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Never Stop Seeking
Your experience as a Jew is unique, shaped by when, where, and how you live your life. And yet you are also part of a worldwide community and heir to an age-old tradition. These can be sources of connection and meaning throughout your life’s journey.

Melton offers world-class opportunities for learning, growth, and travel -- for Jews from all backgrounds. Because as Jews, we never stop seeking.

Never Stop Seeking

Your experience as a Jew is unique, shaped by when, where, and how you live your life. And yet you are also part of a worldwide community and heir to an age-old tradition. These can be sources of connection and meaning throughout your life’s journey.

Melton offers world-class opportunities for learning, growth, and travel -- for Jews from all backgrounds. Because as Jews, we never stop seeking.

Never Stop Learning

Over 50,000 Melton learners say that learning with Melton has changed their lives by enriching conversations, influencing decisions, and strengthening community connections. Our learners view their place in the world in a deeper way.

Our curriculum covers:
The whys of Jewish living
Jewish ethics to inform decision making
Contemporary and ancient insights into the Bible
Critical moments in Jewish history
Modern Israeli and Jewish culture
And much more...

Learn with Us

Never Stop Learning

Over 50,000 Melton learners say that learning with Melton has changed their lives by enriching conversations, influencing decisions, and strengthening community connections. Our learners view their place in the world in a deeper way.

Our curriculum covers:
The whys of Jewish living
Jewish ethics to inform decision making
Contemporary and ancient insights into the Bible
Critical moments in Jewish history
Modern Israeli and Jewish culture
And much more...

Learn with Us

Never Stop Traveling

Travelers with Melton enjoy the vast richness of experiences that life offers, exploring the Jewish world in the company of other passionate learners. Undertake a remarkable journey of heart and mind. Follow the story of the Jewish people, enlightened by relevant texts and expert educators.

Melton travels to:

Israel
Italy
Spain
Greece
Mexico
Argentina
Prague and Berlin
Charleston and Savannah


Travel with Us

Never Stop Traveling

Travelers with Melton enjoy the vast richness of experiences that life offers, exploring the Jewish world in the company of other passionate learners. Undertake a remarkable journey of heart and mind. Follow the story of the Jewish people, enlightened by relevant texts and expert educators.

Melton travels to:

Israel
Italy
Spain
Greece
Mexico
Argentina
Prague and Berlin
Charleston and Savannah
Travel with Us

Never Stop Growing

Seek more for your Jewish community — bring the Melton experience to your synagogue, JCC or school. Melton courses are designed to refresh perspectives, spark curiosity, and foster engagement in Judaism.

The shared experience of learning together creates a warmly bonded group of people who ever after share a special link. Bring your community into an international network, devoted to Jewish learning, that spans the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and Australia.

Partner with Us

Never Stop Growing

Seek more for your Jewish community — bring the Melton experience to your synagogue, JCC or school. Melton courses are designed to refresh perspectives, spark curiosity, and foster engagement in Judaism.

The shared experience of learning together creates a warmly bonded group of people who ever after share a special link. Bring your community into an international network, devoted to Jewish learning, that spans the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and Australia.

Partner with Us

Noga BarOr-Bing, PhD

Currently Director of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Also serves as a supervisor in the Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Leadership Program of the Mandel School for Leadership in Jerusalem. 

Noga is an alumnus of the prestigious Revivim Program which trains teachers to teach Jewish studies to secular students. Subsequently, Noga returned there as an instructor and supervisor of teacher-trainees as well.  

In the Hartman Institute Noga directed and supervised the department of teaching Jewish thought in secular schools. She supervised secular principals and teachers in presenting Jewish studies and ethics relevant to today’s secular youth. She also taught is the David Yellin Teachers Academy. 

Noga acquired her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Hebrew University and her PhD from the Ben Gurion University in the Negev. In her dissertation she compared analysis of Hassidic texts, especially regarding spousal relations, with interviews of Hassidic women on the disparity between the written word and its practice. Noga’s book “Gender in the Ultra-Orthodox Community”, based on her PhD dissertation was recently published. 

Noga is married and the mother of four sons.  In her free time, she deals in design.