Gisha Center
Working worldwide.
ODT workshops, team building and adventure therapy.
For English-speaking Orthodox and Charedi Jewish communities worldwide.
Based in Jerusalem, rooted in Torah and community values.
Bringing people together through experience, challenge and journey.
Gisha Center is a Jerusalem-based nonprofit serving Orthodox, Haredi and Charedi Jewish communities. For over seventeen years we have run adventure-based and journey-based programs that build connection, between fathers and sons, within families, and inside communities, and we train the educators and facilitators who deliver them.
We are not a local provider that occasionally travels. Working internationally is how we are built: our materials, our training and our delivery model are all designed to be adapted to the community that hosts them.
Our programs are delivered in English, Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian, the four working languages of the Jewish world. That is not incidental. It is why we can arrive in Antwerp, in Baku or in New Jersey and work with the community in the language it actually lives in.
Our programs have been delivered in New York, New Jersey and Miami; in London, Antwerp and Zurich; in Ukraine, Russia and Azerbaijan; in São Paulo; and throughout Israel. Our work has reached eleven countries across four continents.
ODT Workshops & Team Building
Experiential group activities for Orthodox Jewish schools, yeshivas, staff teams and communities. Each workshop is adapted to the group's goals and community values, with English-language delivery available.
Training for Educators
Professional development for teachers: how to reach students who are hard to reach, using structured group games and experiential activities in the classroom. Over 2,500 teachers have completed our courses.
ODT Facilitator Training
Practical facilitator courses in group dynamics, outdoor challenges and experiential learning, including guided field experience and mentoring. Contact us to discuss training for your English-speaking community.
Adventure Therapy & Therapeutic Journeys
Guided nature journeys and adventure-based therapeutic work, rooted in our experience with at-risk youth. Our adventure therapy course combines group process, outdoor experience and supervised practice for educators and therapy professionals.
Four continents. Shared values. Real connection.
Whether you want to host a program or help us reach the next community, this is where it starts.
Bring us to your community or your school
We work with communities and educational institutions around the world. Language is not a barrier: all of our materials exist in English, Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian, and our facilitators deliver in the language of the host community.
Support our work
Gisha Center is a registered Israeli nonprofit. In over seventeen years we have reached more than 100,000 participants. Your support funds programs for families and for teens who have fallen through the cracks.