Shana Ba'Aretz (SBA) post-high school students, enjoyed a two-day visit to Eilat, accompanied by Nishmat scholar and tour guide, Emunah Lapid. It was a great opportunity for the 32 young women to strengthen friendships and experience Israel before re-immersing themselves in the winter semester of intense Torah study at Nishmat. We will report on the SBA class of 2018 in… read more
Having just met their new roommates and settled into the dorm, 200 full-time students gathered in Nishmat’s beit midrash to begin their academic year. Addressing the diverse student body, Nishmat Founder and Dean Rabbanit Chana Henkin, reflected on the euphoria that accompanies a new experience, such a spending a year devoted to Torah study. “After… read more
Rosh Hashana Message from Rabbanit Chana Henkin read more
Of 32 Class of ’17 Shana Ba’Aretz (SBA) post-high school students, four signed up to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Three will spend the next year as volunteers in Israel’s National Service. Three others enrolled in Israeli colleges and universities. No wonder SBA student Ariella Gentin of Scarsdale openly mused in a May… read more
After officially making aliyah last week, Shana Ba'Aret Shana Ba'Aretz (pre-college) students Gabriella Feldman from West Hempstead, NY and Aliza Katz from Toronto, ON celebrated by singing and dancing with fellow students on Nishmat's spacious rooftop overlooking scenic Jerusalem. Mazel Tov! read more
By Jocelyn Polisar, Yoetzet Halacha, first printed on Times of Israel Blog, December 18, 2015 Twenty-seven years ago, I was among the handful of young women who asked Rabbanit Chana Henkin to give a weekly Bible class in a Jerusalem living room, and several months later urged her to establish a women’s Torah academy built… read more
By Meital Sapir, Shana BaAretz Alumna I feel really sad. I feel vulnerable, personally attacked, distressed, frustrated, confused, but mostly sad. I cannot explain or justify or reason or understand this series of tragedies entangled with convoluted politics and heavy emotions. The only thing I know is that I just feel sad. When I’m sad, I turn to my… read more
