Building Strong Communities By
Training Strong Communal Rabbis
barkai trains rabbis

Barkai certifies Israeli rabbis in counseling, abuse recognition, sensitivity training,
mediation and more. Armed with these pastoral skills, rabbis are better equipped to
support, sustain, and provide for their community’s spiritual and familial health.

Building Strong Communities By Training Strong Communal Rabbis
barkai trains rabbis

Barkai certifies Israeli rabbis in counseling, abuse recognition, sensitivity training, mediation and more. Armed with these pastoral skills, rabbis are better equipped to support, sustain, and provide for their community’s spiritual and familial health.

BARKAI in Numbers
barkai trains rabbis

Synagogues

Rabbis

Congregants

Rabbaniot

Hours of Training

Government Support for Barkai from the Ministry of Religious Services

Last month, the Barkai Center was informed that for the third year it received a modest amount of governmental funding. Barkai was the only organization of its kind to receive this funding from the Ministry in 2019. This was after an intense examination of all of Barkai’s plans, records and financial viability by the Ministry’s staff.  Barkai is profoundly grateful to the State of Israel and specifically to the Ministry of Religious Affairs and its staff for the trust that it has put in Barkai to assist in training future generations of Israeli community rabbinic leaders.

The Barkai Center for Practical Rabbinics aims to improve the fabric of Israeli society by intensively training Israeli rabbis in all aspects of communal rabbinics so that they can lead their communities to a more meaningful connection with Judaism and act as a unifying force in Israeli society.

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