Announcing the 1st David Shapell Z”L Married Couples Fellows
Shapell’s/Darche Noam is proud to announce that the first David Shapell z”l Memorial Married Couples Fellowship has been awarded to Eric and Lindsay Feldman of Chicago. The Feldmans were selected from an impressive group of applicants from Israel, the United States, Canada, England and South Africa. The fellowship will pay for their full tuition, room […]
Featured Student: Cameron Erickson
Cameron Erickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Growing up, his parents were both judges for the State of Minnesota, and of different political persuasions, which helped contribute to some heated arguments around the dinner table over politics and the ideological direction of the country. After attending DePaul in January of 2013, Cameron was encouraged by […]
Featured Student: Danny Gadayev
Danny Gadayev was born in Brooklyn, New York, to traditional but not observant Jewish parents who immigrated to the U.S. from Soviet Russia. At the age of nine, he moved to Queens, where he spent most of his youth. After spending 5th and 6th grades in public school, Danny’s parents sent him to a Yeshiva […]
Featured Student: Roger (Reuven) Goldberg
Roger Goldberg was born in Israel to American and Russian parents, and moved to Columbus Ohio at the age of 5. Both multi-lingual and an avid traveler, Roger took every opportunity available to him to embark on adventures, including a year-long high school exchange program in Venezuela, 2.5 years in Europe that included work and […]
Featured Students: Shapell’s Married Couples Program Students Ari and Jess Lawson
Approximately one year ago, Ari Lawson and Jess (a.k.a. Yisca) McCabe had a dream. As self-made Baalei Teshuva in Storrs, Connecticut who were engaged to be married, they had already committed to live an observant lifestyle and build a Torah home. But they knew that they needed far more knowledge and guidance. So, they dreamed […]
Featured Student: Yaakov Kaufman
Yaakov Kaufman was born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey in a home where scholarship was encouraged and Shabbat dinners were known. He attended Conservative Hebrew School even after his Bar Mitzvah and genuinely enjoyed it, but came to realize that the truth lay somewhere else. Starting in high school he attended a small weekly […]
Application Information now Available
We are now accepting applications for the David Shapell z”l Memorial Married Couples Fellowship. For further information click here
SHAPELL’S AND MRC MARK THE 1ST YAHRZEIT OF MR. DAVID SHAPELL Z”L
Last Thursday night Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya commemorated the first yahrzeit of Mr. David Shapell z”l. The student body, faculty and alumni were joined by Mrs. Fela Shapell, along with Ben and Susan Shapell, and their daughter, Rachel. They heard words of Torah and tribute from Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky and Cantor Binyamin Glickman, long […]
Featured Students: Shapell’s Married Couples Program Students Carli and Raffy Gutman
Carli and Raffy Gutman are students in the Shapell’s/Midreshet Rachel Married Couples Program. Carli grew up in Toronto, Canada, and Raffy was born in Bogota, Colombia and moved to Toronto with his family when he was 9 years old. Carli attended community Jewish day schools until grade 12 and then spent a gap year in […]
Upcoming Faculty Visits
It is always a great time to reconnect with Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel and help us meet the next successful students. We’re coming to see you in New York, London, LA, Toronto and many other cities across the US! [row] [one_quarter] [/one_quarter][one_quarter] [/one_quarter][one_quarter] [/one_quarter][one_quarter] [/one_quarter][/row] [row][one_half][actionbox color=”default” align=”center” title=”Meeting Potential Students (By City):” description=”” btn_label=”” btn_link=”” btn_color=”default” […]
