[1][2][3][4] In 1948, Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan, with the help of Suzanne Aron, created a Jewish lycée that he named École Yabné, in memory of the Yeshiva founded in Yavne by Yohanan ben Zakkai after the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem by the Romans in the 70s CE.

In 1948, the school was on the grounds of the Gustave de Rothschild Foundation,[5] at 60 rue Claude-Bernard, in the Latin Quarter.

Some classes took place in the Séminaire israélite de France, a rabbinical seminary located at 9 rue Vauquelin.

This situation continued until the construction, in the 1960s, of a multi-story building, in the same location, that was far more spacious and could accommodate all classes.

[7] The ranking is based on three criteria: the bac results, the proportion of students who obtain their baccalauréat after two years at the establishment, and the added value (based on the social origin of students, their age, and their national diploma results).