American Friends Of Nishmat

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NISHMAT provides on-going support and encouragement for advanced Torah learning for women and for Yoatzot Halacha ((Women Advisors in Jewish Law), both specialties of NISHMAT, The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study, on the lush Dr. Monique C. Katz Campus in Jerusalem. AFN also organizes scholar-in-residence programs for American Jewish communities and synagogues, featuring Nishmat scholars, especially Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Nishmat Founder and Dean; Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis, Director, Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center for Yoatzot Halacha in the U.S., and Yoetzet Halacha Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel, Nishmat Senior Scholar. Through its Israeli Midrasha and Ma’ayan, which enroll veterans of Israel’s National Service and IDF, and its highly sought after Shana Ba’Aretz Post-High School Program, Nishmat creates a culturally diverse environment that encourages Torah scholarship, intellectual curiosity and personal growth. Ma’ayan has launched over 400 Israeli young women of Ethiopian extraction on their college and professional careers. Nishmat’s Alisa Flatow Programs for English speakers, especially the Summer Institutes, attract Jewish women from all over the world who want to begin Jewish learning or build their study skills. Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center in the U.S. and Keren Ariel Program in Israel, have, so far, certified 120 Yoatzot Halacha. They are employed in more than 20 Orthodox Jewish communities in the U.S. and Canada and work on several websites, including www.yoatzot.org, and the Golda Koschitzky Women’s Halachic Hotline in Israel. American Friends of Nishmat, with thousands of friends and supporters, is so proud of its nearly 30 year partnership with Nishmat, pioneering women’s advanced Torah study, envisioning Jewish leadership, and serving the Jewish community in America and Israel.