JERUSALEM, Israel — The Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, which for more than a decade has operated a yeshiva in the heart of Jerusalem for English-speaking men, celebrated its 11th anniversary this week with the inauguration of its first full-time class of 25 young women from around the world.
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JERUSALEM, Israel — The Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, which for more than a decade has operated a yeshiva in the heart of Jerusalem for English-speaking men, celebrated its 11th anniversary this week with the inauguration of its first full-time class of 25 young women from around the world.
According to women’s division co-director Rivkah Gestetner ñ whose husband, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shlomo Gestetner, serves as dean of the Mayanot Institute ñ Jerusalem has been waiting a long time for an intensive learning program for women from all different backgrounds. She stressed that the program’s enrollees, who come from South Africa, Canada and the United States, are not required to have any Hebrew language proficiency, Jewish studies background or religious commitment.
“It is very exciting to provide this environment for them,” said Gestetner from Mayanot’s new women’s campus in the trendy central neighborhood of Katamon. “We’re really embarking on something new.”
Rabbi Mendy Deren, Mayanot’s director for development, couldn’t agree more. He pointed out that many of the new students spent some time on Taglit-birthright israel trips, which the Mayanot Institute helps provide ñ it’s brought more than 20,000 to Israel on its trips ñ and indicated they wanted more opportunities to learn about their JewishJewish heritage.
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