Machon Gold was an Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...

 Jewish girl's seminary

Midrasha

A refers to an institute of Jewish studies for women. In Israel, it is often an Orthodox institution that caters solely to women, and roughly the equivalent of a yeshiva for men. The term is often translated as 'seminary'. In the United States, the term has also been used to refer to...

 founded in 1958 by the Torah Education Department of the World Zionist Organization

World Zionist Organization

The World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...

 and named after Rabbi Wolf Gold

Wolf Gold

Rabbi Wolf Gold was a rabbi, Jewish activist, and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independenceBorn in Stettin, Germany he was a descendant on his father's side from at least eight generations of rabbis. Gold's first teacher was his maternal grandfather, Rabbi Yehoshuah...

, one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. The school shutdown in 2008 due to financial considerations. A Facebook message to alumna http://pl-pl.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2374642703&topic=4216 explains this. Its former official website www.machongold.org is now a site to sell jewellery.

It was one of the few Religious Zionist

Religious Zionism

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 seminaries for English speakers in Israel. It was located in Jerusalem, in the old Katamon neighborhood. Most students were post-high school teens who come to Israel for a year or two to learn various subjects in Judaism.

Classes included subjects such as Halacha, Tanach, Hashkafah, Gemara

Gemara

The Gemara is the component of the Talmud comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah. After the Mishnah was published by Rabbi Judah the Prince The Gemara (also transliterated Gemora or, less commonly, Gemorra; from Aramaic גמרא gamar; literally, "[to] study" or "learning by...

, Mishna, Musar

Mussar movement

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, Jewish philosophy

Jewish philosophy

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 and Jewish history

Jewish history

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Students graduating from Machon Gold received a teacher's license from the Israel Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Israel)

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