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Kesher Yehudi Kesher Yehudi is a social movement born in response to the rift tearing apart Israeli society. Founded and directed by Mrs. Partner with Kesher Yehudi.

The organization’s vision is to unify Israeli society by creating real and lasting friendships between different types of Jews in Israel. For the last 10 years, Kesher Yehudi (KY) has been doing the impossible – bringing together Israel’s secular and religious Jews with astonishing results. Tzili Schneider, KY is well-known and actively involved in 27 pre-induction military academies across Israel, connecting more than 1500 young men and women from diverse backgrounds every year to their Jewish heritage and to one another. In addition, through its Chavruta Program, KY connects participants from all over the country, matching them merely by age, location and field of interest. Together, they study subjects related to Jewish identity, Jewish wisdom and the Jewish holidays. Every month, over 100 new secular Israelis of all ages are paired with a Torah study partner. In fact, over 26,500 young religious and secular individuals have already enthusiastically joined the program. Because there’s no stronger glue than the Torah itself and no better light to ignite their souls. With your help, we can foster unity and shape the next generation of Jewish leaders.

Three years ago, on Simchat Torah, they were looking forward to celebrating at the Nova festival. Instead, they found th...
04/10/2026

Three years ago, on Simchat Torah, they were looking forward to celebrating at the Nova festival. Instead, they found themselves running for their lives and losing people they loved.

This year, they chose to dance again.

Together with Kesher Yehudi, Nova survivors, bereaved families, and Israelis from different backgrounds spent Simchat Torah in a community shaped by remembrance, faith, connection, and joy.

One participant shared:

“The easiest thing would have been to disappear. But thanks to you, I didn’t give in to the urge to withdraw and surrender to the pain. You brought us together with bonds of true brotherhood.”

The weekend also included the dedication of a Torah scroll in memory of Rotem Rachel Levy z”l, who was murdered at Nova, and in memory of all those murdered and fallen since that day.

Dancing with the Torah again did not mean leaving the pain behind. It meant carrying it together and choosing Jewish life, faith, and connection in the very place where terror tried to take them away. 🤍🇮🇱

This Simchat Torah, we choose to dance.The shabbat, Kesher Yehudi will once again spend Simchat Torah together with hero...
01/10/2026

This Simchat Torah, we choose to dance.

The shabbat, Kesher Yehudi will once again spend Simchat Torah together with heroic survivors of the Nova massacre, with a full day of tefila, limmud, song, connection, and celebration.

And after chag? We dance!

We’ll travel together in a festive parade to our Hakafot Shniyot celebration, where Kesher Yehudi chevrutas will dance with the Torah and with each other for hours.

Haredi and secular. Different backgrounds, different stories, one Am Yisrael.

There is nothing quite like seeing a room filled with Jews who might never otherwise have met, dancing together with the Torah in pure simcha and achdut.

Come celebrate with us. Come dance with us. Come experience it for yourself.

📅 October 3, 2026
🎟️ Advance registration required.

Am Yisrael Chai.

https://www.kesher-yehudi.com/en/simchat-torah-with-kesher-yehudi/

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we stand together with gratitude for the year behind us and tefillah for the year ahead.May...
11/09/2026

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we stand together with gratitude for the year behind us and tefillah for the year ahead.

May the new year bring yeshuot, healing and protection to all of Am Yisrael.

May every Jewish home be filled with the light of Shabbat, Torah, unity and simcha.

Shana tova u’metuka from the entire Kesher Yehudi family.

One year ago, Matan Angrest was still in the darkness of captivity in Gaza.His father and brother stood at the kever of ...
10/09/2026

One year ago, Matan Angrest was still in the darkness of captivity in Gaza.

His father and brother stood at the kever of Reb Shayele of Kerestir and made a promise: when Matan came home, they would return with him to give thanks.
This Elul, they fulfilled that promise.

Matan stood at the kever himself, alive, free, keeping Shabbat and strengthening his emunah. He thanked Hashem for the miracles that brought him home.

Together with survivors of the Nova massacre and other young people whose lives have been transformed over the past year, he joined Kesher Yehudi on a journey through Poland and Hungary.
In Warsaw, Majdanek, Lizhensk and Kerestir, there were tears, tefillah, song and deep gratitude.

The journey reached its conclusion at midnight on Motzei Shabbat, as the group gathered for Selichot at the kever of Reb Shayele.

Young Jews who witnessed unimaginable darkness stood together, singing to Hashem and accepting new commitments in Shabbat and Torah.

This is Jewish victory.

This is the strength of Am Yisrael.

This is a living mesorah being carried forward.

11/08/2026

When a Nova survivor produces an entire event in Tel Aviv just to share what the organization Kesher Yehudi and Shabbat have done for her.

"For the first time in a very long time, I stopped running away, and my soul came alive."

Shira Cohen — a clip that everyone needs to hear.

11/08/2026

When a mechina academy ( army prep program) student and a Haredi yeshiva student from southern Israel become lifelong friends. 🫶

When Nadav, a student in a pre-army academy, reflected on his chavruta experience through Kesher Yehudi's Mechina Program, he didn't talk about "bridging divides" or "bringing different communities together." He simply spoke from the heart about Shloimy—a Haredi yeshiva student from southern Israel, who became so much more than just his learning partner over the past year. He became a true friend for life.

This is what happens when we stop defining each other by labels, lower the walls between us, and sit down to talk openly, face to face. The stereotypes disappear, replaced by genuine friendship, plans for Shabbat meals together, and a love that's impossible to put into words (but easy to show with a heart made by our hands 🫶).

This is Nadav and Shloimy's story. And it's the story of Kesher Yehudi. Because when there's a real Jewish connection, nothing can separate us. We are one family.

22/07/2026

The most important walls are not the ones that separate us—they are the ones we have the privilege to build together.

On Tisha B'Av, we mourn the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash—a destruction our Sages teach was caused by division among brothers.

But if division brought destruction, then bringing Jews closer together can bring rebuilding.

Every chavruta. Every shared Shabbat. Every genuine connection between Jews from different backgrounds is another brick in the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash.

This is the Kesher Yehudi revolution.

Be part of it. Bring two Jews closer together. Add another brick to the rebuilding of the Beit HaMikdash. Help bring the Geulah closer.

This Tisha B'Av, don't only mourn what we lost. Be a partner in rebuilding what we will, with Hashem's help, merit to see again.

20/07/2026

A few months ago, if you had seen these two women walking down the street, you probably would have assumed they would never cross paths. One in jeans and a T-shirt, the other in traditional charedi dress. Two different worlds. Two communities we are constantly told have nothing in common.

Then they came to Kesher Yehudi.

They left their assumptions at the door, sat down together, and simply started talking. No labels. No filters. Just two people meeting each other with open hearts.

In this video, we asked them what this experience taught them about themselves, and about the Jewish people. Their answers capture everything Kesher Yehudi is about.

"I realized we're actually so, so similar," the secular participant says with a huge smile. "And there's something beautiful about our differences. You suddenly discover how much you have in common with someone who seems so different from you. Differences aren't something to fear—they're something to appreciate, learn from, and connect through."

And the most beautiful part? The feeling was completely mutual.

When the camera turns to her charedi study partner, her face lights up: "It was incredible. It was fascinating. I gained so much from this experience and I love her so much."

That's the magic of a Kesher Yehudi chavruta.

It begins with learning together, grows into honest conversations about life, and ends—as you'll see in the final moments of this video—with the warmest, most genuine hug. A hug that says more than any headline ever could, reminding us that beneath all the labels and stereotypes, we are one people.

This meeting didn't just give them a new friend. It gave them a new way of seeing others—with openness, curiosity and love.

Ready to find the chavruta that could change your life too?

The registration link is waiting for you in our bio. We'd love to welcome you. 🤍

15/07/2026

If you passed them on the street, you’d probably never think they had much in common. Different worlds, different backgrounds, different stories.

But at Kesher Yehudi, labels fade.

For months, they’ve been meeting every week, talking, laughing, sharing life, and somewhere along the way a real connection was builtץ
At their last meeting they made something together - but that’s not really the story.

The story is the smiles.
The story is the friendship.
The story is realizing that when we put assumptions aside and really listen, we’re often a lot closer than we think

08/06/2026

This past Shabbos, we had the zechus of hosting hundreds of students from Mechinat Nachshon for a powerful Kesher Yehudi Shabbaton.

These students just completed a full year in pre-military mechina. As part of their journey, they were paired with Kesher Yehudi chavrusa partners and spent the year learning, speaking, asking, listening, and building real relationships.

For many of them, this year was the first time they had ever truly met a religious Jew. Not from a headline. Not from a stereotype. A real person. A chavrusa. A friend.

One student, Yonatan, shared something that stayed with us.

Before coming to the Shabbaton, he had no plans to keep Shabbos. He figured he would go to his room and do what he needed to do “behind closed doors.”

But then he arrived. He saw the atmosphere. He felt the light. He saw hundreds of young Israelis choosing to experience Shabbos together.

And something changed.

Yonatan decided to keep Shabbos fully.

This is what Kesher Yehudi is about. Not pressure. Not speeches. Just connection strong enough to open a door that someone may have never even known was there.

When two parts of Am Yisrael meet with honesty, respect, and love, something deep begins to move.

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