The Yeshivah of Flatbush (YOF) is a Modern Orthodox private Jewish day school located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York.
The school's philosophy is a synthesis of Judaic studies (Bible, Talmud, Jewish thought) and the liberal arts.
In the past, more than half of the students were Ashkenazi Jews whose families originated from communities in Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe and Russia.
The overwhelming number of Sephardic students can be attributed to the growth of the Syrian Jewish community in Flatbush, and the decline in Ashkenazi enrollment can be attributed to the movement of Modern Orthodox communities to Long Island and New Jersey, with a concomitant increase in the number and quality of Jewish day schools and yeshivot in those areas.
A large number of students graduate with college credit due to the many Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses offered in the Junior, Senior, and more recently Sophomore years of high school.
Each month, there is the Sunday Morning Learning program where students, faculty, and alumni get together for prayers, breakfast, and a faculty-prepared presentation of given texts.
In 2008, Daniel Henkin resigned as choir director and assumed a position at the Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan.
The school also has its annual Jason Botnick memorial Hebrew play, a musical performed each year by a select group of talented students.
YOF acquires rights for various musicals and translates them into Hebrew, and they are then performed by the High School students every year during Hanukkah.
Past Hebrew plays include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, High School Musical, The Wizard of Oz, and Beauty and the Beast.
The Thomas Hausdorff Memorial Basketball Tournament in November brings the male junior varsity teams of three American Jewish high schools to Brooklyn for a weekend of competition and solidarity.
At the Marc Sackin Memorial Basketball Tournament in December, the varsity team competes against other New York-area Jewish high schools.