Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
Your donation will be tax deductible in the US to the extent allowed by the IRS.
To make a tax-deductible donation by wire transfer in the US, please contact:
Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
To make a tax-deductible donation in Israel, please contact:
Dina Gudai, Israeli Representative
Phone: 074-7800643
Email: dina@schechter.ac.il
Please mail your check to:
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. (a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization)
Box #3566
PO Box 8500
Philadelphia, PA 19178-3566
Attn: Mr. Avrum Lapin, North American Representative
Toll-free: 1-866-830-3321
Email: schechter@thelapingroup.com
Please indicate the donation is "for your joint Schechter Institutes program."
Checks should be made payable to the Jewish Theological Society of Canada and mailed to:
Jewish Theological Society of Canada
c/o Camp Ramah in Canada
3845 Bathhurst St., Suite 310
Toronto, ON, M3H 3N2
Phone: 416-789-2193, ext. 2139
E-mail: accounting@campramah.com
Please mail a check to:
The Schechter Institutes
Attn: Dina Gudai, Finance Department
PO Box 16080,
Jerusalem, 9116002
Israel
For assistance, please call Dina Gudai at 074-780-0643 (8:00 AM – 3:00 Israel time Sunday through Thursday).
25/11/2024
Over 60 years since its original construction, the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies has completed a multi-million dollar renovation of its original building in Jerusalem.
Schechter Building in 1967
The Schechter campus — located directly behind the Israel Museum, and not far from the Knesset, the new National Library and Hebrew University’s Givat Ram campus — ushered in a new era with the dedication of the Harvey L. Miller Family Library and Administration Building.
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Chair Jonathan Steinberg (foreground) and Rabbi David Golinkin attach Mezuzah to renovated building
The building, originally built as a dormitory for JTS students studying in Israel, will now hold the Library and renovated offices and meeting spaces for all of Schechter’s needs.
Attending the ceremony were members of Schechter’s 40th Anniversary Mission who are in Israel this week visiting all of Schechter’s Israeli arms: the TALI Center Educating for Jewish Pluralism, The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary, and Neve Schechter in Tel Aviv.
Over 600 students currently study at Schechter in various MA, adult education and certificate programs. TALI reaches hundreds of thousands of Israeli and Diaspora Jewish students and thousands of Israeli educators with its educational programming. The Neve Schechter Center for Contemporary Jewish Art & Music in Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek neighborhood attracts over 50,000 people annually to its art gallery, concerts, adult education and over 100 bnei mitzvah ceremonies.
Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, President of Schechter Institutes, Inc. addressed the crowd, “Schechter’s new campus which we are today completing, represents the fact that Schechter now teaches over 125,000 Israeli children and adults every year. May we continue to develop and influence Israeli society and Diaspora Jewry for future generations. With God’s help, we will continue to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah: “For Torah shall come forth from Zion, the word of God from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 2:3).
All the way from Chicago, philanthropist Harvey L Miller, for whom the renovated building is named, stated, “On one of my many trips to Israel over the years, I was very fortunate to be given a grand tour of the campus by Rabbi Dr. David Golinkin. I was very impressed by the depth of purpose but very disappointed in the lack of physical structure. So when Rabbi Dr. Golinkin offered me the opportunity to help rebuild the library and administration building, I quickly agreed. This was my opportunity to be more involved in Jewish Education.”
L-R: Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin, Harvey L. Miller, Rabbi Matt Berkowitz
The architect of the building is a Schechter Rabbinical Seminary graduate Rabbi Gustavo Gryncwajg. He stated, “When I received this project, the major item I wanted to change was bringing light into the building. As a student, I suffered from too much darkness. Now we have lights in the hallways, lights from the floor to the ceiling and wide open spaces. I am thrilled to be a part of this project.”
