Be Part of the Founding Moment
of Human History
For the first time in two thousand years, humanity's ancient covenant is coming home — to Jerusalem. A global movement is forming. This is your moment to be part of it.
At Brit-Olam, the Noahide World Center in Jerusalem, we believe that humanity was given a blueprint for a just and enlightened civilization. It was given long before nations, religions, or ideologies divided the world. It was given to all of Noah's children — which means every human being alive.
The Seven Universal Laws are not a relic of the ancient world. They are the architectural foundation of a civilization that has yet to be fully built. They speak to the sanctity of life, the dignity of the family, the necessity of justice, and the reverence owed to the Creator of all existence.
Our mission is to make that foundation accessible — in every language, to every nation, from our home in Jerusalem. Under the guidance of Rav Oury Cherki — drawing on the tradition of HaRav Kook and Manitou — Brit-Olam promotes a Torah that is rooted, open, and unapologetic: one where Israel fulfills its role as a moral beacon to the nations, and the nations receive their ancient inheritance with dignity.
A practical code of Noahide law, grounded in authentic rabbinic tradition — a concrete guide for daily life according to the eternal covenant.
A prayer book crafted specifically for righteous gentiles — enabling every person to stand before God in their own voice, in their own language.
Both works are published and shared in several languages, because the covenant belongs to all of humanity.
It was always for the world."
A Covenant with All Humanity
Brit-Olam — the Noahide World Center — is the global hub for the Noahide movement: the spiritual and civilizational renewal grounded in the seven universal laws given by God to all of humanity through Noah.
Founded in Jerusalem and operating internationally, Brit-Olam provides education, rabbinic guidance, community, and leadership for the growing worldwide family of Noahides — those who have chosen to walk the path of the eternal covenant.
We build relationships between the Jewish people and the nations through genuine dialogue, shared study, and a common commitment to the values that bind all of humanity together before God.
"And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you… for everlasting generations." — Genesis 9:12
The Seven Universal Laws
The Sheva Mitzvot Bnei Noah — given to all humanity through Noah — form the eternal moral architecture of a just civilization.
Acknowledge the One Creator. Do not worship idols or ascribe divinity to any part of creation.
Do not blaspheme. Speak of the Divine with reverence, recognizing the sacred nature of all existence.
Do not murder. Human life is sacred, created in the image of God, and must be protected and honored.
Uphold the sanctity of the family. Sexual morality is the foundation of a healthy and enduring society.
Do not steal. Respect the property and dignity of every human being — the basis of economic justice.
Do not consume a limb torn from a living animal. All living creatures deserve compassion and dignity.
Establish courts of righteous law. Justice is the pillar upon which all of human civilization stands.
Programs & Initiatives
From Jerusalem to every corner of the globe, Brit-Olam builds the bridges between the Jewish people and the nations.
Structured learning of the Noahide laws and their rabbinic sources. Courses available in multiple languages for all levels of background and knowledge.
A worldwide network of Noahide communities, study groups, and gatherings — connecting people across nations in shared covenant and common purpose.
Guided visits to Jerusalem — the spiritual center of humanity — where Noahides from the four corners of the earth come to connect with their ancient roots.
Meaningful engagement with faith communities worldwide, building understanding and cooperation on the foundation of shared universal values.
Books, articles, and multimedia resources — including Brit Shalom and the Brit Olam Prayer Book — published in multiple languages for practitioners and scholars worldwide.
Direct access to authentic rabbinic authority for questions of Noahide law, practice, and the spiritual path — available in Hebrew, English, and French.
The Vision Program
A program for Jewish young adults on the threshold of university — teaching them to understand Israel not as an apology, but as a story of indigenous return.
When young Jewish Americans arrive on college campuses today, they encounter a question they were never taught to answer: why do you think you have a right to that land? The framework of their accusers — colonialism, indigeneity, decolonization — is entirely foreign to them. They were raised on holidays, traditions, and values. No one told them they were an indigenous people.
The Vision Program does not respond by avoiding that language. It responds by mastering it — and then turning it around. Because the Jewish people are, by every anthropological, linguistic, and archaeological measure, the classic indigenous people of the Land of Israel. Zionism is not the exception to decolonization. It is the model.
The program is taught by Israeli educators who have made aliyah — not because they know more, but because they embody the story they teach. They do not speak about Israel as an object observed from a distance. They arrived from Israel. They live the return to Zion as a living event, not a historical abstraction.
After nearly fifteen years of operation, graduates of Vision include students who entered the program as members of anti-Israel organizations — and left with a transformed understanding of who they are, and where they belong.
"The generation entering American colleges today will be the generation leading American politics in fifteen years. Their discourse about Israel is being decided now — in classrooms."
Five Modules, One Transformation
From deconstructing a borrowed identity to embracing a universal mission — each module builds on the last.
Students discover how Western modernity reshaped Jewish identity from a nation into a "religion" — and why that reshaping is exactly what leaves them vulnerable today.
Using the very framework of post-colonial thought, students learn to understand the Jewish people as the indigenous people of their land — and Zionism as the most authentic act of decolonization in modern history.
Is a Jewish state compatible with democracy? This module dismantles the artificial tension and offers a sophisticated model rooted in halakha — where a national majority defines a state's character while guaranteeing the dignity and rights of all.
Having reclaimed their identity, students ask: what now? This module turns understanding into agency — helping each student define their own role in the story being written in their generation.
Drawing on the thought of Rav Kook and Rabbi Manitou, the final module opens the horizon: the particularity of the Jewish people is not isolation — it is a calling to be the heart that circulates moral vitality to all of humanity.
The First Global Noahide Congress
For the first time in two thousand years, the covenant comes home — as Noahide leaders from across the world gather in Jerusalem to formally found a unified global movement.
While the world goes about its concerns, one of the most significant spiritual processes of our generation is quietly unfolding: tens of thousands of non-Jews around the world are adopting the Seven Noahide Laws as a living way of life. In Japan. In India. In Colombia. In Nigeria. In communities that have found, independently and from different directions, the same ancient foundation.
The question is no longer whether this movement exists. It exists. The question is whether Israel — and the Jewish people — will rise to lead it.
This is a founding act. The moment a global ethical movement formally roots itself to the Jewish people and to the Land of Israel.
For five days, leaders of Noahide communities from six continents will gather in Jerusalem. They will study together, encounter one another, and read the Founding Charter of the unified global movement. The gathering will conclude with an official reception at the residence of the President of Israel.
The boldest dimension of the Congress is also its most human: bringing leaders who could never otherwise afford the journey — from remote communities in India and South America — to stand in Jerusalem alongside their counterparts from every corner of the earth. Because the covenant was never only for those with means to travel. It was given to the world.
Study, dialogue, and shared celebration among Noahide leaders from every continent — many meeting one another for the first time.
The formal reading and adoption of the charter that unifies the global Noahide movement — giving it structure, voice, and historical permanence.
An official state reception at the residence of the President of Israel — recognition, at the highest level, of the covenant between Israel and the nations.
Leaders from communities in India and South America are brought to Jerusalem — because the covenant belongs to everyone, not only those with means to travel.
The world is thirsty for a message that carries the unique voice of the Jewish people — and the way that voice helps humanity rise to its next stage. This is a moment of choice.
"And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be My people." — Zechariah 2:15Register for the Congress →
Rav Oury Cherki
Current Roles
Rav Oury Cherki serves as President of Brit-Olam, the Noahide World Center based in Jerusalem. He is also a senior lecturer at Machon Meir, a regular guest on several Israeli talk shows, and frequently teaches throughout Israel in both Hebrew and French.
Rav Cherki founded the Higher Academy for the Wisdom of Emuna, has published over 30 books, and serves as the spiritual leader of the Beit Yehuda congregation in Jerusalem's Kiryat Moshe neighborhood.
Biography
Rav Cherki was born in Algeria in 1959. His father and grandfather were scholars and active leaders of the Jewish community, initially in Algeria and then later in France. He made aliya from France to Israel in 1972, where he studied at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav under the guidance of HaRav Zvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook.
He was also a close student of HaRav Yehuda Léon Ashkenazi (Manitou) and HaRav Shlomo Binyamin Ashlag.
Teaching & Philosophy
Rav Cherki's teachings are firmly based on the worldview of HaRav Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook and promote engagement with modern philosophical trends while remaining deeply rooted in the ideological paradigm of Israel's prophets and sages.
Rav Cherki's unique approach to engaging with the Torah provides a path for bringing the people of Israel into dialogue with the modern world in such a way that advances our historic mission.
Partner Organizations
Brit-Olam operates as part of a global ecosystem dedicated to the Noahide covenant and the relationship between Israel and the nations.
Begin Your Journey
The Eternal City — Heart of the Covenant
"And I will bless those who bless you, and all the families of the earth shall be blessed through you." — Genesis 12:3