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Beit HillelAttentiveSpiritual
Leadership
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What is Beit Hillel?
Mission StatementBeit Hillel Attentive Spiritual Leadership is a Modern-
Orthodox spiritual leadership organization comprised of over
150 rabbanim and rabbaniyot, and
aspires to guide the Religious Zionist
community in a religiously-tolerant
and communally-relevant spiritualdirection, in order to deal with the
new realities and complexities of
our generation, while remaining an
integral part of Israeli society.
Beit Hillel Attentive Spiritual Leadership strives tomagnify the voice of the centrist mainstream, whose
constituents are grappling to nd their way in modern society
while maintaining their commitment to Torah and Halacha.
Beit Hillel embraces a tolerant Judaism that speaks to the
religious (Dati), traditional (Mesorati), and non-observant
segments of Israeli society.Beit Hillel Attentive Spiritual Leadership believes
unequivocally in the eternity of the Torah and Halacha and
its relevance to every generation.
Major Areas of FocusHalacha and Democracy -We view democracy in the State
of Israel as a spiritual value and strive to blend Halacha and
democracy together without sacricing either principle. We
consider the laws of the State of Israel to be Halachically
binding upon every citizen. We acknowledge the Halachic
validity of the authorities of the State of Israel, including thegovernment and Knesset, the court system and the police.
We believe in an absolute commitment to serve in the IDF.
Empowerment of Women We assign spiritual signifcance
to the promotion of the status of women in society and in
Judaism. Hence, we aspire to empower women in the
realms of leadership, Torah education and Jewish life, and to
enhance the status of women within the religious community
in accordance with Halacha. In this spirit, we have chosen
to be the frst Orthodox spiritual leadership organization that
includes scholarly women who serve as spiritual leaders - as
equal partners.
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Broad and Open-Minded Education - We seek to equip
our students with the tools required to forge a deep Religious
Zionist identity. Such an identity will be built upon a complex
and comprehensive worldview that includes the positiveelements that exist throughout the world and in modern
Western culture. We believe in the value of academic study
and research, and in the importance of a profound Jewish
education that is not narrow-minded and does not create
isolationism or separatism from general Israeli society.
What makes Beit Hillel unique?
MODERATION: Beit Hillel believes in engaging and beingactive partners in Israeli society, academia, the workforce,
and much more. It does not believe in being concerned
solely with sectarian interests nor isolating itself from society.
TOLERANCE: Beit Hillel aims to act like the historic school
of Hillel: it will conduct itself modestly, all the while respectingits ideological opponents. Beit Hillel will conduct an open,
attuned dialogue with those with whom it disagrees, while
giving full expression to its own approach to the study and
dissemination of Torah.
INCLUSION OF WOMEN: Beit Hillel is the rst Orthodox
spiritual leadership organization in the Jewish world toinclude women spiritual leaders as equal partners in positions
of leadership, learning, and inuence. These women leaders
are all outstanding and experienced scholars and have an
equal voice in the movement.
PARTNERSHIP: Beit Hillels organizational structure isbased on genuine partnership with non-rabbinic leaders.
The board of directors and executive committee has equal
representation of funders, public gures, and lay and
community leaders. A Public Council exists to reect the
general rabbinic membership of the organization. The
public council includes leaders from different areas in theIsraeli society: Academia, business, education, law, media
and more.
THE VOICE OF THE MAJORITY:The voice of Beit Hillel is
not limited to a few rabbis; rather, it is comprised of more
than 150 spiritual leaders who represent the world view of
hundreds of thousands of religious and traditional Israelis.
The leaders of Beit Hillel are devoted to carrying out the
organizations mission and programs
in the Beit Midrash
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to carry out in-depth research
and study of societal issues;
in the media to communicate
the messages emergingfrom the Beit Midrash; and in
direct contact with the various
stakeholders who make Beit
Hillel an inclusive, attentive, and grassroots movement.
What does Beit Hillel do to
achieve its mission?
Beit Hillel acts on three fronts to achieve its mission of
attentive spiritual leadership:1. ATTENTIVE: communicating and connecting with the
public through traditional PR and media, and social media
networks.
2. SPIRITUAL/TORANI: formulating and disseminating
Halachic and Hashkac positions through a Beit Midrash for
Halacha, Beit Midrash for Hashkafa, publications, learningseminars, conferences and Shabbatonim
3. LEADERSHIP: partnering with lay leaders in the
community through the public council, funders coalition,
round-table events, conferences and regional chapters, as
well as consultation services to communities and schools.
Two of these activities are expanded upon:
BEIT MIDRASH FOR HALACHA:
The Beit Midrash convenes rabbis and female spiritual
leaders with broad experience in the realm of Halacha and
Hashkafa. Our goal is to continue the chain of Halacha across
the generations and to compose comprehensive responsa,which will courageously address the major issues emerging
from the social and technological changes in modern society,
as well as new issues arising from the creation of a Jewish
State after nearly 2000 years of exile. This includes such
topics as addressing modesty and relationships between
men-women in the public sphere, involvement of womenin religious life, the role of democracy from a Halachic
perspective, nding Halachically-sound ways to engage the
non-religious and form bonds of friendship between them
and the religious, values of equality and human rights in
Halacha, and more.
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The Beit Midrash meets several times a year, studies these
issues in depth, and suggests Halachic solutions that will
take into account the values, demands and culture of modern
society. Following each session, the issues are presentedfor discussion among all of Beit Hillels members of the
internet, and are then assembled into a publication, which
is disseminated to synagogues throughout Israel once every
two months, in the name of Beit Hillel.
Beit Hillel - A Torah leadership withits finger on the pulse of its people
SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS:
Beit Hillel has made it a priority to be both accessible and
attentive to the publics mindset, needs and questions in real
time. Beit Hillel acknowledges that a communitys strength is
no longer necessarily a function of the geographical space
in which it operates, but rather in its ability to expand those
boundaries by grounding itself in ideology, bringing people
together, addressing their needs, and discussing issues that
concern the public.
Social networks and the Internet are tools that enable
Beit Hillels spiritual leaders to be accessible and attentive
to the public. Beit Hillel
is noticeably present on a
daily basis on Facebook,
T w i t t e r , Y o u T u b e ,and of course on its own
accessible and r e g u l a r l y
u p d a t e d w e b s i t e .
Many of the men and
women who are part of Beit
Hillel run their own Facebook accounts, that are connectedto Beit Hillels central Facebook page, which helps to keep
the connection between Beit Hillel and the public alive and
current.
Beit Hillel has the very rst Facebook Halachic Responsa,
which allows for debate of Torah issues in real time, and
invites the public to actively participate in the discussion.Beit Hillel runs public campaigns to promote social values
such as prenuptial agreements, equality and human rights,
a just attitude to foreigners in Israel, inclusiveness of women
and more.
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Who are the people leading
Beit Hillel?
Beit Hillels board of directors is comprised of an equal combination
of rabbanim and rabbaniyot and public gures and funders.
Rabbinical Leadership
Rav Meir Nehorai
Chairman Rav of Kibbutz Masuot Yitzchak,
Ram at the Beit Midrash for Higher Studies at
Migdal Oz. Holds a Masters degree in Talmud.
Former Rabbi of Bnei Akiva of the UK.
Rav Ronen NeuwirthExecutive Director Rav of Congregation
Ohel Ari in Raanana. Served as Director of the
Overseas Department of Tzohar. Former Rabbi of
Bnei Akiva of North America. Served as a Chief
Technology Ofcer (CTO) for a hi-tech company.
Served as a captain in the Israeli Navy Special Forces.
Rav Zeev Weitman
Rosh Beit Midrash for Halacha - Rav of Tenuva
since 1993. Former Rav of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion.
Served as a teacher in Toronto. Chairman of
the National Shmita Committee. Former head ofthe Kashrut department of the Chief Rabbinate.
Author of books on Shmita and Kashrut.
Rav Yoni Rosensweig
Director of Beit Midrash for Halacha - Rav of congregation
Netzach Menashe in Beit Shemesh. Rosh Yeshivat Torat Yosef
near Efrat. Former Rosh Kollel of the Torah MiTzion Kollel inMelbourne, Australia.
Rav Tzvi Koren
Rosh Beit Midrash for Hashkafa - Founder
and Rav of Kehillat Kinor-David. Co-founder and
former Rosh-Yeshiva of Yeshivat Nachshon near
Beit-Shemesh. Ram in Midreshet Lindenbaum.
Rav Amnon Bazak
Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion. Lecturer in Tanach
and Oral Law at Herzog College and the Womens
Beit Midrash at Migdal Oz. Author of books on the
Tanach according to the plain meaning of the text.
Served as editor to the weekly leaet Shabbat
bShabbato.
Rabbanit Dr. Pnina Neuwirth
Rabbanit of Congregation Ohel Ari in Raanana.
Lawyer, specializing in Tax and Commercial law inIsrael. Holds a Ph.D. Degree in tax law. Teaches
law at Haifa and Bar Ilan universities. Teaches
Torah in MaTaN HaSharon Raanana and in other
frameworks. Previously a professor at Stern College for Women.
Rav Dr. Ronen Lubitch
Rav of Moshav Nir Etzion. Served as CommunalRabbi and campus rabbi at Cape Town University.
Lectures at Shaanan Academic College for
Education. Director of the Betzavta program
at Haifa University an open Beit Midrash
for Students. Lectures at the Department of
Multidisciplinary Studies at Haifa University.
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Rabbanit Oshra Koren
Director of MaTaN (Womens Torah Institute)
HaSharon, where she teaches Talmud and
Tanach. Founded the MaTaN Bat Mitzvahprogram, leads the Bat Kol Ensemble. Rabbanit
of Kehillat Kinor David in Raanana. Member of
the Raanana City Council.
Rav Dr. Tzachi Hershkowitz
Rav of congregation Netzach Shlomo in Petach
Tikva . Has a Ph.D. Degree in Jewish Philosophy.
Teaches Jewish philosophy at Bar Ilan University,
Ashkelon College, and other institutions of higher
education.
Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg
Founder and head of the Migdal Oz Beit Midrashfor Women. Served as Rosh Beit Midrash of the
Midreshet Lindenbaum Israeli Program. An active
member on the board of Bnei Akiva.
Rabbanit Michal Tikochinsky
Holds a Masters degree in Law. Head of
the Moshe Green Beit Midrash for WomensLeadership at Beit Morasha. Teacher for Talmud
and Halacha; One of the leading women in the
eld.
Rav Yehuda Gilad
Rav of Kibbutz Lavi. Rosh Yeshivat Maale Gilboa.
Former Knesset member.
Rav Ohad Taharlev
Head of Midreshet Lindenbaum and the head of Hadas program,
combining Torah studies for young women with military service.Has a Masters degree in history. Studied drama and arts.
Lay Leadership
David Roth
Deputy Chairman - Executive Director of the
Yoreinu Foundation, that seeks to strengthen Israelisocietys Jewish and democratic character. Was a
philanthropic consultant with Donor Associates in
Israel, Ltd. Served as an active board member of Torah MiTzion.
Former co-chair of the Jewish Funders Networks funding in Israel
working group. Holds a Masters degree in Nonprot Management.
Hila Zeligman
Spokesperson - Holds a Masters degree in
political science from Bar Ilan University. Worked
as a communications consultant in the ofce
of Rimon Cohen Sheinkman and served as
the spokesperson of several organizations and
individuals.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen
Dean of Shaarey Mishpat Law College and
senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. Chairperson of Mosaica
- Research Center for Religion, Society & State;
Chairperson of the logistics committee of Taglit-
Birthright Israel International.
Additional lay leaders include: Jacques Gorlin, Prof.
Asher Cohen, Jonathan Koschitzky, Eran Rolls, Neil Kaye.
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With your support
Beit Hillel can continueits important work.
Beit Hillel welcomes youto become a partner in shaping the
future of Israeli Society.
Contact usforDonations or Information:
Beit Hillel - Attentive Spiritual
Leadership (NPO # 58-0559441)
Rav Ronen Neuwirth
Executive Director
+972-52-771-0121
47 Akiva St. Raanana 43261 Israel
www.beithillel.org.il
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