Mavar

Mavar is a UK-registered charitable organisation[1] providing professional support to people who have left or want to leave the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.[2][3]

Mission

According to the Mavar's website, the organisation offers information, one-to-one support, online resources and referrals to appropriate agencies and organisations. Mavar also assigns a personal mentor to guide through the issues such as education, employment, welfare, housing and legal rights.[4]

See also

References

  1. Charity Commission - Mavar
  2. "First Person: Limmud Conference - The sacred and the profane". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 January 2015. An impressive session I spontaneously attended was about Mavar, a new organization in London that helps young Jews who want to leave the haredi Orthodox world and need to learn to read, write and speak in English so they can attend college and get jobs.
  3. Jewish Chronicle
  4. About Mavar

External links

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