The Jerusalem Kollel is a rabbinic education program with the intent of training kollel

Kollel

A kollel is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim and learning sedarim ; unlike a yeshiva, the student body of a kollel are all married men...

 students to assume positions of leadership in waning Jewish

Judaism

Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

 communities worldwide.

The orginazation was established in fall 2002 with 20 students. As of 2010, the orginazation has over 70 students and has placed 90 alumni.

Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits

Yitzchak Berkovits

Yitzchak Berkovits , also spelled Yitzchak Berkowitz, is a Haredi Jewish rabbi, rosh kollel and posek in Jerusalem, Israel...

 is the director of the orginazation. Berkovitz was a student of the Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)

Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)

The Mir yeshiva , known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. With 6,000 students, it is the largest yeshiva in Israel. Many of the students are from the United States and Canada. It is also believed to be the largest yeshiva in the world...

 and a disciple of the Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz.

The Women's Program is headed by Rebbetzen Chana Kalsmith.