Warsaw, April 16: Young Russian-speaking volunteers from 9 locations worldwide - Australia, Belarus, Canada, the EU, Israel, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine and the US - came together in Warsaw, Poland this past weekend for Limmud FSU's biannual Global Leadership Summit. In the framework of the Summit’s various activities, as part of Limmud FSU’s official delegation, the participants took an active part at the annual March of the Living event on … [Read more...] about Limmud FSU Global Volunteers Come Together in Poland to Remember and Learn New Skills
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UJA-Federation NY’s Find-a-Seder Resource Updated for 2018
UJA-Federation of New York’s Find-a-Seder resource for 2018 is a comprehensive list of Passover Seders open to the community on the first two nights of Passover. The Seders take place at local community centers and synagogues of all denominations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester. To view the list of almost 35, geographically arranged community Seders that are open to families who wish to observe the … [Read more...] about UJA-Federation NY’s Find-a-Seder Resource Updated for 2018
UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life
By Elisa Blank and Lisa Friedman It has been established that involvement in a religious community enhances quality of life for people with disabilities. Likewise, congregations are enriched when every member feels a true sense of belonging. Yet, even with this agreement in the value of disability inclusion, some congregations struggle to develop best practices around engaging individuals with a vast array of abilities. It is indeed a broad … [Read more...] about UJA-Fed NY Launches Digital Resource to Support Disability Inclusion in Congregational Life
“I wanted to do something for the Jewish people”
By Nathan Roi translated to English by Daniel Temkin Over five years have passed since Luca Elek first joined MiNYanim, an educational program in which participants collaboratively explore their Jewish identities, community, and leadership. Since then, she has taken the opportunity to learn and teach, participate and lead within MiNYanim. Today, she is its Educational Coordinator. “I came to MiNYanim without much knowledge of Judaism,” she … [Read more...] about “I wanted to do something for the Jewish people”
Soup to Nuts: Building FindYourSummer.org
By Susan Holzman Wachsstock, Rebecca Ruberg and Melanie Schneider Sometimes you roll out a project, look back, and think about all the things you now know - and how you would do it differently if given the opportunity to try again. For us, designing FindYourSummer.org - a massive, searchable, filterable database for parents and teens in the Greater New York area to find Jewish summer experiences - has been one of those projects; one that we’d … [Read more...] about Soup to Nuts: Building FindYourSummer.org
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