This project focuses on educating rabbis and Jewish spiritual leaders in Israel in the science of forgiveness intertwined with Jewish wisdom. Through development of a training program that integrates forgiveness principles from scientific perspectives with Jewish teachings, the project aims to empower rabbis and Jewish spiritual leaders to share their knowledge of Jewish forgiveness, along with evidenced-based content on forgiveness with their respective communities.

Directed by Yitzhak Ben Yair from Zefat Academic College, the project is led by a team of researchers who have pioneered Jewish Forgiveness Therapy and Forgiveness Education (JFTE), including Robert Enright from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Suzanne Freedman from the University of Northern Iowa, Natti Ronel from Bar-Ilan University, and Ben Yair. JFTE integrates the contemporary science of forgiveness with ancient spiritual, mental, and behavioral insights found in Jewish wisdom and scriptures.

The training program developed by this project team will incorporate necessary cultural adaptations, providing a comprehensive course for religious leaders. It will  cover theoretical, applied, and experiential aspects of forgiveness science and Jewish forgiveness. Rabbis and spiritual leaders will be trained to educate their community about forgiveness as a way of life, and as an effective coping strategy to deal with and heal from interpersonal conflict as well as deep, personal and unfair hurt.

The project team also plans to foster an emerging non-geographical forgiveness community through a digital platform. This virtual community will facilitate the dissemination of forgiveness science knowledge, the sharing of fieldwork experiences, and discussions.

An evaluation study will assess the project's effectiveness, refine its design, and promote its continuity and similar initiatives.

A hybrid international conference on Jewish forgiveness science will conclude the project. To acknowledge exceptional contributions and education efforts to  forgiveness, the team plans to introduce a Jewish Forgiveness Excellence Prize, spotlighting those who’ve made notable strides promoting forgiveness within the Jewish context to families and communities.