Repair the World continues to grow, offering new programs for young adults to engage Jewishly through service learning fellowships. And NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation has significantly expanded its network of engagers—the professionals and volunteers who interact directly with young Jewish adults—training, resourcing, and supporting them so they can best engage young Jewish adults.
These grantees and others are reaching Jews in formative years of their lives, creating more and more opportunities for them to create Jewish life in both personally relevant and communally-connected ways. Jewish educators make Jewish learning dynamic and meaningful. Whether that learning takes place at a camp, in a school, at a volunteer site, or anywhere else, meaningful Jewish learning is dependent on having equally as effective Jewish educators.
How can teachers bring a pertinent, contemporary, and accessible Judaism to the classroom, the campus, the bunk, and beyond? They need an arsenal of tools and a variety of skill sets to address the diverse needs, interests, and talents of their students. The institutions coalesced around a hypothesis that was — and continues to be — a core principle of the Foundation: more and better trained educators are needed to support the growing and changing field of Jewish education.
In particular, institutions identified a need for new and dynamic educators to work with youth and young adults in a variety of settings.
Through the Jim Joseph Foundation Education Initiative, 18 new graduate programs of education were designed and launched, many of which were new models of professional development for educators working in the field. By , more than 1, educators will have received graduate degrees or advanced credentials in Jewish education with the support of the Foundation.
Other Foundation-supported institutions, such as Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School and Mechon Hadar , continue to develop highly talented educators as well. Moreover, the iCenter , which has emerged as a field-leader in Israel education, offers specialized training to help educators make Israel a central part of learning in a range of educational settings.
March 30 blintzes and knishes April 13 Passover desserts For adults and youth 8 and over with an adult. Enjoy one class or all three. Make your Passover Seder something special this year! Three classes to help you make and find more meaning in your Seder.
Classes are open to the beginner and to the experienced. If you have a Haggadah that you use, bring it with you. Dates: Sundays, Mar. Tot Shabbat Plushy torahs, unbridled singing and dancing, and sharing of juice and challah. For toddlers through kindergartners. Please bring a dessert to share with others. Date: Sat. A book-signing Love and Other Impossible Pursuits , courtesy of Afikomen, will follow, along with refreshments.
Author of several books, former lawyer and instructor at Boalt, Ayelet's personal essays have been published in a wide variety of periodicals, including the New York Times, Elle Magazine, and the Guardian. She has a regular column on Salon. This new haggadah features a spiritual interpretation of the Seder, an-easy-to-read transliterated text with new translations and commentary, many Hassidic teachings and stories never presented before in English, as well as a step-by-step guide to the fifteen steps of the Seder.
They were offered in decreasing amounts for two years, although parents found it more compelling if the same amount of money was spread over three years. Finally, the goals for retention were taken from similar programs elsewhere in the country, not taking into account income levels and accessibility for west coast families. All of these changes were accounted for in a revised award letter in July , which also included a no-cost extension of two additional years.
A key learning from this investment is that even when adapting an existing program, a period of planning should be included.
Thankfully, the openness of both the Jim Joseph Foundation and the Foundation for Jewish Camp allowed for the critical mid-course corrections.
But the key lesson is that these corrections might not have been necessary if appropriate time and resources had been dedicated to planning. Perhaps this lesson can be the impetus for both grantmakers and grantseekers to work more closely together for extended periods of time.
Both parties—and their grant beneficiaries—will be better positioned for success and long-term, positive outcomes. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website.
These cookies do not store any personal information. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. The participating camps, which cover the spectrum from outdoor adventure and Jewish environmentalism to intensive sports training, received guidance and support from the FJC as they launched new models of nonprofit Jewish specialty camps in non-traditional settings.
There is a lot of interest out there. They have reinvigorated the field and have made it more relevant for today. The specialty trend is also rubbing off on the more traditional camps through the incorporation of environmental practices like composting or the infusion of lessons of Jewish values into sports program, according to Fingerman. The plan also references recent studies in the Jewish world that show a direct link between Jewish summer camps and an increased involvement and commitment to Jewish life, practice and leadership roles within the Jewish world.
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