Posted on 30 April 2012.
Our second annual Junior Youth Kallah, otherwise known as JYK, took place at Camp Harlam this past December. Current 6th-8th graders, who live within our region, were invited to participate in the JYK. It is structured like a NFTY-PAR event weekend; we have services, educational and recreational programs, song session, social activities and more! The [...]
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Posted on 25 April 2012.
By Hope Chernak, MARE, RJE, Director of Youth and Informal Education at Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY. Originally posted on the Reform Judaism Blog Temple Shaaray Tefila has taken another step toward strengthening our congregation’s ties to the land and people of Israel. We have a new partnership with Kehilat Ohel Avraham, a Reform congregation in Haifa that is [...]
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Posted in Video, Israel
Posted on 08 March 2012. Tags: Viral, Invisible Children, Kony, Huffington Post, Video
Invisible Children, the non-profit organization that aims to educate the world about the longest-running armed conflict in Africa, is back in the news after their powerful new documentary film about Joseph Kony has gone viral. While many people are just learning about this important organization, Invisible Children is no stranger to NFTY
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Posted in Facebook, NFTY North America, Video, Social Action, NFTY-MAR
Posted on 01 February 2012. Tags: It Gets Better
Today, we all logged onto Facebook to find that there was a certain video which had been shared numerous times. Looking back a few months, we can remember the idea for this video just being tossed out during a meeting with one of youth group advisors, Jodi Miller. The idea to make a NFTY Missouri Valley It Gets Better video was an instant hit with all of us.
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Posted in Video, NFTY-MV
Posted on 19 January 2012. Tags: camp, friendship, Kutz, Newman, eie, West Coast Party, Events
My name is Miranda, and I believe in friendship. No, not the cliché, over exaggerated movie recreation of what a friendship should be, but rather a pure, honest form of the word.
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Posted in NFTY Mitzvah Corps, Israel, Video, NFTY in Israel, NFTY North America, NFTY-SW
Posted on 03 November 2011. Tags: Kallah, PAR, Camp Harlam
NFTY-PAR’s Summer Leadership Kallah was August 23-26, 2011 at Camp Harlam. The 73 participants from 18 TYGs all benefited from the event theme: “Question your Expression!” While we were together for four incredible days, we enjoyed learning, singing, praying and having fun together. This video, created by one of the NFTY-PAR Video Co-Chairs Alex Mckeen, [...]
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Posted in Video, NFTY-PAR