Fanning the Inner Flame

Sarah Gordon, Principal of Seminar Shalhevet

Mrs. Sarah Gordon, Principal of the new Seminar Shalhevet girls’ high school in Ramat Beit Shemesh, wrote this article for her local magazine “Connections”, sharing her educational philosophy with parents at the start of the new school year. Picture this: With a bang the door is thrown open. Shoshanah bounds into the house, full of […]

Social and Emotional Learning

Nishmat HaTorah Outdoor Training

Social Emotional Learning is crucial to the successful integration of Netzach’s Charedi graduates into the workforce as confident and engaged members of wider society.

Expanding to Meet Charedi Demand for Bagruyot

The Netzach Educational Network, under the leadership of Rabbi Menachem Bombach, has opened four new schools this Fall, including two new Yeshiva High Schools teaching Torah and Bagrut subjects to Charedi boys. Mayor Aliza Bloch visited one of Netzach’s new Yeshiva High Schools in Beit Shemesh – Chayei Olam – to meet the students and […]

Reaching for the Sky

Chief Rabbi David Lau at the 2023 Netzach Network Event

The Netzach Educational Network held its annual staff conference in Jerusalem with 250 teachers and administrators, 55 more than last year! They were addressed by Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rav David Lau, Rabbi Yaakov Haber from Beit Shemesh, and Shai Calderon, Director of Haredi Schools at the Ministry of Education (below). Netzach’s Chief Executive Michoel […]

Helping Haredi Students Prepare for Medical School

Netzach Educational Network has opened a Medical School Preparatory Program (Mechina) in Jerusalem, for Haredi men and women who want to become doctors, and who have already earned a relevant first degree. Becoming a doctor is an impossible dream for most Haredi students in Israel. This is because of the intensity of the academic studies […]

Honoring Kedoshim at Kiddushim Siyum

Netzach Yisrael Siyum

Nishmat HaTorah Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem marked their completion of Gemara Tractate Kiddushin last week with a special Siyum. The event was dedicated to the memory of the father of one of the students, Koby Most, who read the Hadran to mark the completion of the tractate. The guest speaker Rabbi Moshe Brunner, gave […]

Graduating with Honors

Midrasha Graduation Class of 2022

Charedi Yeshiva graduates from the Beitar Hassidic Seminary have received their ‘Bagrut’ matriculation certificates, with two students awarded Certificates of Excellence from Israel’s Ministry of Education. These prestigious honors certificates are only awarded to students who graduate high school with average matriculation grades of 95% or more at the highest level of testing for both […]

A Journey of Self-Discovery

Masa Maagalim

Darkei-Sara High School students enjoyed a unique three-day program in December, exploring their involvement in Israeli society. The “Masa Ma’agalim” program was designed by Darkei-Sara principal, Hadas Neiman. “Our goal was to take our Year 11 and 12 students on a journey around Israel to investigate their identity, to interact with wider Israel society, and […]

Wearing our uniform with pride!

Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau

Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau visited Netzach’s Nishmat HaTorah Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem during Chanukah. His message was that just as every soccer team is proud of its uniform, yeshiva students should take care of their identity and their spiritual status. The Chief Rabbi visited the Yeshiva to give a shiur on Hilchot […]

A first for Haredi Yeshiva High Schools: “Meeting Our Role Models” Program

Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau

Nishmat HaTorah Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem has been inviting leaders of the Haredi community with inspirational life stories to address their students.  In the first program of its kind at an Israeli Haredi Yeshiva High School, the visiting speakers share the spiritual strength and dedication to Torah values that have made them successful. Students […]