Professionalizing education and empowering children - one school, classroom, teacher, school leader The Menachem Education Foundation (MEF) was established to raise the bar for Jewish education, with a specific focus on the Chabad educational world. At MEF, we have an uncompromising commitment to the success of every Talmid/ah. Our mission is to be the foremost champions of Chabad students. We achieve this by partnering with Chabad schools, recruiting and training educators, empowering effective school leadership, developing impactful curricula and resources, hosting conferences and programs for Mechanchim and Mechanchos, providing grants to schools and elevating the prestige and value of Chinuch in our communities. MEF Impacts 29,349 students 417 Schools across 198 Communities.