The Eimatai Project was created in 1999 to motivate, develop and train future Jewish leaders. Though only eight years old, Eimatai stems from a long history of leadership training at Yeshiva University.

Beginning with the Torah Leadership Seminars over 30 years ago, the Yeshiva University Max Stern Division of Communal Services recognized that while the high school curriculum focused primarily on improving students' knowledge base, there was a need to develop the skills base and the moral, intellectual, and spiritual leadership qualities of the community's future leaders.

Eight years ago, a group of college students initiated a revised model of leadership development programming called Eimatai, which intended to provide the forum for student leaders to encounter complex issues in the Jewish community and to empower students with the necessary skills and network to enact their visions. Since that time, Eimatai has refined scores of student leaders and has inspired a multitude of projects ranging from letter-writing campaigns that touched hundreds of Israeli soldiers, to a high school Israel solidarity rally that gathered 4,000 high school students.

Now a part of the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future, Eimatai provides each student leader with a challenging opportunity to discover the world's many opportunities and complexities, and a chance to learn more about him/herself as an individual, leader, and Jew.