Raising awareness, fostering change
Organizations at different levels of development are incubated by the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future. In addition to mentoring their leaders and hosting their offices, the CJF works closely with these organizations to raise awareness and implement change regarding important current issues concerning Orthodox communal life.
Organization for the Resolution of Agunot
ORA is dedicated to helping women who are agunot (denied a religious divorce by their husbands). ORA works with batei din, rabbis and lawyers to streamline the Jewish divorce process, acting as an impartial intermediary between husband and wife, helping reestablish the often shattered lines of communication, to free women from the chains of a broken marriage.
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Tzelem
Tzelem serves the Orthodox community in developing religiously sensitive resources and educational programming in the broad areas of intimacy and relationships for different constituents.
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Student Medical Ethics Society
The Yeshiva University Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) is a student-run organization with the goal of promoting education and awareness of medical ethics at YU.
While increasing sensitivity to ethical issues in medicine that are relevant to the global community, MES is especially focused on issues of medical ethics relating to Halakhah (Jewish law) and Torah values. MES strives to make YU a global center for Jewish medical ethics, which will serve as an educational resource for
laymen, rabbis, patients, doctors, and other health professionals.
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Student Delegation to the United Jewish Communities General Assembly
Exposing 55 Yeshiva University students to the larger Jewish community, its organizations and the idea that they can make a difference, the presence of YU at the GA is formative, exciting and inspirational for the students and the larger Jewish world.
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YUConnects
YUConnects is a program open to Yeshiva University single undergraduate alumni and students designed to facilitate meeting opportunities and networking. The goal of this initiative is to create comfortable opportunities for single men and women to socialize and connect. Small-scale and larger events offer many entry points for members, appealing to diverse students and alumni, while embracing a warm and personal approach.
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