Ohr Torah Stone Institutions
| 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. OTS is a comprehensive educational and social network headed by Founder and Chancellor Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Co-Chancellor Rabbi David Stav. 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 positions of spiritual and educational leadership across the globe in North America, South America, Central America, Australia, and New Zealand. OTS has initiatied numerous programs in the realm of women's leadership and empowerment, leadership training, Jewish outreach, and social action, which have received both national and international acclaim for their groundbreaking nature. OTS has stated that its primary guiding principle is to ensure the accessibility of Judaism to each and every Jew--particularly addressing populations which had been previously marginalized, disenfranchised or alienated.
OTS's programs for women have opened doors in the realm of Jewish Orthodox female scholarship and leadership that had previously been shut to the entire female population. OTS started the first school to teach post-high school women Talmud on a high level. OTS’s women’s college features the largest women’s beit midrash [study hall] in Jewish history. The college has produced female leaders of Jewish communities worldwide, including the first female to officially serve as the director of a rabbinical court.
OTS's women's college developed a program specifically for women with special needs. 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 had proven so successful that in 2017, a parallel program was established for young men.
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