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Fresh Ink for Teens (FIT) is a website whose content is written for--and by--Jewish teens from around the world. FIT covers high school, politics, Israel, sports, culture, college preparation, Judaism, family matters and more through original articles and insightful essays. Creative writing and poetry are also welcome. Originally published as a printed supplement to The New York Jewish Week, Fresh Ink began more than 15 years ago and has won awards from the American Jewish Press Association.
Published: 2012
Updated: Apr. 01, 2012
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Deborah Fishman writes about this year’s Foundation for Jewish Camp Leaders Assembly which took place from March 11-13th in New Brunswick, NJ. Over 650 were in attendance including camping professionals, lay leaders, Jewish Federation and foundation representatives, and others who care deeply about Jewish camp and its future. Participants crowd-sourced over 600 session ideas, culled down to 43 open-source sessions on the topics that the participants themselves wanted to talk about.
Published: 2012
Updated: Apr. 01, 2012
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Yossi Prager, the Executive Director – North America of The AVI CHAI Foundation, writes about his organization's vision of Jewish Peoplehood and it's philanthropic strategy to help realize it. For AVI CHAI, Peoplehood reflects the notion that Jews are family, distant cousins from common ancestors, who share a stake in our ancient homeland and now modern state in Israel. This notion of peoplehood encompasses all Jews, whether or not they accept the covenantal destiny of the Jewish people, its sacred texts and modern literature, or Hebrew as a common language.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 29, 2012
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Rabbi Jonah Pesner of the Union for Reform Judaism writes about the steps that should be taken by Jewish organizations to keep Jewish youth engaged with their Judaism. Our goal should be that by the year 2020, we will have the majority of Jewish youth active in Jewish life. To achieve this, we need a massive initiative, a focused, strategic effort to ensure that we leverage the full strength and talent of every corner of the Jewish world.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 29, 2012
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Ramie Arian reflects on the Friday evening service held at the Biennial of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) recently. Although held in a hotel ballroom with nearly 6000 adults participating, it 'felt a lot like camp'.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 05, 2012
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Mark S. Young, Program Coordinator of the Experiential Learning Initiative, William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, introduces a framework developed at Davidson that allows for integration into cohesive and intentional training for experiential educators. Six strands comprise this framework: Intentionality, Facilitation, Holistic Jewish Growth, Meaningful Reflection, Meaningful and Accessible Jewish Content, and Visionary Leadership and Strategic Administration.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 05, 2012
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Immersive Jewish Service-Learning (IJSL) for North American young adults has been an area of focus for Repair the World since its founding in July 2009. The purpose of this report is to share the progress of Repair the World’s 2010-11 grantee-partners and the IJSL field following the close of its second program year.
Published: 2011
Updated: Mar. 04, 2012
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Yael Rosen discusses the manifestations of racist incidents against Ethiopian Jews reported recently in the Israeli media. She describes a proactive approach to overcome racist feelings through educating the populace about the Ethiopian Jews, their heritage and achievements. This is what Project Abrah attempts to achieve.
Published: 2012
Updated: Feb. 12, 2012
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Many Jewish education experts have been recommending the utilization of informal, experiential education methods within formal education frameworks in order to enhance students identification with Jewish values, living and identity. Ariel Zisken describes the special Etrog Program at Ulpanat Neveh Channah in the Etzion Bloc, Israel which has been implementing experiential education methods for fifteen years.
Published: 2012
Updated: Feb. 08, 2012
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This article describes a model for the integration of formal and informal experiential education in new technological platforms - Jewish Integrated Experiential Education, or JIEE. Educational technology can be summarized with five Cs: Connectivity, Communication, Collaboration, Creative Expression, and Customization. It describes each of these elements and offers specific examples of how digital applications can be employed.
Published: 2012
Updated: Feb. 06, 2012