Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)

Mir Yeshiva ישיבת מיר‎
Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem in September 2012
Location
Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Orthodox
Established	1944
Founder	Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Reb Leizer Yudel)
Dean	Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Enrollment	9,600

The Mir Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת מיר, Yeshivat Mir), known also as The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem. With over 9,000 single and married students,^[1] it is the largest yeshiva in the world.^[2][3][4] Most students are from Israel and the United States, with many from other parts of the world such as Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Switzerland, Argentina, Australia, Russia, Canada and Panama.