For many centuries after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem the Jewish  community that settled in Babylonia provided the religious and scholarly  leadership for Jews worldwide.
For many centuries after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem the Jewish  community that settled in Babylonia provided the religious and scholarly  leadership for Jews worldwide. They created academies in Babylonia that  answered questions of Jewish law. Today the name given to these academies  lives on as the name of several Jewish universities and grade schools. For 10  points what is this name?
For many centuries after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem the Jewish  community that settled in Babylonia provided the religious and scholarly  leadership for Jews worldwide.
Yeshiva or Yeshivot (plural)