Our site features the Recipe of the Week, from our cookbook, Hoboken Cooks. MA'AYAN is the Hebrew word for wellspring, recalling the lyrical metaphor of Torah as the spring from which knowledge flows. Ma'ayan is also a Hebrew acronym for Machon Iyun le-Nashim, a Torah Studies Initiative for Women. Ma'ayan strives to nourish the spirit and the intellect in a nuturing and inclusive atmosphere, where all women are welcome to come and further their Jewish learning. In addition to weekly classes in Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, Jewish thought, and liturgy Ma'ayan also offers occasional seminars and Yemei Iyun, Days of Learning, which are open to the entire community.
Opportunities are available for students at varied levels.
HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry. Women A school for women to learn more about Judiasim, Jewish text, and themselves as Jewish women. Our program is based on intensive analysis of the text using chavruta study, tutorial assistance and lectures. We offer programs for the full range of students. Torah Continuum - Women's Study Learn about what it means to be Jewish and a Woman.