Here and There
In Jerusalem, Mesila ran a financial empowerment workshop for single mothers, in partnership with the Em Habanim organization for single parents. In Bnei Brak, Mesila’s annual four-day summer course for teachers at Beit Hamoreh attracted 70 participants from locations across Israel. In their evaluations at the close of the course, participants overwhelmingly praised the practical […]
Smart Budgeting for Healthy Eating
In an eight-session workshop run by Mesila in Elad, 16 women learned how to provide healthy, balanced meals for their family on a tight budget. Mesila’s Smart Budgeting for Good Nutrition program addresses the developmental issues – and even malnutrition – that can result when families try to cut back on spending by purchasing cheaper […]
Branching Out in Haifa
Mesila has become a valuable resource for informing and educating men and women in Haifa’s Haredi community about financial responsibility and management. The Belz community partnered with Mesila in carrying out a series of workshops for yeshiva students. And Haifa’s municipal welfare department turned to Mesila to lecture to a forum of 30 influential Haredi […]
A Boost for Small Businesses in Southern Israel
In Arad, 60 entrepreneurs and business owners participated in a one-day conference on smart business management organized by Mesila in partnership with the local Tzedaka VaHesed organization and the Ministry of Economy’s Maof Agency for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises. Moshe Elias, director of Mesila’s business division, and Lavie Kate, director of Maof in Dimona, lectured […]
BMG and Mesila Lakewood present Newlywed Financial Seminar
5 Part Seminar: Getting on the Right Path
Business Workshop in Modi’in Ilit – The Key to the Customer’s Heart
6 Part Webinar for Single Mothers: Financial Stability within Your Reach
Mesila, in conjunction with Sister to Sister, ran a 6 part webinar series for single mothers: Financial Stability Within Your Reach, which took place on consecutive Sundays, beginning August 9, 2015. Viewed in the US, the UK and Israel, the webinar was a huge success, with participants commenting that, the webinar was, “an enormous help to […]
Counselor Training for Mesila Antwerp Branch
Responding to grassroots demand from the Chasidic community in Antwerp, Mesila’s R. Lazer Carmel is training counselors to meet the growing need in the community for guidance and tools towards financial independence and stability. The training is being conducted in Yiddish via Skype. The four training sessions that have been given so far have met […]
Mesila training session for day school principals through CoJDS
On July 21, R. Shalom Abramczyk of Mesila Lakewood gave a training session for principals on “Teaching our Children Financial Responsibility” at the Summer Think Tank of the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools (CoJDS), an umbrella organization dedicated to the empowerment, development, and improvement of orthodox Jewish day schools across North America. The principals spoke of […]