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).
Established in 1992 by the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Midreshet Schechter sponsors Zionist-Jewish education in Ukraine under the name of Midreshet Schechter Ukraine, in partnership with Masorti Olami. Its programs reconnect Jews to their heritage in an inclusive and joyous atmosphere; synagogues, schools and summer camps stress Jewish tradition, history and peoplehood, and the centrality of Israel for the Jewish people.
Houses a growing dynamic Masorti community. The Center sponsors The Armon Family Education Center, offering a multi-generational educational program for all family members in Hebrew, Jewish tradition, history, literature and Israeli culture.
The Center’s Facebook page is found here >>
Led by Lev Kleiman, a Schechter Rabbinical Seminary rabbinical student, Kehillat Aviv provides exciting Jewish intergenerational educational and cultural programs during the week, on Shabbat and for Jewish holidays.
The Center’s Facebook page can be found here >>
Led by Ze’ev Waksman, Kehillat Tiferet was established in 2015. Its regular programming includes weekly Kabbalat Shabbat program: bi-weekly Havdalah program; holiday activities including study, prayers and festive meals: Jewish Culinary and art classes.
Kehillat Tiferet’s Facebook page can be found here >>
There is a Hebrew/Sunday School in Berdichev. Midreshet Yerushalayim also oversees Jewish studies for the 125 pupils at the Sha’alavim Lyceum Jewish Day School in Kharkov.
The two-week Ramah-Ukraine Summer Teenage Camp and one-week Family Summer Camp for some 250 children and adults from 10 cities throughout the Ukraine presents a joyous and welcoming experience in Jewish living in a fun-filled outdoor environment. The daily schedule at Ramah Yachad combines informal Jewish education, cultural programming and sports/recreation, which reinforces the children’s Jewish identity as well as their connection and identification with the State of Israel. In the Family Camp, Jewish traditions are taught in a fun and meaningful environment in order to facilitate their implementation in the family and to attract new families to the kehillah. The warm, welcoming and almost magical atmosphere forever changes lives and shapes personal and Jewish identities.
The Schechter Institutes, Inc. in Jerusalem has been running a wonderful network of Midreshet Schechter schools and synagogues throughout Ukraine since 1991, including the jewel in the crown – Camp Ramah Yachad Ukraine – which this summer celebrated its 31st anniversary.
Since the war began on February 24th, 2022, we – together with our partners at Masorti Olami – have spent over $700,000 on food and cash distribution throughout Ukraine, hotel rooms and apartments for refugees in Chernivtsi, transportation within Ukraine and across the border, and plane fare within Europe and to Israel.
We are now raising funds for Camp Ramah Ukraine 2024. Founded in 1992 shortly after the Iron Curtain fell, it has been incredibly successful over the years in teaching thousands of Ukrainian Jewish children how to live as Jews 24/7.
For many years, camp was held in western Ukraine. However, in 2022, as a result of the war in Ukraine, we celebrated our 30th anniversary in Romania (180 km northwest of Bucharest).
In 2023, camp was held in August in Ukraine, nearby to Chernivtsi. As always, included tefillot, classes, drama, sports, hikes, wholesome kosher food and two wonderful Shabbatot!
The camp is directed by Rabbi Irina Gritsevskaya, Executive Director of Midreshet Schechter, along with many veteran counselors from Israel and Ukraine.
Due to the ongoing unusual circumstances, we expect to host refugee children from Chernivtsi, Kharkiv, Odessa, Berlin and Israel. Costs will be higher and many parents cannot pay any tuition this year since they are remain unemployed.
We would be most grateful if you could support this wonderful camp at this very difficult time.
Ukraine Educators’ Seminar aims to increase the participants’ Jewish awareness, providing them with the didactic tools to convey this basic knowledge in the formal (classroom) or informal (camp) educational setting. The seminar also creates a feeling of solidarity among the teachers by enabling professional and social exchange among participants. The Teachers’ Seminar is the only occasion during the year when educators have an opportunity to learn about the challenges experienced by colleagues from other communities, and learn from each other about ways in which to solve these issues.
The Professional Development of Jewish Educators in Ukraine is supported by the Pincus Fund for Jewish Education, Israel and With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Sponsored by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future,” Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance
Director of Midreshet Schechter Ukraine and Midreshot Schechter, SRS Graduate, 2018
Judaism is not black and white. It’s a rainbow of color. I am humbled and honored to be the educator bringing this message to the Jewish communities of Ukraine at such a crucial juncture in their history.
Director of the Center for Inter-Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe; Jewish activist in Kyiv and Kharkov
I would be honored to serve the Jewish community of Kharkov and I am convinced that Conservative Judaism – the middle way – best suits the spiritual needs of the vast majority of this city’s Jews.
