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| View from Jerusalem |
What it Means to Support Israel Now
by Richard Juran, Director, JCC Association Israel Office
posted 25 July 2006
Israel's meaning may vary according to context and worldview. For some it represents continuity through millennia of Jewish history, or the central stage where land, people and sacred texts converged long ago. Today, Israel as a Jewish state is an enterprise shared by the Jewish people, which begs the question: What happens when the going gets rough?
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| From the Israeli Press |
More secular parents look to schools to provide missing Jewish education
By Shahar Ilan
Haaretz, 21 July 2006
Ronit Hadar, a secular mother, moved with her family to French Hill in Jerusalem just so that her children could attend that neighborhood?s Frankel School. Frankel is part of the TALI network, where pupils receive significantly more Jewish studies than is customary in ordinary state schools.
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| Partner Initiatives |
Community centers do their part to help Israelis in the north
By Leah Granof, ISRAEL21c - August 9, 2006
With magicians, clowns, table-games and musical performances on a daily basis, one might mistakenly believe that a carnival is in town. Far from it.
Instead, these activities are part of the home front efforts being organized by the Israel Association of Community Centers (IACC) to help children and their parents living in northern Israel cope with the month-long war that has brought daily bombardment of Katyusha rockets into their backyards.
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| Task Force Report |
Israel and the JCC: Partners In Jewish Discovery
JCC Association proudly presents the report of its Israel Task Force. The recommendations in "Israel and the JCC: Partners in Jewish Discovery" are geared to enhance the Israel dimension of JCCs as a means of fostering richer Jewish identity, connections to Jewish peoplehood, and paths toward meaningful Jewish living. The report will be presented at the JCCs of North American Biennial in Montreal in May 2004.
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Jerusalem Mifgash, Desert Retreat for Edith & Carl Marks JCH Staff
by Sara Sless Professional staff from the Edith & Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and the Kiryat Menachem matnas (community center) in Jerusalem recently retreated to the desert to deepen their growing partnership. In recent years, JCH Bensonhurst staff had accompanied their teens on exchange programs with youth from Kiryat Menachem, with the support and encouragement of Partnership 2000.
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