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Founded in 1991 by [[Holocaust survivor]] Irving "Papa" Gelman, Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School (TVT), is an elementary, middle, and high school educational facility located in [[Irvine, California]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto5"/><ref name="OCB"/> Gelman died in 2018.<ref name="OCB">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ocbj.com/news/2018/mar/05/irving-papa-gelman-dies/|title=Irving “Papa” Gelman Dies|last=Weitzner|first=Pete|date=March 5, 2018|work=Orange County Business Journal|url-status=live|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref>
The school sits on a {{convert|10.5|acre|m2|sing=on}} campus, opened in 1997 with more than 500 students.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto5"/><ref name="OCB"/> The school became the second Jewish school in [[Orange County]] to be cited among the 465 National Distinguished [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon Schools]] in California when the designation was conferred during the 1998-1999 school year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf|title=BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM; Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002|publisher=Blue Ribbon Schools Program Knowledge Applications Division, U.S. Department of Education}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22Tarbut+V'Torah%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixj7m784LrAhXRhHIEHTZfB0kQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Tarbut+V'Torah%22&f=false|title=Teaching Character |work=Orange Coast Magazine|date=May 5, 2003|author=Darcy Rice|publisher=Emmis Communications|via=Google Books}}</ref> The school graduated its first senior class in 2001.<ref name="auto1"/>
The campus expanded the upper school in September 2002: An area of {{convert|11|acre|m2}} was added and a new middle and high school was constructed to accommodate increased enrollment for all grade levels. The campus encompasses {{convert|21.5|acre|m2}} and {{convert|150000|sqft|m2|-3}} of structures.<ref name="auto7"/> In 2005-06, a record 645 students (grades K-12) enrolled at TVT, making it the eighth-largest Jewish Community Day School in the United States. In 2013, Tarbut V’Torah named teacher Jeffrey Davis its new chief executive.<ref name="auto5"/> That year it had 603 students and 84 faculty members, a $13 million operating budget, and total assets of about $42 million.<ref name="auto5"/>
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