Ammud: The JOC Torah Academy

General Support

2024

$150,000 over two years

Founded in 2019, Ammud is a Jewish education organization led by and for Jews of Color, giving this growing and racially diverse community a spiritual home that centers their unique needs and lived experiences. Programming includes one-on-one Torah learning, weekly group study sessions, Hebrew lessons, and more. As the broader Jewish community puts more time and attention on diversifying our institutions and the fight for racial justice, spaces like Ammud—where Jews of Color are not called upon to be activists or tokenized but rather simply to gather, pray, and learn together—are increasingly important.

Photograph courtesy of Nehemiah Brent