Aish HaTorah is a Orthodox Jewish educational organization and yeshiva.
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally. Hillel is represented at more than 550 colleges and communities throughout North America and globally, including 30 communities in the former Soviet Union, nine in Israel, and five in South America. The organization is named after Hillel the Elder, a Jewish sage who moved from Babylonia to Judea in the 1st century and is known for his formulation of the Golden Rule.
Ohr Somayach, Monsey,, was an accredited men's college of Judaic studies offering both full and part-time programs.
Hebrew school can be either the Jewish equivalent of Sunday school – an educational regimen separate from secular education, focusing on topics of Jewish history and learning the Hebrew language, or a primary, secondary or college level educational institution where some or all of the classes are taught in Hebrew.
Fasman Yeshiva High School, known colloquially as Skokie Yeshiva, is the all-boys high school division of Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois. As of the 2016-2017 school year, the school has 133 students enrolled in grades 9-12. Fasman Yeshiva offers a dual curriculum of secular and Judaic studies.
Rochelle Zell Jewish High School (RZJHS), formerly Chicagoland Jewish High School (CJHS),, located 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, is a private, full-day, co-educational high school for students in grades nine through twelve. Rochelle Zell first opened its doors in 2001 to 26 students. For the 2019-2020 school year, enrollment is 180 students drawn from over 20 communities throughout Chicago and its suburbs. Roughly three-quarters of current students advance to Rochelle Zell from Jewish day schools. The remaining students attended local public and private schools before Rochelle Zell. Many students transfer from other public and private high schools. In the fall of 2007, Rochelle Zell moved from Morton Grove, IL to a permanent, state-of-the-art campus located on 7.3 acres in Deerfield. In November 2015, Chicagoland Jewish High School changed its name to Rochelle Zell Jewish High School.
Jewish education is the transmission of the tenets, principles and religious laws of Judaism. Known as the "people of the book", Jews value education, and the value of education is strongly embedded in Jewish culture. Judaism places a heavy emphasis on Torah study, from the early days of studying the Tanakh.
The Israel Campus Roundtable is an umbrella organization of pro-Israel groups in the New England area.
Orthodox Jewish student groups exist at many secular colleges and universities in the diaspora, especially in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Columbia/Barnard Hillel is the largest student activities group at Columbia University, serving the Jewish population at Columbia's graduate and undergraduate schools, Barnard College, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. The Hillel encompasses over 50 groups focused on religion, social life, education, culture, Israel, and social justice It is located at the Robert Kraft Center for Jewish Life, adjacent to the Columbia and Barnard campuses, in a building made out of Jerusalem stone.
Jewish Texans have been a part of the history of Texas since the first European explorers arrived in the region in the 16th century. In 1990, there were around 108,000 adherents to Judaism in Texas. More recent estimates place the number at around 120,000.
Peter E. Tarlow is a rabbi and was the executive director of Texas A&M Hillel from 1983 to 2013. He is a scholar in the area of tourism safety, a consultant for the tourism industry, and the founder of Tourism & More Inc. He worked as a security consultant to the city of Arlington, Texas, in preparation for Super Bowl XLV. Tarlow's scholarship in tourism and security has been relied upon by mainstream media for his expertise. He is the author of "Event Risk Management and Safety," which was reviewed by Security Management magazine in 2003 and 2005. In 2007 he was a speaker at The Intelligence Summit. His Ph.D. is in sociology and aside from his work at Texas A&M, he "teaches 'tourism safety' to police chiefs around the world".
Shalom Hartman Institute is a Jewish research and education institute based in Jerusalem, Israel, that offers pluralistic Jewish thought and education to scholars, rabbis, educators, and Jewish community leaders in Israel and North America. The Institute's goal is to strengthen Jewish peoplehood, identity and pluralism, enhance the Jewish and democratic character of Israel, and ensure that Judaism is a compelling force for good in the 21st century.
Jewish settlement in Brazos County, Texas, began in 1865. This history includes the present Jewish communities and individuals of Brazos County and Texas A&M University.
Yavneh at Columbia is the Orthodox group of Hillel at Columbia University. It consists of about 400 members and is part of the larger Hillel community which is the biggest community on Columbia campus. Yavneh is responsible for programming ranging from daily minyanim to ski trips with the OCP and everything in between. As one of the biggest college and Ivy League Orthodox communities it is a major draw for many Orthodox students to Columbia University.
Sharsheret is a nonprofit organization with the goal of supporting Jewish women diagnosed with breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Through its work and research efforts, Sharsheret provides healthcare resources, financial assistance, communal support, and educational programs to thousands of women and their families in the United States. Sharsheret has offices in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey and New York. They are headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. Sharsheret primarily works with young women and Jewish families as Ashkenazi Jews are at higher risk of developing a BRCA gene mutation, but also aids men and women from other backgrounds.
David Lefkowitz, a rabbi, led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. He opposed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, which had been revived in 1915; it was strongly opposed to immigrants who were Jews and Catholics from eastern and southern Europe. He was a Founding Executive Committee Member of the Dayton Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Jewish Veg is a Pittsburgh, PA-based 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to encourage and help Jews to embrace plant-based diets as an expression of the Jewish values of compassion for animals, concern for health, and care for the environment. Jewish Veg was formerly called Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA) and, prior to that, the Jewish Vegetarian Society of America.
Hillel at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is the first Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life in the world. It was established in Champaign, IL in 1923. Today the organization serves around 3,500 Jewish students and their peers at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Parkland College.
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy is an independent Jewish Zionist Orthodox Day School in Beverly Hills, California. It consists of an Early Childhood department, an Elementary division and a Middle School division. Hillel offers a comprehensive Judaic and General Studies program and is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Builders of Jewish Education. In 1993-1994, the school received the National Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence in Education from the United States Department of Education. Hillel was recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2016-2018.
