WHO WE ARE
Ohev Ger supports converts after conversion - promoting their welfare, success and integration in Israel.
OUR VISION
With all the raging debates surrounding the conversion process, we have lost sight of the converts themselves! Over the past few decades tens of thousands of amazing gerim have joined the Jewish people from all over the world, and it is our honor and duty to welcome them with love.
WHAT WE DO
Our projects support the welfare and integration of converts once they have completed their process.
OUR COMMUNITY
Ohev Ger representatives are dedicated volunteers offering home hospitality, community contacts and professional and other services all around Israel and the Jewish world.
BLESSINGS
From the Chief Rabbi of Israel,
the President of the Great Rabbinical Court
To change one's lifestyle is not an easy thing, and those who do - go through a difficult path. One of the tests our forefather Avraham was given was to "Go forth from your land." How wonderful and appropriate your activity is for those who have taken this step.
I send my blessings to you & all those involved in Ohev Ger, to continue your important work.
- Rav David Lau
OUR STAFF
Rabbi Menachem Weinberg
Founder & Executive Director
For over twenty years Rabbi Weinberg has taught and guided converts from around the world, giving him a unique perspective on the needs and challenges of gerim. He continues to serve as senior lecturer and RAM at Machon Meir. Ordained by the Chief Rabbinate, and certified in mediation and psychotherapy, he also holds academic degrees in computer science and Jewish Studies. He served for a decade as the Rav of yishuv Alon, a joint secular and religious community near Jerusalem, and officiates at weddings for religious and non-religious couples, and of course, converts. Originally from Toronto, he made aliyah 30 years ago, served in the IDF's tank corps, and now lives in Tekoa with his family.
Adi Werner
COO
In the last decade Adi has been involved in educational management and entrepreneurship in the world of Diaspora Jewry, including serving as the founding director of the Olam Shalem Center for Jerusalem Education in the Diaspora. Additionally, Adi served as an emissary in Jewish communities in both the United States and Germany, where she engaged in connecting Jews to the Jewish People and the Land of Israel. She holds academic degrees in Art and the History of the Land of Israel. Adi currently resides in Jerusalem with her family.
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Ariella Pinsky
Welfare and volunteers coordinator
Ariella Pinsky is originally from South Africa and made Aliyah in 2009. She holds a BA and MSW of social work from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has worked in a variety of social work fields including mental health rehabilitation, work with special needs, and family focussed therapy. Ariella and her family spent a number of years in England as emissaries of the Jewish Agency and Mizrachi UK, working and teaching in a community in England. She lives with her family in Jerusalem.
