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| Date Posted: Young Kinneret Emissaries Complete Year in Milwaukee Service to the community is a commonly held high value in Israel- so much so that many Israeli teenagers spend an entire year in public service either before or after their mandatory army service. This year of service is referred to by the three words shnat sherut shlishit, a 'third' year of service, and is shortened to "Shin-Shin" when referring to this program. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: JCC Association - Young Judaea Partnership Expanding to Include "Year Course in Israel" JCC Association and Young Judaea, the Zionist Youth Movement sponsored by Hadassah, joined together in 1999, creating a monumental partnership, now entering her fourth year. Fifty-eight JCCs across North America currently sponsor and host Young Judaea groups on their premises. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: YEAR-ROUND SHLICHIM: SUMMER CAMP & JCC OR JCC-MACCABI GAMES JCC Association's partners in the JAFI Education Dept. are offering new models for sending shlichim - Israeli emissaries - to North American JCCs. Now, in addition to community and camp shlichim, it will be possible to bring representatives from Israel to join the JCC professional team in new ways. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: The Maccabiah Story The Maccabiah Games every 4 years in Israel -- the Jewish Olympics, as they are often called -- are Maccabi World Unions largest and most famous enterprise. These spectacular sports & cultural extravaganzas uniting many thousands of Jews from all over the world in Israel have a tremendous Zionist history, stretching back to the vivid imagination of a Jewish youngster in 1912. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: JEWISH AGENCY SUMMER SHLICHIM BRING ISRAEL TO JCC CAMPS Each year the Jewish Agency for Israel sends more than 1,000 young shlichim (emissaries) to Jewish summer camps around the world. North American JCCs host the largest number of summer shlichim â??212 in day camps and 228 in resident camps last year. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: PEDAGOGIC CENTER Web Page DEPARTMENT FOR JEWISH ZIONIST EDUCATION THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL The JAFI Education Dept.'s Pedagogic Center has developed one of the most diverse, creative and extensive web sites for Israel and Jewish education, including categories such as Anti-Semitism, Building a Jewish World, Conferences and Events, Current Issues, Culture, Festivals, Hadracha (Leadership Development), Hasbara (Interpreting Israel), Hebrew, Israel and Zionism, Israel-Diaspora, Jewish Educational Database, Jewish Lifecycle, Jewish University in Cyberspace, Links to Dept. and other Jewish Educational Websites, Live (Real Time) » Read More... |
| Date Posted: MELITZAmerica MELITZAmerica is a Melitz project in conjunction with Archeological Seminars Foundation. It is a one to four week program bringing visiting educators, activists or leaders to Jewish Communities in North America for an intensive Israel-related learning experience. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Israeli Teens Bring Maccabi Torch to JCC Maccabi Games Host Communities Maccabi World Union's close partnership with JCC Association includes JMaX and birthright israel programs, bringing teens and young adults to Israel, and the annual JCC Maccabi Games hosted by North American JCCs. In addition, Maccabi World Unionâ??s annual Chanukah Torch Relay is sending four young members of the Maccabi youth movement (out of 15 worldwide), bearing torches from Israel to JCCs in North America, in commemoration of the story of the Maccabees. The article below was written by Miriam Rinn. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: The Project for Long Term Israel Programs In June 2003, The Coordinating Committee of the Government of Israel and The Jewish Agency for Israel met to explore new ways to reach Jewish youth around the world, reinforce their Jewish identity and strengthen their ties to Israel and their community. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: The Jewish Agency's People-To-People Center Building on the successes of Partnership 2000 links between communities in Israel and around the Jewish world, the Jewish Agency for Israel has launched âPeople-to-People,â linking individual Jews in Israel and Jewish communities around through affinity groups based on by professional ties, shared interest in an issue, etc. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Israel is Alive at the Michael-Ann Russell JCC, North Miami Beach! Israel permeates the Michael-Ann Russell JCC in North Miami Beach, which sponsors a community youth shlichah or Israeli emissary â?? in this case, Shirit Saks-Haim on behalf of Maccabi World Union and JCC Association. Shirit is a graduate of Maccabi's youth movement, and worked as an organizational consultant in Tel Aviv before taking up her post in North Miami Beach. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Melitz's "Engaging Disengagement" An Interactive Program Melitz's "Engaging Disengagement" An Interactive Program The Disengagement, which involves the evacuation of all Jewish settlements in Gaza, and four settlements in Northern Samaria represents an historical moment that is unfolding, and will clearly be referred to in coming years the way we currently refer to other major historical events in Israel's relatively short history. While some disagree and others agree, one thing is for sure: Israelis have very strong feelings about the Disengagement. In addition, each person in Israel will be affected in some way by coming events. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: ISRAELI EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS FOR JCCS The Jewish Agency's Department of Jewish Zionist Education, in partnership with JCC Association, is offering a variety of novel models for bringing Israeli shlichim (emissaries) to North American JCCs. Following a successful pilot in the Marcus JCC in Atlanta, this menu of new programs now includes the option of arranging to bring Israeli early childhood educators to local JCCs for a defined period of time. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Deja Vu! The Jewish Renewal Campaign in Israeli Community Centers More than 20 years ago, North American JCCs began examining ways to maximize their Jewish educational effectiveness. Since then, many have engaged first rate Jewish educators on their professional team; 3,500 JCC professionals and lay leaders participated in Jewish educational training via JCC Association's Israel seminars; many added a sophisticated Jewish educational overlay to their gamut of activities and services; and a continental task force issued a report identifying multiple opportunities for strengthening JCC-Israel partnerships. » Read More... |
| Date Posted: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA, ISRAEL The Arison School of Business The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy The Raphael Recanati International School » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Community centers do their part to help Israelis in the north 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 » Read More... |
| Date Posted: Community centers do their part to help Israelis in the North The Israel Association of Community Centers, with support from United Jewish Communities, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the American Joint Distribution Committee, played a major role in communities throughout Israel's north during the recent month of warfare, and will continue to do so in its aftermath. » Read More... |