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Civic Engagement Student Trainings
Check out this Teen's Guide to Civic Engagement - written for teens by teens.
JewV'Nation Frequently Asked Questions
Besides creating a sustainable outreach project each Fellow will Advance professionally through comprehensive training in leadership; Build projects to scale to effectively reach and impact Jewish life for Jews on the margin; Create a strong community of colleagues, friends and mentors; Develop knowledge of what Jewish texts, traditions, and history say about building community; Expand one’s network of innovators, rabbis, leaders, and advocates; Gain program development and outreach skills in a Jewish context.
JewV’Nation Fellowship
JewV’Nation Fellowship is a leadership development program for visionary Jewish leaders across North America.
2019 Consultation on Conscience Livestream Recordings
Thank you for joining us for the 2019 Consultation on Conscience livestream. Below are the recorded livestreams of all plenary programs, featuring speakers like voting rights activist Desmond Meade ( recently named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People), Rev. Dr.
Repentance and Revelation: An Environmental Confession Informed by the Ten Commandments
Our tradition teaches that Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is not the only day to atone. Rather, the need to atone is a constant one.
The Four Children of Climate Change: A Passover Seder Insert
We often talk at the Passover seder about the Four Children: the wise child, the wicked child, the simple child, and the child who does not know how to ask.
What’s So Jewish About Voting?
Judaism teaches us that voting is not just a civic duty. In fact, throughout Jewish history, many of our rabbis and sages have framed voting as a mitzvah, a Jewish imperative.
Jewish Summer Camp: A Multi-Generational Family Tradition
Everything Reform Jewish summer camping had done for me, it was doing for my children – and more.
When Are We Free? A Seder Activity for All Ages
This Passover, brainstorm some other food combinations that might exemplify the bitterness and sweetness of freedom.
Stories We Tell: My Grandfather's Kittel
In the early 1900s, an elderly Jewish man named Shmulik prays at his synagogue on Yom Kippur. He suddenly faints, only for a fellow congregant to offer him his kittel (traditional ritual garb) to keep him warm. The grandson of that congregant, Rabbi Jonathan Biatch, reflects on this story and how it connects to being a compassionate, caring, and dedicated person to those we cherish the most.
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