout.
- `torah-close.jpg` — Close-up of Torah scroll, Jacob Gucker, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Closeup_of_Torah_Scroll.jpg), CC0.
- `brooklyn-spring.jpg` — Brooklyn brownstones, Avi Werde, [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/houses-near-trees-RSILUMwabqc), Unsplash License.
- `torah-study.jpg` — Open Sefer Torah, cottonbro studio, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-opening-a-scroll-5986492/), Pexels License.
- `torah-heritage.jpg` — Man carrying a Torah scroll, cottonbro studio, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-wearing-a-skullcap-carrying-a-torah-scroll-5986489/), Pexels License.
- `torah-scrolls.jpg` — Arranged Torah scrolls, cottonbro studio, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/arranged-torah-scrolls-5986484/), Pexels License.
- `learning-together.jpg` — Two men reading Hebrew text, cottonbro studio, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/bearded-men-holding-a-book-5975060/), Pexels License.
- `library.jpg` — Library interior, Clinton Weaver, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/cozy-library-interior-with-wooden-furniture-37493780/), Pexels License.
- `books.jpg` — Stack of books, Anete Lusina, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/stack-of-textbooks-on-wooden-table-5239563/), Pexels License.
- `study-desk.jpg` — School tools on a desk, Katerina Holmes, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/school-supplies-on-table-in-classroom-5905612/), Pexels License.
- `notebook.jpg` — Student work close-up, Monstera Production, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/crop-black-person-writing-in-copybook-6238000/), Pexels License.
- `boy-reading.jpg` — Boy reading in a classroom, Mikhail Nilov, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-standing-inside-a-classroom-looking-at-a-book-8923800/), Pexels License.
- `boy-study.jpg` — Boy studying at a desk, Tima Miroshnichenko, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-kid-reading-a-book-5303551/), Pexels License.
- `boy-writing.jpg` — Boy writing in class, Bm Creatives, [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-a-boy-writing-in-his-notebook-at-school-15891442/), Pexels License.

The student and classroom photographs are representative stock photography. They do not depict Yeshiva Bonim Lamokom students, staff, or facilities.

## Additional locally downloaded alternatives

The project also contains locally downloaded alternatives that are not currently rendered: `brooklyn.jpg`, `brooklyn-brownstone.jpg`, `classroom.jpg`, `individual-support.jpg`, `math-learning.jpg`, and `cortelyou-station.jpg`. Their source pages are documented below.

- [Brooklyn street](https://www.pexels.com/photo/charming-brooklyn-brownstone-street-in-summer-31661836/) — Ramaz Bluashvili / Pexels License
- [Brooklyn historic building](https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-and-pink-concrete-building-6bpo8GzSv7k) — berenice melis / Unsplash License
- [Classroom image CDN asset](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1509062522246-3755977927d7) — Unsplash License; photographer metadata should be confirmed before this unused alternative is published
- [Teacher helping a student](https://www.pexels.com/photo/teacher-helping-a-student-5428011/) — Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels License
- [Math learning](https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-person-writing-on-the-notebook-5212343/) — Max Fischer / Pexels License
- [Cortelyou Road station](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cortelyou_Road_by_Tim_Pierce.jpg) — Tim Pierce / CC BY 2.0

## Publication notes

- The school’s current official handbook, tuition, admissions checklist, deadlines, and application were not found publicly. The page marks suggested steps and community commitments as items to confirm.
- Public news stories contain photographs of enrolled students, including students with disabilities, but those images were not used because no open publication license was found and they involve minors.
- No claim is made that tuition reimbursement, district placement, transportation, meals, or related services are available to a particular applicant.