About ATID
ATID offers a part-time Midrasha experience for English-speaking young women in their 20's, at the OU Israel Women's Hub in Rechavia. Our programs take place on Monday evenings, allowing you to balance Torah study with your weekly routine. The Midrasha was designed so that it can be easily combined with Sherut Leumi, university, or a career. Our year is divided up into mini-semesters. Currently, you have the option to register for single night programming or for our entire fall semester (which continues from September until the end of December).
Program
Weekly Midrasha
ATID offers weekly classes in Tanach, Halacha, and Machshava with many of your favorite teachers. Our teachers also serve as mentors, providing our students with one-on-one meetings, Shabbat invitations, and personal guidance in career plans, dating, and life. The Weekly Midrasha takes place Monday evenings at our Women's Hub on Radak 2.
Workshops
Throughout the year, we offer a variety of workshops after class. Workshops include: painting honey dishes, sushi simanim, paint night, sufganiya making, chocolate workshops and more!
Tiyulim and Shabbatons
Exploring your favorite places can be more difficult when you're on your own. With ATID, you can continue strengthening your bond with the land! Trips may include Chevron, Kever Rachel, Tour of the Old City, Miztpe Yericho Jeeping, and more! Plus some really special Shabbatonim!
Administration
Mrs. Zemira Ozarowski
Zemira Ozarowski has been in the field of Jewish education for over two decades. She currently serves as Director of the OU Israel Women’s Division. In that capacity, aside from teaching, she runs many women’s learning programs including yimei iyun, mother-daughter events, the ATID and NextGen programs, a Bat Mitzvah program and more. Zemira holds a master’s degree from the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and is a certified Yoetzet Halacha. Zemira lives with her husband and children in Mitzpe Yericho.
Zimra Garfinkel
Zimra is originally from Atlanta Georgia and made aliyah on her own after high school. She holds a BA in Business Management and a certificate in Therapeutic Counseling. She is passionate about community work and enjoys running logistics for the Women's Division.
Teachers
Miriam Tannenbaum
Miriam Tannenbaum was born and raised in NY but she and her family made Aliyah in summer 2018, fulfilling a life-long dream. She eagerly joined the Midreshet Tehillah faculty, where she has been teaching ever since. Additionally, she teaches part time in Oryah Seminary. She has also been involved in opening a new high school for girls in Beit Shemesh, where she served as the Menahelet. Miriam is married to R’ Meir Tannenbaum and is a mother to five children She loves learning, running marathons and coffee and is passionate about the Torah education of young women.
Atara Starr
Atara Starr is a passionate Jewish educator currently working full time in Midreshet Harova as a teacher and mashgicha. Atara teaches Tanach, Chassidut and Jewish Philosophy. One of the highlights of her time in Harova is joining the girls for their annual trip to Poland where her passion for Chassidut and Jewish History come alive. Atara is originally from New York where she studied Tanach and Jewish History in Stern and earned her Masters degree in Azrieli in Jewish Education. After making Aliyah in 2011 she taught in numerous seminaries as well as working on projects in curriculum building before joining the Harova faculty in 2016. She lives in Mitzpe Yericho with her husband and four delicious children.
Rav Eli Wagner
Rav Eli Wagner currently serves as the Ra”M and Maggid Shiur of Yeshiva University’s Ungraduated program in Israel. He previously spent 3 years learning in Eretz Yisrael—two years at Yeshivat Shaalvim and one year at Yeshivat Derech HaTalmud under the leadership of Rav Chaim Ilson. Rav Wagner attended Yeshiva University as a member of the prestigious Masmidim Honors Program while attending Rav Michael Rosensweig’s shiur. Upon graduating with a BA in Psychology, Rav Wagner made aliya with his wife and continued his learning as a member of YU’s Gruss Kollel for four years, at which time he received semichah from RIETS. Rav Wagner has previously served as a Rebbe in Yeshivat Shaalvim, Shaalvim for Women and Midreshet Moriah. Rav Wagner was the Beis Medrash Program Director at Camp Lavi.
Shoshana Solomyak
Mrs. Shoshana Solomyak is originally from Livingston, New Jersey. She completed her BA in Judaic Studies at Stern College and her MA in Education at Azrieli Graduate School for Jewish Education before making Aliyah to Israel. Since making Aliyah, she has been living in Jerusalem, currently in the Katamon neighborhood. Shoshana works as the Activities Coordinator at Sha'alvim for Women and as a teacher at Machon Ma'ayan. Additionally, she is the Director of an NCSY summer program, NCSY LEAD, which brings teens to a youth village in Afula to volunteer for the summer.
Schedule
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Testimonials
The ATID program has given me the opportunity to make friends with like-minded women around my age and the ability to network. I felt like I was really lacking community and inspiration. Going to a weekly ATID shiur event has really changed my Aliya experience
I'm so grateful I went to an ATID event my second night in Israel! There’s not enough words to express the gratitude for this opportunity to meet such friends, to create these relationships and community.
I didn't really have the opportunity to learn after sem so scheduling in a weekly shiur and activity was extremely beneficial for my Torah learning.