Yehuda Appel

Born in New York City, Yehuda Appel was director for many years of Aish HaTorah’s Discovery Program in Jerusalem before founding Aish Cleveland in 1990. In addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities in Cleveland, his recent focus has been establishing Aish programs on college campuses throughout the Midwest. Yehuda is married to noted speaker Hannah Appel and they have eight children.

Programming:

Our Cleveland branch has four foci of attention: adult, college, women’s programming and Israel missions.

In the area of local adult programming, we present noted guest speakers, and have weekly classes in Jewish learning. Among the topics offered are Relationships, Jewish mysticism, ethical issues, Jewish philosophy and traditional texts. Shabbat morning there is also a very popular class on the weekly Torah Portion. More than 300 Cleveland participants study with us on a regular basis.

Our college programming is presented on several Midwest campuses and provides students with an opportunity to attend classes, share Friday night meals, and go on trips to Israel. In the 2007-2012 period, 622 college students went with Aish Cleveland on our trips and study programs to Israel.

Our women’s programming focuses on women studying with and teaching each other. This division of Aish Cleveland offers classes, special lecturers, one-on-one study, a special women’s study hall, and missions to Israel. In the past two years, more than 200 women have gone to Israel with Aish Cleveland.

Our Israel programming is an essential part of our other three divisions. We believe that a trip to Israel can provide participants with a truly transformative understanding of their heritage and encourage all of our students to try and join one of our trips. In consonance with this belief, we often offer highly subsidized trips to Israel for those who are interested. Since 2006, more than 1000 participants have gone to Israel with Aish HaTorah of Cleveland.

Organization: Aish Midwest - Director

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