The Sifra Center works closely with established and rising young religious, political, educational, and community leaders of the Religious Zionist movement in Israel and the Diaspora to strengthen their sense of religious identity, social belonging, and connection to the Jewish community in Israel by deepening and refining their understanding of the complexity of identities in Israeli and Jewish society.
Education
Community
Governance
About
Rabbi Matanya Yadid
Executive Director of the Sifra Center; Director of the “Rabbis as Mediators” Program, Mosaica
- Born and raised in Jerusalem, graduate of Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, former member of the Garin Torani in Carmiel and teacher at the Hesder Yeshivas of Beit Orot and Acre.
- Ten years as a lecturer in Education and Judaism at Bar Ilan University and Orot College.
- B.A. and M.A. in Education; PhD student researching contemporary religious identity of youth.
- Consults for communities in Israel and abroad; supports administrators in the field of education and student villages; founded the Alumni Movement of Bnei Akiva; initiated a hotline for youth in crisis, called “Friends Listen”.
- Consults for communities in Israel and abroad; supports administrators in the field of education and student villages; founded the Alumni Movement of Bnei Akiva; initiated a hotline for youth in crisis, called “Friends Listen”.
Fellows’ Program
The sessions will take place over the course of nine months, from October to June, and include:
Fourteen Meetings
A Two-Day Seminar
A Delegation Overseas
Concluding Session/Presentation of Projects
After the training period, Sifra Center will continue to support the participants, offer guidance, advice – and assistance, and serve as a resource for consultation whenever needed.
Delegations and Events
Delegation to the UAE Led by Sifra Center
During the visit, MK Ohad Tal and MK Moshe Solomon, both from the Religious Zionism party, were accompanied by Rabbi Matanya Yadid, the founding director of Sifra Center, and Rabbi Daniel Roth, director of Mosaica.
The trip was sponsored by Dr. Ali Al-Nuaimi, director of the Manara Center for Coexistence – a leading international voice in the fight against extremism and the advancement of tolerance, and considered among the architects of the Abraham Accords.
The trip began with a stirring ceremony at the Holocaust Museum in Dubai on the eve of Holocaust Memorial day, with the participation of the Israeli ambassador to the UAE and representatives of the local Jewish community.
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