Our Humble Beginnings
In 1995, Rabbi Victor Harari and his wife Nili founded Nesach Yisrael, an institution that “gives children with learning disabilities a future.” Rabbi Harari was born in Egypt and grew up in Brooklyn. He is of Syrian Sephardic heritage. Harari, a community advocate and businessman in New York, made Aliyah in the 90s along with his wife Nili, who holds a PhD and is an educator by profession.“We teach children with all kinds of disabilities and disorders so that they can go back into the regular school system without any stigma. Most people don’t realize that you can feed a child, clothe a person, and provide them with various other things. But to teach them how to become independent and do these same things on their own, now – that takes a very high level of charity to accomplish.”
Our Core Values
Students at Nesach Yisrael live and learn as a close-knit community, creating a climate of acceptance, understanding, and belonging.
Here, we challenge you to excel academically, to think critically, and to engage purposefully with and for others. Your education here molds you as a moral leader, always reflecting on your role in the world and intentional about how your values play out in your daily actions.
Honesty
Building character and courage to stay true to ourselves and others
Respect
Learning each other’s stories and treating all with dignity
Compassion
Being fully and humbly present so that we may empathize with others
Spirituality
Growing in faith through reflection and service
Self-Reliance
Developing strength and independence to become intellectual and ethical leaders in a complex world
