Our Stories
Rabbi Moshe Feller
The Rebbe concluded, “Since you are having your meals at Machon Chana you will explain to the girls my question, and give them the answer.” Continue reading
Raizy Sanderson,
Charlotte, NC
A speech at the 44th Annual Lubavitch Women’s Convention
From the moment I walked into the Machon Chana dorm I was a different person. Though Southerners, myself included, really are much slower than New Yorkers in speech and in pace, they can still be anxious and tense. In college I was a walking stress-ball. In Machon Chana I learned to lighten up and have fun… Continue reading
Netta Levran,
Los Angeles, CA
Machon Chana has been my “karva el nafshi ge-ala – draw near to my soul and redeem it.” There are parts of my life before I got here that are truly dark – spiritually, physically, emotionally. Being at Machon Chana has not only taken me out of darkness but whatever darkness remains is starting to become lighter! Continue reading
Rochel Chana Shilder, Princeton, NJ
A speech at the 1995 International Chabad Women’s Convention
I want to thank Machon Chana for all that I have learned there, for its brilliant teachers, for the warm and open hearts of its staff, and for its dedication to women from all over the world who have returned to Judaism… Continue reading
Raiza Malka Gilbert, Needham, MA
A graduation speech 2012
This past year has been easily the most life altering experience of my 24 years. I’ve made friends, watched some of those friends get married, and observed the most incredible girls I’ve ever met flow in and out of Machon Chana… Continue reading
Riwka Soroka, Berlin, Germany
A speech at the 57th International Convention of N’Shei U’Bnos Chabad
B”H being a student in Machon for a year now I can say that there’s nothing that deepens a person’s appreciation of Torah and connection to Yiddishkeit like learning Chassidus, Chumash and Jewish history in a Yeshiva… Continue reading
Chana Negina, Moscow, Russia
A speech at the 57th International Convention of N’Shei U’Bnos Chabad
I like to watch the great job of the staff, teachers and families who are connected to Machon Chana. How selflessly you educate and take care of the very special girls, who b’ezrat HaShem will bring a lot of chesed to the world! Thank you for that… Continue reading
Devorah Kaye Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA
Personal reflections from Winter YeshivaCation
Tzivia Jacobson is here to talk about Relationships. Her blonde hair is perfectly styled, her suit is designer, her jewelry and makeup tasteful. We wonder how she got here in those heels on Shabbos. Am I at (a) a Vogue focus group, (b) an evening with a radio talk-show host, or (c) Chabad’s Yeshivacation program?
If you chose Yeshivacation, you’re not only correct, you’re familiar with one of the most unique Jewish learning programs in the world… Continue reading
Susan Cohen
Personal Reflections from Machon Chana in the Mountains, Tannersville, NY
When my ancestors settled in Kingston, New York, a small town less than an hour from Machon Chana in the Mountains, little did they imagine how physically close yet spiritually distant their descendant would be a century later. That descendant is me, Susan Cohen of Myrtle Beach, SC. How could it be that the Golden Shores of America would leave me with the eerie sensation that I could be a dying branch on the strong tree of Judaism? Is it too late to keep my branch of the tree alive? Continue reading
Esther Dukesz, Toronto, Canada
At the time that I came to Machon Chana, I left Holland, left a Director’s position in our family business. I knew that if I can make it in Holland, I can make it in the USA.
At present I am married for 25 years to a most wonderful husband, have five great children and three beautiful grandchildren. I am presently managing a holistic health center in a suburb of Toronto, Canada.
Thank you Machon Chana!
Kol HaKavod to you all!!!
Molly Resnick,
Riverdale, NY
Mrs. Molly Resnick has produced numerous documentaries on the Middle East, Jews, and Judaism. A veteran newswoman, she has worked for Israeli TV, PBS, NBC News, and The Jewish Press and has interviewed VIPs such as Menachem Begin, Yizhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan and Henry Kissinger. An international speaker, fluent in five languages, Mrs. Resnick is the founder and director of the grassroots organization MATCKH (Mothers Against Teaching Children to Kill), an organization that has drawn attention to the dangers of teaching bigotry and violence to Arab children.
Miriam Shulamis Arias,
California, USA
Originally from California Miriam had her life mapped out.. public school…college.. going to be an actress…. then I went on “the march of the living” trip in Europe and then onto Israel….it touched me and now it’s touched my entire family…. Watch and hear her story.
Yehudis Chana Meschaninov,
Los Angeles, CA
Coming to Machon Chana has changed the destiny of her life, and now it’s changing the world and universe. Hear her story of living the LA Lifestyle then learning what it means to be a Jewish woman…Watch and hear her story.
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