Chavura Batei Midrash: Shaping Jewish Identity Through Connection
There has been a profound surge among young Jews seeking to discover and connect with the story of Am Yisrael, to Their story.
The Essence of our Beit Midrash is to connect to each other. To listen to how the Torah seeks to meet us, and what we seek to find within it. To listen to the story the Torah is telling us, and to write together it’s next chapters. We facilitate Beit Midrash gatherings for Jewish university age students worldwide, fostering the continued vitality of the Jewish people across all its locations. Our goal is to cultivate a deep sense of belonging and a shared responsibility for the ongoing shaping of Jewish identit
Our Vision
To build a vibrant Jewish space where participants inspire one another, their peers, and their communities. We strive to empower young adults to see themselves as vital links in the eternal chain of Jewish dialogue, carrying the responsibility for a flourishing Jewish future.
Our Goals
Empowering young Jewish individuals to be inspiring individuals, to join the ongoing Jewish conversation across generations.
Creating a live Jewish environment for the participants and their surroundings.
Our Method
“Chavura” – Heart-to-Heart Learning
Small, intimate groups of young adults meeting to learn Torah together and explore the fundamental questions of identity: Who am I? What defines me? What are my aspirations?
The Chavura’s Approach
Empowering Local Leaders
Training facilitators and coordinators from within the local student communities to build learning Chavurot in their cities.
Batei Midrash Groups
Providing ongoing educational and spiritual mentorship for our facilitators and their groups, serving as a warm “Jewish home” and a resource for every participant.
Cross-Chavura Encounters
Shabbatonim, seminars, and trips to Israe lallow different groups to cross-pollinate, share ideas, and experience being a part of the greater Jewish world.
Last night in our Chavrutot Beit Midrash, we learned about Emuna in Action. Not Emuna as an idea… Emuna as something you practice. Two golden nuggets from the sharing circle: “Learning isn’t information. It’s transformation.” Not just understanding, but internalizing, changing, and growing…
