Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning

Etz Chaim Center, Inc.
FoundedNovember 30, 1983 (1983-11-30)
52-1369910
Legal status501(c)(3) religious organization
Location
Area served
Baltimore metropolitan area, Washington metropolitan area, Philadelphia metropolitan area
Dean and President, The Etz Chaim Center
Rabbi Shlomo Porter
Rabbi Zev Pomeranz
Websitewww.etzchaimusa.org

Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning is an Orthodox Jewish organization designed to reach out to secular and non-Orthodox Jews in the hopes of bringing them into the Baal teshuva movement. Its national headquarters are located in Baltimore, Maryland with other locations in Owings Mills, Maryland, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. It was under the direction of Rabbi Shlomo Porter until his death in November, 2025. Rabbi Porter had led the organization since 1981. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rabbi Porter graduated from Ner Israel Rabbinical College.

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