Nishmat - The Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Study for Women

Upcoming:

July 28, 2008 – Fifth Annual Hamptons Torah Colloquium Please join us for our Fifth Annual Hamptons Torah Colloquium for Women and Men featuring Rabbanit Chana Henkin on Monday and Tuesday, July 28-29!

September 12, 2008 – Yoatzot Halacha Program - Chicago Yoetzet Halacha Rachelli Sprecher will speak at Kehilat Chovevei Tzion and will lead a Sunday morning women's learning program.

September 19, 2008 – Yoatzot Halacha Program - Edmonton, Canada Yoetzet Halacha Dr. Deena Zimmerman will speak at Beth Israel Synagogue

October 31, 2008 – Yoatzot Halacha Program - Los Angeles Yoetzet Halacha Bracha Rutner on Shabbat and and will lead a Sunday morning women's learning program.

November 21, 2008 – Yoatzot Halacha Program - Sharon, Massachusetts Yoetzet Halacha Tova Ganzel will speak on Shabbat and at a women's learning group in Cambridge on Motzei Shabbat.

Past:

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 fetive celebration of Nishmat's new campus. The sounds of a three-piece music ensemble accompanied buests through the Nishmat gates into what many said was "Jerusalem's most beautiful Sukkah." Click here to read more. Click here to see our photos.
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.
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 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 the contributions coming from our graduates.

Contact: NISHMAT 26a Berel Locker Street, Pat Neighborhood,Jerusalem 93282 ISRAEL
Email: Phone: +972-2-6404333 Fax: +972-2-6404353
Women's Halachic Hotline: +972-2-640-4343 Toll free from the United States and Canada: 1-877-963-8938