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Dust of Europe
Dust of Europe is a multimedia project whose goal is to reach out to and to inspire young members of the Jewish community to dig into their families’ history. Shakespeare said, “What is Past is Prologue.” History is not irrelevant. The documentary portion of the project follows me, a 29-year-old as I track the path of my great-grandfather, Joseph Kershner, as he journeyed from Burlington, Vermont back to Turysk, Ukraine to save family members. Tracking the exciting story has also been a personal journey that has helped me to discover how I can use my career to have a greater…
Inner-City Outreach
As an educator in south Los Angeles, I am dismayed by my student 's lack of knowledge about cultures and experiences outside of their own community (this becomes glaringly obvious, particularly when it comes to winter celebrations). Many children in the inner-city lack hope that things can be better. I have a great deal of respect for the Jewish people tenacity, determination to succeed. These are qualities I want my students to see expressed in the lives others. And I want them to desire these qualities for themselves. I propose an after-school mentorship program taught by Jewish young adults for…
The Heritage Files
Jewish history is filled with thousands of stories of triumph, heartache, joy, sorrow, survival and despair. Spanning from biblical times to post-holocaust, our history is rich with life lessons and knowledge that served our forfathers and inspire us to this day. I propose a series of short films of purely Jewish historical events to inspire today's youth about the spirit and power of Judaism and the undeniable survival of the Jewish people. In a city containing the most disproportionate amount of Jewish directors, actors & producers, I have no doubt that many of these would gladly donate their services to…
Collaboration
Collaboration is not a program, nor an organization, but truly is the next big Jewish idea. However important and meaningful new programs and services may be, until the paradigm of the Jewish community becomes one of collaboration money and resources will always be scarce and programs and services will always be in jeapordy of being terminated. These economic times are now requiring us to not simply cooperate - if we at all do that, but to do what we as Jews have always been meant to do with each other...Collaborate!
J-Eureka! - Discover the treasure-hold of Jewish Ideas
The next big Jewish Idea is: Jewish Ideas!
For all who have wanted to ask, but were afraid there was no answer, here is your opportunity!
So Ask!
What is so precious about Judaism that it must continue?
What does Judaism have to tell the world? What does it have to tell me? What does it have to say to the adult, critical mind?
The responses: Here is the opportunity to encounter the real thing: serious, thoughtful but exciting reflections from a variety of outstanding thinkers on the tough questions; answers for the adult mind that…
Yiddische Yumour!
I would like to bring the idea of learning and speaking Yiddish, Spanish and Humour together in a comedic, educational and inspirtational setting for teens and young adults, via professional actors, writes and perfomers. I would like to engage Jews and Hispanics living in Los Angeles to come together for workshops discussions and events to discuss their similar immigrant backgrounds (if not immediate then going back to the grandparents' stories) and then work on it together and create comedic improv pieces which can be perfomed in community centers, religious institutions, schools etc.
The Jewish Mentor Program
The Jewish mentor program is designed to engage kids and adolescents to understand their Jewish culture and religion better, as well as continuing to get enjoyment out of being Jewish. The Jewish Mentor Program would consist of a group of volunteers trained by Rabbis, Hebrew school teachers or approved members of the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Community to share and initiate a positive Jewish experience in Jewish kids and adolescents in order to give them a broader understanding and liking of all aspects of Judaism, including prayer, the Talmud, our history, Kabbalah, the Zohar, Israel, our successes throughout history and…
Heart to Heart
With an estimated 300,000 American Jewish students in college, surveys speak of the majority of Jewish students¦ untouched by formal Jewish organizations and activities. LA itself has numerous colleges, including UCLA, USC, Santa Monica College, Occidental, and others, with approximatively 14,000 Jews in total.
At the same time, there are over 10,000 Jewish students who grew up with intensive Jewish experiences and educations, entering college with much to offer but tending to participate exclusively in their own communities, leaving both themselves and the Jewish world around them unenriched by one another. This includes many Jews coming from rich Jewish backgrounds…
The Talent Center Network
Our goal is to release the untapped talents of more than 11,000 Jewish children and teens in Los Angeles Jewish day schools across the religious spectrum. Through Extra Challenge Projects in our Talent Center Network, we will engage the talents of our students to serve the needs of our community, by focusing on caring for Jews in need. Which student would you rather hire? Imagine the following two high school graduates apply for a job in your company. One student has a few after-school, entry-level job experiences.
The second student has a portfolio that includes high quality work samples that…
Torah of Relationships
The Torah of Relationships Young adults, 18-35, have been largely absent from involvement in Liberal Judaism (Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist). This project is designed to change in that. It will both involve young adults directly, and will set up a collaborative effort to strengthen Judaism so that it can gives clear and wise support and guidance, based on Jewish values, to young adult Jews in the life situations they face today. The project is to create, disseminate and manage a web site, PersonallySpeaking.net. This site will have three distinct but interrelated columns: The Torah of Relationships, Chronicles, and Connections. CHRONICLES This…