Jerusalem’s NISHMAT is world Jewry’s resource for educating a new generation of confident, creative Jewish leaders, scholars and professionals. Students develop a life-long passion for Torah study, integrating their university education with religious faith and practice. Nishmat’s 120 Yoatzot Halacha, women certified as Advisors in Jewish Law, enrich quality of life and observance for Jewish women, families and communities.
At Nishmat, the Alisa Flatow Program welcomes students from across the globe, beginners to advanced, sharing a deep commitment to Torah, Zionist ideals and the Jewish people. Young Americans on gap-year benefit from diversity of faculty and students in an environment that encourages questions. Nishmat’s college-prep and in-college support for Ethiopian-Israelis has a 98% success rate. Its 300+ graduates are teachers, attorneys, nurses, social workers and more.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nicole Schreiber Agus
Julia Baruch
Tirza Bayewitz
Giti Bendheim
Susan F. Charendoff
Robert Davis
Stephen M. Flatow
Adina Fredman
Rose Gerszberg
Miriam and Felix Glaubach
Wendy Greenbaum
Karen Heilig
Ari Herman
Michael G. Jesselson
Constance Kadish
Tamar Kahane
Chavi Kahn
Nicole Kavana
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Matthew J. Maryles
Linda Mayman
Rochelle Stern Major
Francine Mermelstein
Sharon Mintz
Ben Rieder
Jeanie Schottenstein
Sandy Seligsohn
Lisa Septimus
Liora Stein
Robyn Tsesarsky
Judy Tuchman
Roselyn Weitzner
AFN STAFF
Alisha Abboudi
Executive Director
Shevi Bachrach
Director of Finance and Administration
NISHMAT
The Jeanie Schottenstein Center
for Advanced Torah Study for Women
RABBANIT CHANA HENKIN
Founder & Dean of Nishmat
is one of today's most acclaimed Jewish educators and a leader in redrawing the landscape of higher Torah learning and leadership for women. Together with her husband, noted halachic authority Rabbi Yehuda Henkin, Rabbanit Henkin created Jewish history's first Yoatzot Halacha, experts in women's health and halacha, who have since addressed more than 300,000 halachic questions from across the world. Her warmth and contagious love of learning have made her a sought-after lecturer in Jewish communities throughout the world and her innovations have won widespread rabbinic support and public acclaim.
NISHMAT
The Jeanie Schottenstein Center
for Advanced Torah Study for Women
RABBANIT CHANA HENKIN
Founder & Dean of Nishmat
is one of today's most acclaimed Jewish educators and a leader in redrawing the landscape of higher Torah learning and leadership for women. Together with her husband, noted halachic authority Rabbi Yehuda Henkin, Rabbanit Henkin created Jewish history's first Yoatzot Halacha, experts in women's health and halacha, who have since addressed more than 300,000 halachic questions from across the world. Her warmth and contagious love of learning have made her a sought-after lecturer in Jewish communities throughout the world and her innovations have won widespread rabbinic support and public acclaim.
INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Jeanie Schottenstein
President
Wendy Greenbaum
Chair
Amy Book
Yonat Floersheim
Miriam Herlinger Glaubach
Ariela K. Gugenheim
Linda Jesselson
Chavie Kahn
Evelyn Katz
Tamar Koschitzky
Sarena Koschitzky
Bia Kryss
Hadassah Lieberman
Sharon Liberman Mintz
Anne Neuberger
Careena Parker
Gaby Propp
Rachel Sapoznik
Harriet Sherman Schimel
Lindsay Schottenstein
Debby Spinner
Judy Tuchman
Judith Weiss
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