Machon Chana


Machon Chana is a private religious college for Jewish women affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement and geared toward Baalot Teshuva – women from non-orthodox backgrounds seeking religion. The school is located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

History

The school was founded in 1972 as an institution educating women from non-Orthodox backgrounds about their heritage in an authentic Jewish environment.. The school is open to women of any age, and focuses on Torah study.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson, saw this institution as a way to introduce young Jewish women from secular backgrounds to observant Judaism through academic means.

Leadership and goals

Sara Labkowski is the founder and executive director of Machon Chana.
The goals of Machon Chana as described in its mission statement are:

Student body

Hundreds of women from all over the world study at the school annually. The backgrounds of the women attending the school vary with some arriving not knowing the Hebrew alphabet.