The very first OTS institution, Neveh Shmuel was founded in Efrat in 1983 and named in memory of Samuel Pinchas Ehrman, z”l. In addition to an excellent secular education, students receive outstanding schooling in the full range of Jewish studies, textual and philosophical. Side-by-side with Torah texts, the Neveh Shmuel curricula include careful attention to
Ulpanat Oriya was established in Gush Etzion in 2009 with the goal of providing girls with the opportunity to develop their creativity and self-identity in a warm and nurturing Torah atmosphere. The school strives to reach out to each and every girl by offering a variety of programming options on different levels, including a beit
The OTS Metivta – a unique beit midrash for men’s Torah study and social action in the Gallilee – was launched in Ellul 5777 (August 2017) with 22 students from all over Israel – contemporary pioneers, settling Israel’s northern frontier. The Metivta is a hesder yeshiva which combines intense Torah study in the beit midrash
The Robert M. Beren College operates in association with the Herzog Academic College in Gush Etzion, approved by the Council for Higher Education in Israel and offering fully-accredited Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees. Over and above the Herzog College course requirements, students in the Beren College receive an augmented curriculum emphasizing world
The Robert M. Beren Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva, located on the Israel Henry Beren Campus, enables post-high school students to combine intensive Torah study with full service in the Israel Defense Forces. However, one of the things that sets Machanaim apart from other hesder yeshivas is its unique focus on melding secular knowledge with Jewish study and
The word ‘Amiel’ literally means “to my people,” and reflects OTS’s unwavering commitment to the rejuvenation and cultivation of world Jewish community. The Straus-Amiel Practical Rabbinics Program is committed to the spiritual continuity of the Jewish people everywhere, training rabbis to effectively strengthen Jewish identity and existence in communities across the Diaspora (with a special
The Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL) at Midreshet Lindenbaum is an unparalleled, full-time learning initiative providing qualified female scholars with a singular opportunity to participate in the ongoing halakhic discourse of the Jewish people and engage in Talmud Torah on a level high enough to join the top circle of Torah scholars and
A year of intensive, high level Torah study for post-high school Israeli students, prior to their National Service, the Tushia curriculum brings to life complicated Jewish issues making it meaningful and relevant to modern day challenges. Studies include Tanach, Talmud, Jewish Philosophy and Jewish law. Special emphasis is placed on studying one on one with
“I was abandoned by my husband while pregnant with our firstborn. He didn’t live with me and had nothing to do with his son, but he refused for four years to give me a divorce. Why? Perhaps jealousy, anger, I don’t know. I was only 26 years old! I wanted to have more children and
