Migdal Ohr (Hebrew: מגדל אור, lit. Tower of Light) is an Israeli organization that provides educational frameworks and social guidance for children and teenagers from underprivileged and dysfunctional homes. Migdal Ohr also runs community social programs, adult education programs, prisoner rehabilitation programs and soup kitchens that prepare 15,000 meals a day. [1]
Migdal Ohr was founded by Israel Prize laureate Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman in 1972. The school began with 18 students. [2] Since then, over 15,000 youngsters have graduated from the Migdal Ohr youth village in Migdal Ha'emek, an institution that provides needy and immigrant children with housing, schooling, medical and dental care, clothing, libraries, after school enrichment courses and vocational training.[3]