Etz Chaim Center for Jewish Learning

Etz Chaim Center, Inc.
Founded	November 30, 1983
Tax ID no.	52-1369910
Legal status	501(c)(3) religious organization
Location	Baltimore and Owings Mills, Maryland, United States;
Area served	Baltimore metropolitan area, Washington metropolitan area, Philadelphia metropolitan area
Dean and President, The Etz Chaim Center	Rabbi Shlomo Porter
Director	Rabbi Zev Pomeranz
Website	www.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 is under the direction of Rabbi Shlomo Porter. Rabbi Porter has led the organization since 1981. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rabbi Porter graduated from Ner Israel Rabbinical College.

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