
Welcome to The Summit Institute
Since 1973, through our unique and groundbreaking programs, Summit Institute has supported the rehabilitation and integration of young adults living with severe mental health issues.
In 2003, Summit began providing foster care services in Jerusalem and the country's Southern Region, responsible for some 1,400 children in foster care, and overseeing and guiding 900 foster families. Our foster care services include a network of thirteen Summit-trained emergency shelter foster families, who serve as an immediate solution in times of crisis, ready to provide a safe place to land at a moment's notice, for children who need to be removed immediately from their homes.
Our Mahut Therapy & Guidance Center for Parents, run in conjunction with the Jerusalem Municpality, further echos our commitment to holistic, healthy, home environments and interpersonal relationships, providing tools and mediation through difficult familial intersections.
At Summit Institute we believe that no one is a victim to their circumstance, and that all circumstances have the potential for positive change. At Summit Institute, we facilitate that healing.


Foster care Services with Summit
Foster families play a vital role in children’s physical, emotional, and educational development.
A foster family provides a warm home and a temporary solution for at-risk children who can no longer live with their biological parents, whether due to the parents’ choice or a court order.
Our foster families go through preliminary training as well as ongoing training and support to ensure that each child has their individual needs met and the best chance at a healthy transition.
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Summit in The Media
Mira Varker, director of family recruitment at the Summit Institute, was a guest of Ofira and Berkovich in Pina hit the expert, and explained what foster care is, how to join us, what are the meanings of...
מתארחים אצל אופירה וברקוביץ' – מהן המשמעויות של להיות משפחת אומנה?
ראש השנה בפתח, נפגשנו עם משפחת מנחם, משפחת אומנה חדשה שלנו, שהשנה זו היתה שנת האומנה הראשונה שלהם, ושאלנו אותם כמה שאלות.
השמות והפרטים המזהים…
האומנה הראשונה שלי
Although they have 11 children in their home, Chaya and Aharon from Ashdod decided to open their hearts and their home for Osnat, a foster child with special needs, and now they...
"We won a sweet girl": the family from Ashdod who brought a girl with special needs into their home
An emergency foster family is a family that takes in children aged 0-6 who are removed from their home by court order, due to an immediate risk to their physical safety or mental well-being, after...
To be there for a child who now needs a family and love
Orian Levy, a graduate of foster care, shares his personal story, in the Family Day project of "Israel Hayom" "I have two families, for all intents and purposes" - the foster family...
Orian Levy, a foster care graduate, shares the man's story in the Family Day project in Israel Hayom
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A Chance to Blossom
Pyschosocial Rehabilitation with Summit
The Summit Institute’s psychosocial programs offer a wide range of services catered to the individual needs of young adults learning to live with mental health issues, as well as rehabilitative programming for those suffering from trauma related illness. Our programs guide participants to create healthy, independent lives through a range of holistic individual and social services.
Rehabilitative Services with Summit:

Supporting the Family Unit
Mahut Therapy & Guidance Center for Parents
The Mahut Therapy & Guidance Center for Parents is run by The Summit Institute with a view to provide parents the support and tools needed to navigate their adolescent's personal needs through difficult periods.
In partnership with the Adolescent Care Unit of the Jerusalem Municipality, The Mahut Center focuses on improving the parent-adolescent relationship, improving parental functioning and supporting crisis situations, all with the goal of strengthening the family and improving the condition and functioning of the adolescent.
Here for You, Always.
Our Professional Team
Executive Director of the Summit Institute

- 4 Hasadna Street, Jerusalem
Manager of finances, administration and accessibility

- 4 Hasadna Street, Jerusalem
Director of Foster Care Services

- 4 Hasadna Street, Jerusalem
Head of Professional Services

- 4 Hasadna Street, Jerusalem
Therapeutic Rehabilitation Coordinator

- 4 Hasadna Street, Jerusalem
Director of Resource Development and Public Relations

- Beit Hillel Building, 4 Rambam Street PO Box 6453, Beer Sheva
Making Strides
Partners of The Summit Institute




