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ABOUT OHR NAAVA

about

OHR NAAVA

FOR NEARLY 2010, the Shidduch Initiative is hakaras hatov journal illustrated by Yonah
an innovative program affording Weinreb—enables the writer to actualize
TWO DECADES, OHR personalized guidance, encouragement, the inspiration, and experience a life of
NAAVA WOMEN’S and networking opportunities to newfound blessing.
TORAH CENTER single girls. Staffed with a full-time Tiferes Bnos Yisroel
veteran shadchan, as well as devoted
HAS EMPOWERED volunteers, the program hosts monthly A warm, inspirational, all-
THOUSANDS OF “meet-the-shadchan” get-togethers, encompassing seminary program
entertaining singles events, and
WOMEN AND GIRLS TO discreet personal appointments— created especially for the Bais Yaakov
graduate, TBY incorporates all the best
ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS offering critical support at this often- elements Ohr Naava is famous for. Lively,
difficult life juncture.
IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE interactive classes with dynamic staff
encourage the girls to develop themselves
ENVIRONMENT. Ateres both intellectually and spiritually, while
The signature seminary of Ohr Naava, a rich extracurricular program rounds
Ateres Naava has become one of the out the seminary experience. Students
most popular places for young women to come from Passaic, Lakewood, Baltimore,
Engaging Weekly experience spiritual growth while earning Brooklyn and other locations, with
Programming a college degree and jumpstarting a career. dorm facilities available for out-of-town
After a long day of work, after a Students enrolled in this full-morning students. A one-year college option is
draining week in school, after a particularly seminary hail from across the United offered for those interested in pursuing a
rough dating patch— where can a woman States, with dorm facilities available college degree.
find vitality and inspiration? for out-of-town students. Featuring an
Under the leadership of Rabbi array of dynamic teachers, stimulating The Ranch at Bethel
Zechariah Wallerstein, Ohr Naava features classes, and exciting extracurricular The Ranch at Bethel offers a
round-the-clock Torah classes, activities, activities including shabbatons, trips, revolutionary approach to mental health
social events, and workshops from a stellar and guest speakers, the multi-track, treatment for individuals and families.
staff of educators. Week after week, the college-accredited program offers both Through classroom academic instruction
buzzing center offers the greater New high school and sem graduates a warm, and individualized support, girls aged
York community a spirited haven where comprehensive, and engaging experience 13-17 will engage in evidence-based
attendees can learn, connect, and grow. that will impact them for life. and experiential therapies, to address
Ohr Naava also facilitates numerous interpersonal and behavior concerns.
special events that have become mainstays The Hakaras Hatov Equine and horticultural programs will
of the community calendar. From Avinu Initiative be an integral component of each girl’s
Malkeinu to the all-day Tisha B’Av program, treatment program. The ranch is set to
their transformative annual events draw Powered by Let There Be Rain, the launch in March 2017 and will be a place
thousands of women from across the globe. well-sourced daily study volume authored
by Rabbis Zechariah Wallerstein with where young girls can create a hopeful
Shimon Finkelman, this movement future, hand-in-hand with the support of
Shidduch Initiative aims to create a world of positivity, their families. The ranch will be facilitated
Every Jewish girl wants to build a empowering participants to develop by a team of medical professionals,
home—and Ohr Naava is committed to thankfulness vision via stories, sources, psychotherapists, educators and seasoned
facilitating this dream. Founded in and anecdotes. Its complementary tool— a mental health executives.

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