A Defining Moment
You are about to step into adulthood. This is the moment that shapes who you will become intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and Jewishly. Midreshet Amudim is a year in Israel designed exactly for this moment.
challenge, enrich, and spark your intellectual and spiritual growth.
Midreshet Amudim is the place where a distinct group of inquisitive and motivated young women learn Torah with nuance and depth, and experience the empowering satisfaction of taking ownership of their Jewish lives. Every step of the way, they are guided by educators who take all questions seriously and help build a mature, joyful, and personal relationship with Judaism.
Amudim takes you on a search for truth and meaning, and opens new horizons, allowing you to:
A Year for Big Questions
A deep dive into Torah and ideas.
Clarity on how halacha, Torah texts, and ritual work.
Answers to philosophical questions about God, meaning, ethics, and authority.
Insight into who you are and want to become.
Questions are at the core of the Midreshet Amudim experience.
Building Strength for a Life of Purpose
College and adult life arrive quickly, often before young women have had the chance to discover what they believe, how they relate personally to Hashem, and the kind of Jewish lives they want to build. Midreshet Amudim offers a year of thoughtful space, time to learn, reflect, and grow with real depth, so they gain the clarity and confidence to meet the world through a strong Torah lens. Instead of being shaped by the world around them, they learn to shape their own path with conviction,
integrity, and emunah.
Cultivating Ownership for a life of Meaning
Torah
Rigorous learning, intellectual exchange, independent studies, original research, Torat Chayim experiential courses, methodology courses.
Torah becomes yours— understood, analyzed, claimed.
Mitzvot
Shabbat BaTeva, Immersive Chagim, Personalized Mitzvot exoeriences, Diverse community visits.
Torah and Mitzvot become lived and personal.
Israel
Apartment living, Hebrew immersion, Internships, Weekly chesed, Bnot Sherut, nationwide trips, classes on modern Israel, Israel advocacy workshops/
Israel is not just a backdrop but an inheritance that feels like home.
A Gift for Life
Midreshet Amudim is a year where young women can ask their deepest questions and walk away with real ownership of their Torah, Jewish ritual lives, relationship with Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael, and their emerging Jewish adulthood.
Our talmidot leave Amudim inspired, mature, confident, thoughtful and ready for the rest of their lives.