How We Got Started
What began as a Jewish mentorship experiment on a single university campus has quickly grown into a masterwork of Jewish engagement operating on 20 prominent college campuses across the country and beyond.
Launched in 2005, MEOR’s unique brand of Jewish leadership training, sophisticated text-based study, and experiential education programming highlight the importance of Jewish values, identity, and community. In over fifteen years, MEOR has impacted more than 18,000 undergraduate students, encouraging them to connect with Judaism on their own terms and in their own time.
In 2016, MEOR established post-university programming to ensure that its alumni would have a familial Jewish framework for sustained growth as young professionals.
Now in its second decade, MEOR continues to ignite the Jewish flame within a new generation of young Jewish leaders who are hungry for community, continuity and connectivity.
About Rabbi Ganger
After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Philosophy- Neuroscience- Psychology and Spanish he deferred medical school to explore Judaism for two years in Israel. The second year led to a profound personal realization that he preferred to help others rediscover their heritage, as opposed to healing their bodies. Rabbi Ganger spent nine years learning from some of the best scholars in Israel. He delved into various areas of Judaism that range from personal development and Jewish leadership to topics in Kabbalah. Rabbi Ganger studied Talmud at the Mir yeshiva and received his Rabbinical ordination from the prestigious Jerusalem Kollel . He now wants to pay it forward to the Harvard Community.
Aside from interests in Judaism, Rabbi Ganger is a Mental Health Counselor and former tennis instructor. Please don’t hesitate to schedule him for some time either on or off the court.