Cohort I

 

Founder: Yosef Gillers

What: GrowTorah develops educational Torah garden programs for Jewish schools and communal organizations, incubating emunah, environmental stewardship, compassion for creatures, and Tzedakah.

Website: https://www.growtorah.org/

Founded: 2015

Founders: Chana Esther Schechter, Zeldy Oppen, and Goldy Jaroslawicz

What: imadi is an organization that empowers individuals and families facing mental health difficulties through providing support, guidance, and education. The focus of imadi is to establish functionality in homes that are suffering due to mental illness.

Founded: 2018

 

Founder: Reva Judas

Team: Esther Levie, R.N., and Ellen Krischer

What: NechamaComfort supports families who have suffered miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. Services include immediate help at the time of the loss and ongoing individual, family and group support. Training programs for medical personnel, therapists and clergy help them better address the needs of their clients and congregants. Awareness programs for communities and workplaces provide guidance on being supportive of friends, neighbors and co-workers.

Website: http://nechamacomfort.com/

Founded: 2016

 

Founders: Yael Wedeck, MSW and Rivka Ariel

Team: Yaakov Mintz and Israel Anteby

What: Yedei Moshe is a program that seeks out and helps businesses hire at risk youth. It matches at risk youth and employers and provides personal mentoring and support for both to help facilitate success.

Website: https://workatit.org/

Founded: May 2018