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Additional Opportunities – Summer/Fall 2023

Additional Opportunities

For the past six years, Keshet and USCJ have worked together to deliver Keshet’s Shivyon Project cohort for USCJ-affiliated synagogues.

Keshet, in partnership with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), has launched the Shivyon Project cohort for USCJ-affiliated synagogues! The Shivyon project is a year-long cohort-based opportunity for synagogues that want to focus on creating organizational change in order to better support LGBTQ+ community members and staff. Through the Shivyon Project, a synagogue will gain access to in-depth education, practical training, coaching, skills, and knowledge to spark long-lasting change from congregational policies to the individual experiences of your community’s participants and staff. Check out Keshet’s website to learn more and sign up.

If you have questions, please ask Fran Hildebrandt, fshildebrandt@gmail.com.

Young Professionals Poland Trip

Ramah Israel and Reshet Ramah are partnering to create a meaningful Poland experience for adults in their 20s and 30s. Please fill out the form below if you are interested in this opportunity.
Dates organized by Ramah Israel and Reshet Ramah to participate in a Poland trip are:

August 20-27, 2023
December 24-31, 2023
May 19-26, 2024

If you are not in this age cohort, click here for information about another adult Poland trip led by Ramah Israel.

Fill out the Poland Trip Interest Form: https://www.jotform.com//230194201149043

The Nefesh B’Nefesh JNF 2022-2023 Ma’alot Grant Program

Go to this LINK for the Ma’alot Grant information. The Maalot Grant information. Application has details about Grant plus a special offer from Rabbi Paul Freedman.

Is your synagogue considering a Mission to Israel in 2023?

Our colleague, Rabbi Paul Freedman (nina_f@netvision.net.il) can suggest resources including offers from Masorti Movement, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, and Nefesh B’Nefesh with its new Campus (located in the Kiryat Leumi, next to the Jerusalem Supreme Court).

New format for our EMagazine – Today’s Israel

Our EMagazine Today’s Israel, has a new format with fewer articles and an emphasis on photos. In this first issue there are three examples describing what Rabbi Paul’s partners, Nefesh B’Nefesh, Masorti and JNF are doing. Without their support, none of the above would be possible. We need your input with suggestions for future issues. Here is the Link.

Save the Date: September 10, 2023

6th Annual Reverse Tashlich

Add the largest Jewish Community Waterfront Cleanup to your 2023 programming. Register as a community or individual to stay up to date!

Introducing: The Repair the Sea App: Click HERE to Watch Video

Join our international community virtually on the Repair the Sea app.

Reshet Ramah Poland Journey

May 20-26, 2024

Designed for rising Jewish leaders ages 22-30*

On this six-day journey through Poland, our community will explore the cities of Warsaw, Lublin, and Krakow; hold each other up in Zbylitowska Gora—the Children’s Forest, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Treblinka; volunteer in cemeteries and local communities; meet with Jewish and non-Jewish peers; thank some of the families of Poland’s Righteous Among the Nations; and celebrate Shabbat in Krakow with the revitalized Jewish community and the work of the JCC Krakow.

We will work to fulfill our generation’s responsibility to remember, rebuild, and retell.

Please reach out to Adina Scheinberg, National Ramah Program Director, at adina@campramah.org with any questions.

Fill out the Non-Binding Registration Form: https://www.jotform.com/230575233707051

Don’t miss this new website – ExploringJudaism.org – where people like you can share personal and meaningful Jewish wisdom and reflection in addition to insight on practical living through the lens of Conservative/Masorti Judaism.

ExploringJudaism.org is a digital home for the Torah of Conservative/Masorti Judaism. While the name of this stream of Judaism was born well over a century ago, in the contemporary world Conservative Judaism is expressed through connection, community, and the creation of meaning. This lens on Judaism is rooted in the idea that Judaism grows with us, that we’re guided by process, and that there is beauty in the balance.