Our story
Eight years ago, to the exact date, our first meeting was held with a bunch of women around a dining-room table on the fast of the 10th of Tevet. We were digging into a vision that stands today as a deep well in the heart of our community.
Dedicated in loving memory of the Sassoon children
Our mission
A non-profit, community-based organization in Brooklyn that empowers and supports women through cultural and social enrichment, life skills, and food security.
Administration
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Gayle
Founder
Gayle gathered a few women around a dining-room table on the fast of the 10th of Tevet and dug a well that today serves the whole community.
Meredith Cohen
Director
Working alongside Gayle daily, Meredith oversees every detail at The Well — scheduling, research, resourcing professional educators, creating seasonal brochures, and more.
Sophia Cohen
Kitchen Manager / Director
Sophia is The Well's foodie. She plans menus, purchases ingredients, and serves healthy, gourmet-style lunches that anchor every day at The Well.
Sarah Gindi
Cultural Director
Sarah creates the warm, positive atmosphere of The Well. She works closely with Sophia on all menus, daily lunches, and event meals.
Purity
A 26 × 10 ft hand-painted wall · Geri Cohen Mizrahi
The design we collaborated on for the art room at The Well is meant to influence growth, and more specifically women's empowerment. The woman pictured is breathing water back into the atmosphere while simultaneously washing her face with the same stream of water.
Water in all its forms — ocean, lake, river, springs — is a symbol and necessity for all forms of life as well as a symbol of a stream of consciousness. This continuum of cleansing and flowing is seemingly mundane, yet constant; due to its repetitive nature it is creating waves, it is creating force, it is resilient.
Growth and power begin by creating a continuum — a flow of cleansing and resetting, always understanding where you began yet never stopping the flow. Handle your projects with elegance and patience; ultimately your force will be created through continuous repetition, refinement, and perseverance.