The Jewish Educational Leadership Institute, Inc.

The Jewish Educational Leadership Institute is a 501(c)3 not for profit organization that was established in 2002, by Rabbi Yisroel Frankforter following the guidance of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Our mission is to facilitate the study of the Jewish Heritage by every Jew in South Florida (and beyond) in the language he or she is most comfortable. We fulfill this goal by mean of our Rabbinical College and its students.                                           

The Miami Semicha Program a non for profit post secondary institute that trains students to become chaplains and rabbis.

                The purpose of the Miami Semicha Program is to offer both theoretical and practical learning to its students.

            The theoretical learning mainly consists of the rabbinic laws relevant to community rabbis and leading to the ordination of our students as rabbis.

            Besides the legal aspect of their learning, students also have lectures in the areas of public speaking, community leadership, fundraising, Jewish education, and counseling.

            Students at the Miami Semicha Program also spend a minimum of eight hours every week studying Jewish philosophy and mysticism.

             Our students do not wait in order to apply their newly gained knowledge. Every week and during Jewish holidays, these students visit jails and hospitals, offer classes to the community, lead Shabbat services at various locations throughout the state and further.

Chabad Activities for French Jewry of Florida

Our second program is geared for the blossoming French community ofSouth Florida.

             Due to the current anti-Semitic climate inFrance, many Jews feel compelled to relocate. A large amount of French Jews end up right here in South Florida.

            Our institute is there for them and provides many of these services to our French brothers and sisters regardless of their geographical location. To them we offer Torah classes and gatherings in French. We arrange and subsidize when necessary tutors for the children. We distribute a weekly Torah newsletter via Email about Jewish current events and words of Torah.

             Currently our programs reach French Jews from Key West all the way up to New York.