From 1960 until the end of 2019, the school was housed on the six-acre Israel and Yetra Goldberg Educational Campus in Olivette, Missouri.

[3][4][5] Until the establishment of the school, Jewish education in St. Louis had been provided by a system of Talmudei Torah.

In 1943, Yawitz was one of the founders and supporters of the H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy, which consolidated the Talmudei Torah into the first Orthodox Jewish day school in St.

Classes were held in various locations including homes, synagogue classrooms and other school buildings.

In 2019, EHA sold the school building and property in Olivette to the Miriam Academy and purchased a new location in University City.

The parent organization, Friends of the Hebrew Academy raises funds and holds educational and other events for the school.