Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning
- Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning
Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning is an Orthodox Jewish organization designed to reach out to secular and non-Orthodox Jews in the hopes of bring them into the Baal teshuva Movement (returning to Torah observance). It is under the direction of Rabbi Shlomo Porter. It's national headquarters in located in Baltimore, MD with other locations in Owings Mills, MD Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC.
Etz Chaim is a multi-faceted outreach center dedicated to reaching Jews of all backgrounds to experience Orthodox Judaism. Over 10,000 Jews have been touched by Etz Chaim in the last 28 years Fact|date=July 2007.
External links
* [http://www.etzchaimusa.org Home page]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/site/news/6035.stm Etz Chaim Hits 30]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=1820 Outreach Center Rebuilds After Blaze]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=2428 Reinventing Etz Chaim]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=2255 Etz Chaim Rebuilds Destroyed Home]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=1825 Jewish Teen Arrested In Shul Arsons]
* [http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=30&ID=1284 Outreach Group Initiates Unique Study Program]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Etz Chaim — Etz Chaim, Hebrew for Tree of Life , is a common term used in Judaism. The expression, found in the Book of Proverbs, is figuratively applied to the Torah itself: It [the Torah] is a Tree of Life to those who cleave to it . Etz Chaim is a common… … Wikipedia
Jewish education — A Jewish father teaching a child in 19th century Podolia. Jewish education (Hebrew: חינוך, Chinuch) is the transmission of the tenets, principles and religious laws of Judaism. Due to its emphasis on Torah study, many have commented that Judaism… … Wikipedia
Jewish Community of Antwerp — The Jewish community of Antwerp consists of around 22,000 Jews. The majority of those who choose to identify themselves as Jewish belong to the traditional or orthodox streams, although levels of practice vary. The charedi, or orthodox Orthodox… … Wikipedia
EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shlomo Porter — Rabbi Shlomo Porter is the executive director of the Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning. He is a past president of [http://ajop.org/ AJOP (Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals)] , and also has served as an AJOP trustee since its… … Wikipedia
List of eruvin — An eruv chatzerot ( he. עירוב חצרות), commonly known in English as a community eruv, is a symbolic boundary that allows Jews who observe the traditional rules concerning Shabbat to carry certain items outside of their homes that would otherwise… … Wikipedia
Conservative Judaism — (also known as Masorti Judaism outside of the United States and Canada) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid 19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.… … Wikipedia
NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem — For other uses of Ohr Somayach , see Ohr Somayach (disambiguation). Ohr Somayach entrance sign Ohr Somayach (also Or Samayach or Ohr Somayach International) was founded in 1970. It is a yeshiva based in Jerusalem, Israel, catering mostly to young … Wikipedia
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital — (Calabria, 1543[1] – Damascus, 23 April 1620[2]) was a rabbi in Safed and the foremost disciple of Isaac Luria. He recorded much of his master s teachings. After Vital s death his writings spread having a powerful impact on various circles… … Wikipedia
