Machon Chana
Machon Chana is a private religious college for Jewish women affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement and geared toward Baalot Teshuva – women from secular backgrounds who become more observant. The school is located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. History. The school was founded in 1972 as an institution educating women from non-Orthodox backgrounds in an orthodox Jewish environment. The school is open to women of any age, and focuses on Torah study. The Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson saw this institution as a way to introduce young Jewish women from non-orthodox backgrounds  to orthodox Judaism through academic means. Leadership and goals. Sara Labkowski is the founder and executive director of Machon Chana. The goals of Machon Chana as described in its mission statement are: Student body. Hundreds of women from all over the world study at the school annually. The backgrounds of the women attending the school vary with some arriving not knowing the Hebrew alphabet.