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Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis

Training a diverse group of visionary Israeli leaders to advance a vibrant, pluralistic, values-based Judaism

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Committed spiritual leadership possessing a deep, well-rounded knowledge of fundamental Jewish sources is the first and foremost requirement for sustainable Jewish-Israeli growth.

The Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis is the only one of its kind, an egalitarian program training pluralistic Israeli spiritual community leaders to catalyze a process of spiritual rejuvenation for the Israeli public sphere and its emerging Jewish communities.

The Beit Midrash, developed in partnership with HaMidrasha at Oranim, brings together voices representing the diversity of Israeli-Jewish experience to define an Israeli rabbinical leadership model for our times.

The program creates a cadre of community spiritual leaders versed in a pluralistic Jewish language, with the drive, vision, and know-how to establish and lead spiritual communities within Israeli society.

Based on a vision of Jewish peoplehood, the program emphasizes the development of a common values-based language for Jewish society in Israel. Program participants will learn and develop a new, meta-denominational language of Jewish identity that draws from Israel’s diverse and rich culture and heritage. They will also gain the pastoral skills to effectively guide their communities in the contemporary world.

The program’s curriculum addresses some of the most compelling topics for Israeli society, including contemporary challenges, community and community support, sacred time (Shabbat, holidays, and lifecycle ceremonies), God and theology, family, mitzvah, halakhah, and law, and personal, community, and national morals.

The pilot cohort was composed of 18 senior Israeli spiritual leaders, many of whom are already leading pluralist Jewish communities or programs in Israel. Future cohorts will comprise candidates with a significant background in Jewish studies who will undergo scholarly and conceptual development and training focused on creating a common vision and building community leadership capacity.

Upon completion of the 18-month program in September 2016, participants in the founding cohort were ordained as Israeli Community Rabbis. A second cohort of 15 spiritual leaders was ordained in September 2018. The program is currently training 19 Israeli Rabbis in its third cohort.

We are grateful to our funders for their partnership and support of our initiatives.

 

Current Cohort

Junior Research Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Director, Be'eri

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis Fellow

Who We Are

Director of the Rabbanut Yisraelit

Vice President and Director of the Kogod Research Center and the David Hartman Center for Intellectual Excellence

Educational Director, Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis

Co-Director of Beit Midrash for New Israeli Rabbis

Co-Director and Educational Director of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis

Articles

Jan 26, 2024

Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis offer a High Holiday greeting for 5781

Jan 26, 2024

The Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis ordained its first cohort of 16 rabbis in September 2016 at Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

Jan 26, 2024

Egalitarian and pluralistic, the first cohort of the Beit Midrash for Israeli Rabbis is set to lead Israelis in the promised land on their own terms

Jan 26, 2024

For the first time in Israel, a rabbinate comprising “a diverse, multi-denominational group of religious and secular men and women” has been ordained.

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