Sending your kids to your local cheder or girls school is great—if you have a local cheder or girls school, that is.
But what if you’re on shlichus, and the only thing remotely resembling a cheder or girls school is your own Chabad center or home?
That was the dilemma facing shluchim for decades.
All that changed forever with The Shluchim Office’s creation of the Shluchim Online School—a marvel of high technology that tore down the barriers of geography to create the world’s first-ever fully online national and international Jewish school of any sort. The Boys Division has been sponsored by Lilian & Meyer Nigri of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
But just like your local cheder or girls school costs, the Shluchim Online School costs.
And though its tuition is already low, in keeping with its overarching mission of helping shluchim however possible, even that low rate is too much for many shluchim.
Enter Ben Federman, Motti Korf and Uri Laber—three leading Shluchim Office supporters who put their heads together over the most recent International Shluchim Conference to create a scholarship fund for shluchim struggling to pay Shluchim Online School tuition.
The fund, which is applied to via scholarship forms, will allocate scholarships to shluchim most in need. Because shluchim to the Former Soviet Union already enjoy a scholarship fund thanks to a partnership between Ohr Avner and The Shluchim Office, this is not intended for them.
A committee of shluchim and supporters, all well-versed via personal life experience in tuition scholarships will review all applications. Said committee currently includes Rabbi Ovadia Goldman of Oklahoma City, Mr. Shmuel Gniwisch of Montreal, Rabbi Bentzion Korf of Miami Beach, Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut of Brazil and Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf of Chicago.
The Shluchim Online School is led by Director Rabbi Moshe Shemtov, Americas (English) division principal Mrs. Gitty Rosenfeld and Europe/Asia (Hebrew) division principal Mrs. Chavie Kastel.
To apply, e-mail the committee at [email protected]. For further inquiries, contact Rabbi Moshe Shemtov at [email protected].
Once I asked a Shliach, what is the hardest thing for you on your shlichus mission? With out thinking twice he answered: “When my oldest daughter (6 years of age) tells me: “Tatty, I want to go to NY so I can see other Kinderlach”… Tears came to my eyes… They live in a place with very few Jewish children. Imagine, her Jewish friend whom she is waiting every day so excitingly to see (not even to play with) are those who live in the same remote areas just like her and can’t wait to get to the online school.… Read more »
I hope you never know the pain and hopelessness a shliach feels when he has $93 in his bank account and needs to buy food for Shabbos, pay the electric and water bills, fill up his car with gas (public transportation?? only in big cities!) and can’t allow himself to think about the classes and programs he is pushing off ’till someone with a big heart gives a donation. The fact that he doesn’t have to worry about his kids’ chinuch is an unbelievable bracha. We are the only frum people for 680 miles all around, my kids only frum… Read more »
and the others thank you soo much its really amazing what you are doing here and everywhere else
Why do I feel that you never gave a cent to shluchim? Instead of spewing jealousy and worse, It would be a zechus for you to give a few dollars to shluchim. Although I support the mosdos in my city, I also give a little to shluchim and that is for me to have a share in their work.
Es iz shoin gekumen di tzeit az Lubavitch zul huben aigene gvirim. You guys are extraordinarily generous, each in their own way.
Wow! Wonderful people – thank you very much! And please, let us not forget the wonderful Baalei Tzedakah in Crown Heights, who unlike an earlier commenter implied, there are many that do many things for people that cannot pay tuition, buy clothes for their children, buy groceries, etc. What a wonderful community of Baalei Tzedakah – people who generally do not have a lot, but are extremely generous in helping others – albiet, many times without fanfare, or anonymously (sp?)
lets have more businesman follow these exemplary people’s example and have a tuition fund for poor people in NewYork and in every state
being a shliach puts you into a special catagory: tuition help, camp help, schluchim rate, etc., etc., I’m glad these businessmen are helping them, now I don’t have too at all, and instead try and meet my own house payments, food payments, children’s tuition….alas I don’t belong to a special group……
This school is for children who live in areas so remote that they don’t even have a local school to go to, or children to play with. Kudo’s on this important project, and to the great people behind this school.
wow thank you ,you dont know what thiss means to us shluchim who dont have a constant source of income its amazing how much u give thank you again from the depth of our hearts
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thank you so much ben for being so generous in helping out in everything you can,may hashem bless you with everything you need!!
this is fantastic but i am still paying a premium for this great service!! when will the tuition go down?
thanks for the millions you gave to the jem and the state of the art offices we work in!!
It is beautiful what they did but we takeh can also use some tution help for crown heights children and families
Thanx for all you do!
How dare people disparage this tremendous Chesed. Shluchim live off fund raising, community outreach etc, CH residents work for a living (or ideally should). There is a huge difference. Of course both causes are good and not mutually exclusive but I understand Ben’s thinking.
– Mendel
You rock – keep up the great work
Ben yasher koach, for the millions you gave to JEM.
Meh Chatu those who deal directly with schools and are struggling with tuition?is there a solution for them?
when will the crown heights gvirim start waking up and help the chinuch mosdos in crown heights
very nice and hatzlacha to all the staff of the shluchim office
I would suggest to answer that the way it should work is that every mosad HAS to fundraise in order to subsidize the tuition cost of their school.
In this case it’s the shluchim office moisad fundraising for THEIR online school to (finally, long overdue) cut the tuition prices they generally charge.
It is great that the shluchim know how to take care of there own!
what about all the shluchim that send their kids to school? and what about the shluchim that send their kids to zal and seminary there is no online school for that and its alot $$$$