Toldos Yeshurun is a Non-Profit organization for

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

from the former

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. It was founded by

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Yitzchok Zilber Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef Zilber (1917–2004) was a Russian, later Israeli-Russian Haredi rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement. Early life Rabbi Yitzchok Zilber was born in Kazan, Russia, several months before the Bolshevik ...

, leader of the Russian baal

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movement and often called "the father of Russian Jewry", in 2000 with the support of Rabbi

Yosef Sholom Eliashiv Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ( he, יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10 April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredi Rabbi and ''posek'' (arbiter of Jewish law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount lead ...

, Rabbi

Aharon Leib Shteinman Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( he, אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman (November 3, 1914 – December 12, 2017), was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 201 ...

, and Rabbi

Chaim Kanievsky Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky ( he, שמריהו יוסף חיים קַניֶבסקִי; January 8, 1928 – March 18, 2022) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi and '' posek''. He was a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society on legal and ethical ...

. Since the death of Rabbi Yitzchak Zilber in 2003, the organization is headed by his son, Rabbi Ben Tzion Zilber. The organization's goal is to provide secular Russian Jews with a

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education and bring them to Jewish observance. The organization's activities take place mainly in Israel. Toldos Yeshurun also sends lecturers and printed materials to the countries of the former

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, the United States and

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Programs

'' Toldos Yeshurun yeshiva'' for Russian-speaking baalei teshuvah in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Kollel A kollel ( he, כולל, , , a "gathering" or "collection" f scholars is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim (lectures) and learning ''sedarim'' (sessions); ...

'' in Jerusalem for young married Russian-speaking baalei teshuvah
''Kollel for Halachic Studies'' in Jerusalem for very advanced young community leaders to educate them into leaders of the Russian-speaking religious community
''Chavruta program (evening kollel program)'' for new immigrants from the former Soviet Union who pair up with avreichim (young married men in full-time learning) for one-on-one Torah study in over 70 places all over Israel, including all major cities with a large Russian population. Currently, about 350 such teachers teach about 2,000 immigrants.
''Eishet Chayil'', network of classes for women, under the leadership of Chava Kuperman, daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Zilber
''The Russian-language website http://www.toldot.ru'' that features a large database of articles on a vast array of topics in Jewish religion, as well as audio and video materials Talmud online, an online learning program via Skype for those who cannot attend live classes and study programs
''Russian Jewish Matchmaking Network''
''Toldot Publications'' publishes books, periodicals and multimedia materials such as audio and video classes in Russian language

External links

English-language version of the toldot.ru website

Russian-language version of the toldot.ru website

Matchmaking Network Jewish outreach