The Beit Midrash Network has been in operation for some four years. During this period, we have developed forums for collaboration and for strengthening the voice of Judaism so that it resounds more strongly in the Israeli public discourse. Member organizations in the network include Elul, Askolot, Bina, Beit Daniel, Oranim College, Chachmat HaLev, Mimizrach Shemesh, Midreshet Iyyun, Maagal Tov, Merkaz Herzog, Alma, Atid-Bamidbar, Kehila, Kehilot Sharot, Kolot, Kolot Banegev, and Ta Shma-Melitz.

The Beit Midrash organizations operate a wide spread of activities: central beit midrash programs, lifecycle ceremony centers, learning communities, study and art workshops, seminars for teachers and soldiers, study evenings for the community-at-large, activities for children and families, school activities, facilitator training, and study frameworks for new immigrants.

Beit Midrash-style study is a tool for the expansion of a kind of cultural learning that helps bridge ideological, social and theological gaps. Such mediation is essential in Israeli society, with its many social, economic and ideological rifts.

One of the sources of tension between religion and state and between religious and secular is the gap between religious practice –observed mostly by the religious, and spirituality and the value of loving-kindness that serve as object of search among religious and secular alike. The Beit Midrash organizations are working to reduce this gap by creating a culture nourished by practice and texts, but not wed to ceremony. Using such an approach, a shared Jewish Israeli culture can be generated.

In the Beit Midrash organizations, a rich Jewish-Israeli language is being created based on Jewish and general culture, and the circles of this language's influence are continually expanding. We believe that this process is already reflected in Israeli social activism, language and culture, and it will continue to grow. The activity of the Beit Midrash Network appeals to a diverse public both in Israeli's metropolitan centers and in the periphery.