Ohr Torah Stone
| אור תורה סטון | |
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| Motto | Torah and Tikkun olam |
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| Formation | 1983 |
| Founder | Rabbi Shlomo Riskin |
| Founded at | Efrat |
| Services | Religious education and social institutions |
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Founder and Chancellor
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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin |
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Co-Chancellor
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Rabbi David Stav |
| Website | www |
Ohr Torah Stone (OTS) (Hebrew: אור תורה סטון) is a Jewish Modern Orthodox movement, which was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin in 1983. Today, OTS is a comprehensive educational and social network led by Founder and Chancellor Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Co-Chancellor Rabbi David Stav. Through its groundbreaking women's leadership and empowerment programs, leadership training programs, Jewish outreach initiatives, and responsive social action projects, OTS has worked to advance a Judaism which holds contemporary relevance and which presents meaningful solutions to modern challenges. OTS is guided by the principle of ensuring the accessibility of Judaism to each and every Jew--particularly addressing populations which had been previously marginalized, disenfranchised or alienated. OTS consists of 28 programs on 10 campuses throughout the State of Israel. The organization also includes a network of 300-plus emissaries who are currently serving in pivotal positions of spiritual and educational leadership across the globe in North America, South America, Central America, Australia, and New Zealand.
OTS's programs for women have literally changed the course of Jewish history, opening doors that had previously been shut to the entire female population. The first school to teach post-high school women Talmud on a high level, OTS’s women’s college continues today to pave new highways in the education and rights of Jewish women. Featuring the largest women’s beit midrash [study hall] in Jewish history, the college is a primary source of well-educated female leaders, educators and role models for Jewish communities worldwide.
An innovative addition to the women’s college was developed specifically for women with special needs who, like their peers in the Diaspora, long to experience a year in Israel. The only program of its kind, the curriculum allows participants to acquire both learning and vocational skills, build independence and improve self-esteem, while expanding their love of Torah, Israel and the Jewish people. The program has proven so successful that in 2017, a parallel program was established for young men.
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