New Israel Fund

(Washington, DC)

Total Award: $3,500 over 1 year

Oranim: Hamidrasha Center for Study Fellowship

www.nif.org

To support Oranim: Hamidrasha Center for Study Fellowship project located at Oranim Academic College of Education in Israel. The Hamidrasha Center works to build the Jewish community in Israel by renewing the Shabbat and Jewish holidays in the family and community, the study of Jewish and Hebrew texts and action for social justice. This grant will assist the distribution of Halaila Hazih, a pluralist Haggadah (a book read at Passover), by Mishael Zion that reflects the traditional texts and customs of all ethnic Jewish backgrounds.