MERCAZ Newsletter — Spring 2008

New Schechter Center in Tel Aviv

With over $2 million having been raised, out of a total goal of $3.2 million, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Tel Aviv Schechter Center for Jewish Culture was held at the end of 2007. The building project in the Neve Zedek neighborhood includes the restoration and transformation of the historic Lorenz House, which was built in the 1880's and served over the years as a cafe, wedding hall, soldiers' club and movie theater, into a Jewish house of learning.

When completed, the Center will be the home of the Midreshet Iyun program for pluralistic Jewish learning and Kehillat Sinai, both headed by the Rabbi Roberto Arbib, a graduate of the Schechter Rabbinical School. It will also house a TALI early childhood center as well as other Schechter-affiliated programs.