What Core Offers
Supporting the Women at the Heart of Klal Yisroel.
Mashpia-Mentor-Counselor (MMC) Fellowship
Over 2.5-year training women whom others routinely turn to as communal pillars build the skills, Torah framework, and peer relationships to guide others and sustain that work across a career.
Communities of Practice
14+ global networks connecting women who serve in specific areas of Jewish communal life. Members learn from leading voices in their field and from each other, deepening both their knowledge and their capacity to sustain the work.
Field Initiatives
Each MMC participant completes an annual practicum with the purpose of bringing her and her community forward. These initiatives identify and address communal needs from local Jewish infrastructure to communal spiritual development and beyond.
Conferences
Each MMC participant completes an annual practicum with the purpose of bringing her and her community forward. These initiatives identify and address communal needs from local Jewish infrastructure to communal spiritual development and beyond.
Core powers the women who illuminate others
6 Continents
100+ Cities
2.5k+ Women
Founding director
Women sustain our communities.
We sustain them.
Core helps women see their gifts, develop them, and deliver them to their communities, fostering more resilience, connection, and strength for the Jewish People and the world.
Officially launched in 2018, Core operates on 3 Levels:
- Training women through the MMC Fellowship
- Connecting women in global Communities of Practice
- Bringing women together with cross-field conferences
- Facilitating field initiatives that identify and meet communal needs
- Providing ongoing support, supervision, and resources
The Torah has always recognized Jewish women as the engine that drives the Jewish People.
Core is invested in ensuring that engine runs smoothly.
Our goal:
bring extraordinary Jewish women forward.
Who does Core turn to?
Core's Vaad Harabanim includes:
HaRav Elya Brudny
HaRav Aaron Lopiansky
Rabbi Yaakov Robinson
Core also turns to:
HaRav Yizchak Breitowitz
Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky
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Rabbi Robinson also serves on several communal boards and advisory councils, supporting Torah education and family well-being. He is the author of the Safah Berurah series on practical halacha and awaiting Mashiach.
Rabbi Breitowitz is widely respected for his clarity in halacha, depth in hashkafa, and ability to address contemporary issues through a Torah lens. His lectures reach thousands worldwide, offering insight into complex topics with sensitivity and depth. He continues to guide talmidim and communities with wisdom, warmth, and unwavering commitment to Torah values.
Rabbi Edelstein is known for his clarity of vision, deep understanding of societal trends, and ability to apply timeless Torah principles to modern challenges. He has authored numerous articles and books on Jewish thought, leadership, and community development. Through his guidance, thousands of men and women around the world have been inspired to live fuller, more connected Jewish lives.
The Rosh Yeshiva is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and is known for his exceptional warmth, accessibility, and balanced daas Torah. For decades, he has played a leading role in addressing the spiritual and communal needs of the generation, influencing countless talmidim and rabbanim across the globe through his counsel, psak, and personal example of gadlus baTorah and middos tovos.
She collaborates with hospitals, rabbis, and community leaders to raise awareness and ensure that no family navigates loss alone. In addition to her work with NechamaComfort,
Reva is also the leader of the Supporters of the Bereaved Community of Practice, a collaborative network for professionals and volunteers who support the bereaved. Through this role, she fosters education, peer support, and best practices across the Jewish community. Reva’s dedication to chesed, sensitivity, and respectful care has transformed how grief is addressed with dignity and compassion throughout Klal Yisrael.
When Rochel is not traveling and presenting at conferences and women’s gatherings, she works as a dating, marriage and relationship mentor. Rochel trains Kallah Teachers and Dating Mentors across the world, and has developed unique resource materials on Taharas Hamishpacha for women of all backgrounds.
Her desire to encourage women, strengthen marriages, and unify the Jewish people has her presenting to audiences across the world with the goal of connecting them to HaShem, each other, and themselves, as well as enhancing intimacy in the Jewish home.
While at Aish, she founded N-Aish-Ay, a mentoring network for the wives of future rabbis, and later launched Women of Wisdom (WOW) in Charlotte. Her Core MMC capstone project led to the creation of Charlotte’s first kosher eruv.
Linda believes that every person deserves to die with dignity—feeling safe, loved, and in a place they choose. For her, accompanying someone through their final journey is a sacred privilege and a profound responsibility. She is married, a proud mother of six, and a devoted grandmother.
