The hourglass is nearly empty. The Great Tribulation has begun and Armageddon looms in the very near future. There are a total of TWO things that you need in...
Hi all- Seems that we had an unwelcome "guest" on our listserv this morning - I've taken care of it, and let's hope we don't run into this problem again. I...
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Oded, Adam
aoded@...
Aug 7, 2007 3:56 pm
I'm working on the curriculum for our Iris Teen Tzedakah program. At the conference, somebody mentioned a "derech eretz contract." Does anyone have text for...
Hi JTFN, The email below is from Allison Buchman, who works in the DC area as a consultant to Hillel. In her email are links that can be easily passed on to...
I know that several of your programs engage teens in service activities as well as philanthropy...thought you might find the following Volunteer-A-Thon info of...
Hi Everyone- I am planning an event for this November for my teens. At the event I would like to talk with them about evaluating charities. I want to provide...
Hello Robin, I suggest you all take a look at www.charitynavigator.org. It's a pretty well respected independent charity evaluator. Their rating system gives...
This fall I have 16 teens who have volunteered to serve on an advisory board. I was wondering if anyone else works with a teen board and if you would have any...
In relation to some of the resource requests of late, I wanted to mention a 12-week curriculum on money and Jewish values that I developed. You can find the...
Hi Lori. My own vision of a youth board is that they eventually become anything from educators of the next group, to teachers of philanthropy to bar/bat...
Dear colleagues and friends: It's been a while since we've been in touch, so I wanted to take the opportunity to check in and share some of what's been going...
Areyvut proudly announces a joint collaboration with JVibe, The Magazine for Jewish Teens to recognize the most creative Bnai Mitzvah service. Students in 5th...
Hello JTFN, L'Shana Tova. I am looking for materials on Group Decision Making and Becoming an Effective Jewish Leader. If anyone any materials, resources,...
Celeste and others- Several people have asked recently about resources on decision-making models, so I've been doing a bit of searching online. I must admit, I...
I will be out of the office starting 09/11/2007 and will not return until 09/17/2007. I will be out of the office for Rosh Hashana. Have a happy and healthy...
Hi folks- Do you think some of your teens would be interested in participating in a Jewish youth philanthropy trip next summer through AJWS or JDC? Sue ...
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Deborah Oleshansky
DOleshansky@...
Sep 20, 2007 9:03 pm
Absolutely - depending on dates. Do you have an idea of when the trip would run? We have a funny summer schedule here and kids return to school in early...
I was thinking last week of June and depending on costs, a 1-3 week trip Sue Schwartzman Director of Youth Philanthropy for the JCEF 5150 El Camino Real, suite...
Hi all from Jon Spira-Savett in Atlanta. Our steering committee met today, great meeting. One of the things we're wondering is if any of the established...
I am sure that there would be interest from my teens, the tricky thing will be the dates. Please keep me posted as this develops. Thanks, Rachel Rosen Program...
Memphis would certainly have some kids interested. If we have enough advanced notice on the dates, that would help and would also give me some time to try to...
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Oded, Adam
aoded@...
Sep 24, 2007 9:53 pm
Does anyone know of a good speaker for a combined parents and teens night program? Last year we had Danny Siegel and we really liked him. This year we would...
If you can get Aaron Dorfman from the AJWS, director of education there, he's amazing (also a "founding father" of our field). There is a guy named Teddy...
This is probably a silly time to send out this email, as we're all scrambling to finish work before chag, but I'm curious to know if anyone has read Giving,...
Hi Stefanie, I think our teens may be interested. Keep me posted on the details. Valerie _________________ Valerie Gintis, Director B'nai Tzedek and Teen...
I was actually wondering the same thing...I saw Clinton's interview on the Oprah show last month and found it very interesting. Also, on that same show, Oprah...
Stefanie scooped my question...I too leafed through it. It's probably good for us to read, but it's not deep, there's a lot of mention of Gates-type...
I will be out of the office starting 09/26/2007 and will not return until 10/01/2007. I will be out of the office for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Thank you....
In case you haven't seen this article in JVibe, I encourage you to read teen philanthropists Sydney Lampert's piece at ...
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Stacey Battat
sbattat@...
Oct 1, 2007 4:00 pm
Stephanie, Moadim LeSimcah and thank you SO much - we will get permission to reprint in our local Jewish newspaper and I will use the article in my Oct 14th...
