Midreshet Emunah v'Omanut
Jerusalem · Year after high school
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A religious gap-year program for women devoted to combining Torah study with the arts; its site identifies it as a project of Emunah of America.
At a glance
- Program
- Year after high school; a second year (Shana Bet) is offered Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Jerusalem Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Not on their website when we checked: founding year, class size, housing.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Torah Studies, Jewish Thought, Jewish History, Hebrew, Zionism, Visual arts, Music, Drama, Dance
- Who runs it
- Rabbanit Shira Zimmerman, Rosh Beit Midrash and Director of Shana Bet
- Also on their site
- Art tracks including painting, photography, ceramics, graphic design and digital media
- Music: voice, instruments, theory, ensemble
- Drama, dance, film and creative writing
- Portfolio required to apply
- Price
- No price is published on their website. Ask the school, and ask what's included.
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Their website doesn't say. How credit works
Where it is
Address on their website: 53 Derech HaRakevet, Jerusalem
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Emek Refaim Street1.0 km · 0.6 mi
- The First Station1.0 km · 0.6 mi
- Great Synagogue1.8 km · 1.1 mi
- Israel Museum1.8 km · 1.1 mi
- Mamilla Mall2.1 km · 1.3 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport41.6 km · 25.9 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- Shabbat
- In-Shabbatot are held once a month in different locations around Israel. Students are never required to leave their dorm room, including on optional Shabbatot and Chol HaMoed. Teachers host students in their homes.
- Trips
- Tiyulim and Shabbatonim, with extended trips in the Golan, Galil and Negev, plus field trips to archaeological digs, museums, historical reconstructions and ancient synagogues; seminars on current events and on returning home.
- Chesed and volunteering
- A weekly volunteering slot helping Israelis from different backgrounds, for example tutoring a child, visiting an elderly person or running a Purim fair in an underprivileged neighborhood.
- Campus and housing
- A Jerusalem-style school building with the Stark Beit Midrash, classrooms, studios, music rooms, recording facilities and offices; a dormitory in a house with a garden and full kitchen. An in-house chef serves a simple breakfast, a hot dairy lunch and a hot meat dinner, with gluten-free and vegetarian options; kashrut is Mehadrin.
- Staff named on their site
- Rabbi David Debow - Co-founder (with Dr. Yocheved Debow)
- Franny Waisman - Mashgicha Ruchanit
- Rabbanit Shira Zimmerman - Rosh Beit Midrash, Director Shana Bet
- Rivi Frankel - Assistant Director
- Sophie Herskowitz - Office Manager
