News and Events

Upcoming Events:

• July 2, 2012 – NISHMAT'S Annual Summer Institute "Unity and Diversity in Am Yisrael" July 2-22, 2012

2011-2012 Events:

• Chanukah Yom Iyun December 18, 2011, Featuring Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel, and Rabbi David Sperling.
  
• Wein & Wine, October 15, 2011, An elegant evening with Rabbi Berel Wein and Israel's finest wines and cheeses
  
• High Holidays Yom Iyun, September 18, 2011, featuring Rabbanit Chana Henkin and the Nishmat staff
  
• Alisa Flatow Program, FREE Elul study,September 1- October 6, 2011
  

2010 - 2011 Events:

• Nishmat's Annual Torah Colloquium in the Hamptons, July 25, 2011
  
• 17th Annual Nishmat Yarchei Kallah in Toronto with Rabbanit Henkin, July 19-21, 2011 An exciting 3 day taste of Nishmat, focused on The Soul of the Jewish Calendar, shiurim are available for listening here
  
• Nishmat Summer Program, July 4-24, 2011 Spend your summer immersed in Torat Yisrael, in Eretz Yisrael, with Am Yisrael
• Life Cycle of the Jewish Woman, June 19, 2011 An evening with Dr. Deena Zimmerman, MD, MPH, IBCLC, Yoetzet Halacha. 8PM at Nishmat     
  

• Shavuot All Night Learning at Nishmat, June 7, 2011     
  

• Pesach Yom Iyun, April 3, 2011 Shiurim given by Rabbanit Chana Henkin, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Breitowitz and Rabbi Menachem Schrader are now available online here.
• Purim Yom Iyun, March 2011 Three exciting shiurim on Purim are now posted here.
• Parents Night at Nishmat, February 22, 2011 An evening of celebration and gratitude. Parents from each of our programs joined us for an inspirational evening.
  
• Chanuka Yom Iyun, November 28, 2010 A morning of learning at Nishmat about the history, women and mitzvot of Chanuka. Recordings of the sessions can be listened to here.
• Chag HaSigd, October 2, 2010 A celebration of Ethiopian Jewish pride of heritage as our students recounted their families' yurning for Jerusalem, and their Aliyah stories.
  
• Leil Hoshanah Rabbah, September 28, 2010 Early evening program and all night learning till dawn at NISHMAT in Jerusalem. Including the honoring of Harriet S. Schimel, Founding President, American Friends of Nishmat. Keynote speaker, Caroline Glick, Managing Editor, The Jerusalem Post and Senior Fellow, Center for security Policy, "The Zionish Miracle: Time to Realize What We Have". Click here to see the program.

• Elul Torah Study Program, August 31, 2010 Nishmat opened the doors of the Beit Midrash to all women. The Elul program was free and ran from August 31st - September 16th 2010.

Past Events:

• The Sigd Festival, November 2007. The Ethiopian Sigd festival falls on 29th Cheshvan, and is a festival unique to this community. The letters s-g-d are the same as in "Mesgid", one of two Ethiopian Jewish terms for synagogue, or Temple, a clear indication of its association with Jerusalem and its centrality in Jewish life and ritual. Click here to see our photos.

Newletters:

• Nishmat's Bet Midrash Chevrati for Social Action This year, in partnership with Dr. Monique C. Katz, Nishmat established the Bet Midrash Chevrati, a weekly forum on social justice and Jewish values. Click here to read more.

• Nishmat is a world center for Jewish scholaship for women in Jerusalem. Nishmat's many programs meld a contemporary articulation of halacha with rigorous educational standards, social awareness, and a commitment to broaden the participation of women in Jewish life and leadership. Click here to read more.

• Celebration in Jerusalem Marks 1st Decade of Yoatzot Halacha, Sukkot 2009. Nishmat hosted a historic celegration marking the tenth anniversary of the first certification of Orthodox women scholars as Yoatzot Halacha (women advisors in Jewish Law) and the graduation ceremony of its sixth class. Rabbis declared that the program had become "a permanent feature of halachic decision making." Click here to read more.

• Profiles in Courage The strength, spirit and fortitude of these amzing young women is a story waiting to be told...." Click here to read more.

• NISHMAT - The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women. We are honored to announce our new name and express our profound thanks to Jeanie and Jay Schottenstein for their philanthropy and strengtening of Jewish life. Their generosity over the years has focused on Torah, education, health and tradition, with gifts to a myriad of institutions." Click here to read more.

• 60th Anniversary State of Israel Education at the front lines. Click here to read more.

• Campus Celebration, Chol Hamoed Sukkot 2007. Nearly 300 of Nishmat's supporters, students, alumnae, and faculty gathererd under s'chach and starry skies for a festive celebration of Nishmat's new campus.Celebration held n what many said was "Jerusalem's most beautiful Sukkah." Click here to read more. Click here to see our photos.

• Yom Ha'Atzmaut 5767 - May 2007, On Yom Ha'Atzmaut, the entire Pat neighborhood was invited to participate in a rousing, patriotic ceremony outside Nishmat's campus. Click here to read more about our community events.

• New Bet Midrash, Winter and Summer 2006. We are settling into our magnificent new home. Our architect has created a bet midrash reflecting the holiness, charm, spendor and colors of Jerusalem. Click here to read more out Nishmat's new home, and to read about the contributions coming from our graduates.