Spend this summer in Israel having fun & challenging yourself to the extreme on Derech Hateva’s Israel Trail Teen Adventure (ITTA)! This month-long program combines backpacking, hiking, biking and rock climbing with Jewish-learning and volunteering, along the Israel Trail (Shvil Yisrael) in the North & South of the country.ITTA is open for both North American and Israeli teens ages 14-18, who are looking for an amazing experience and go beyond their limits. This summer’s adventure dates are, July 6th- August 4th, 2008, for girls and July 7th- August 5th, 2008 for boys. Each group has between 9-12 members, and 2-3 highly trained and experienced bi-lingual educator/guides. Groups focus on outdoor living, leadership skills and teamwork, learning to keep Shabbat in nature and a special desert trek with camels all along the Israel Trail. There are both Orthodox and Multi-Denominational groups. Register NOW, space is limited!
Fresh to Derech Hateva comes ITTA – Session II. Later dates, August 12th – 26th, a different route- a whole new adventure at the end of the summer, in classic ITTA spirit.
For more information on our programs or to apply, please visit our website at www.derechhateva.org or contact us at programs@derechhateva.org or call us at 02-624-8743 in Israel, 212-537-6280 in the US.
“Nothing could have prepared me for the incredible experience I had. I learned how to appreciate how we can survive in nature, how you can work together as a group and how much you can grow as a person in a month!” -Daniella Z., ITTA ‘06
Shadya
Sunday, March 30 • 12:45pm
JCC MetroWest • West Orange
Roy Westler, Director
Israel – 2005 • 52 minutes
Hebrew with English Subtitles
Post screening discussion with Adam Oded.
A spirited Israeli-Arab girl challenges her traditional Muslim lifestyle by fighting to become a World Karate Champion. Shadya’s conflict as an Israeli-Arab and an Arab woman emerges when she meets the Palestinian karate team and marries at the peak of her career.
The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life is looking for new or slightly used digital cameras to send to our partner communities in Ofakim and Merchavim. Any camera in working order will be accepted. These cameras will be shared with 6th-12th graders in Ofakim and Merchavim. We would like to create a feeling of brotherhood between local teens from MetroWest, NJ with thier peers in Israel. Through the use of photography and the internet, they will be able to share scenes of thier lives, and find common ground with teens their own age on the other side of the world.
To get a visual tour of Ofakim, click here:
To read about the partnership between UJC of MetroWest and Ofakim and Merchavim, click here.
Scholar In Residence Weekend
Israel at 60: Origins and Aspirations
with Dr. Kenneth Stein
Friday, February 8 – Saturday, February 9, 2008
Friday, February 8
7:30pm Shabbat Services
Lech-Lecha to Balfour: Zion and Zionism to 1917
What made the Jews a people and shaped their identity before returning to Eretz Yisrael in the late 19th century?
(Followed by an elaborate Oneg.)
Saturday, February 9
9:00 am Shabbat Services
Balfour to Ben Gurion and Begin, 1917-1967
For sixty years Zionists learned to take control over their own destiny– thirty years in creating the infrastructure for a state and thirty years until an Arab leader recognized Zionism as a reality. How did a diverse group of immigrants acquire political and physical power?
(Followed by an extended Kiddush Luncheon and Question and Answer Session.)
Saturday, February 9
Afternoon 4:30 pm
Israel and the Middle East Since 1967…1967 to the Present
Looking back forty years, how did the June 1967 war change the face of Israel’s future? Where are we in the ultimate quest for Zionist acceptance and recognition? How has Israel changed the face of the Middle East and altered American Jewish identity? Where does Israel sit as a strategic priority in American foreign policy?
(Tea & Pastries followed by Havdalah)
It’s an honor and privilege for me to participate in this year’s March of the Living. This life changing two week program brings Jews back to the site of the Holocaust in Poland, and is followed by a trip to Israel.
On Thursday, May 1, 2008, thousands of Jewish teens from countries around the world will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march three kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built by the Nazis during World War II.
The “March” commemorates YOM HASHOAH-Holocaust Remembrance Day. You can be there – along with over 8,000 students who will be part of this historic event.
As one of the Marchers you will retrace the steps of the “March of Death,” the actual route which countless numbers of our people were forced to take on their way to the gas chambers at Birkenau. You will experience Jewish history where it was made. This time, however, there will be a difference. It will be a “March of the Living” with thousands of Jewish youth, like yourself, marching shoulder to shoulder.
The group will be led by Joel Katz who has led Marches for over 10 years. There are still a few scholarships available for MetroWest teens. Time is running out, so make sure to contact us as soon as possible.
Please join UJC MetroWest in celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary with a special teen
& young adult performance by famed Israeli funk group
Hadag Nachash
Saturday February 9, 2008
8 p.m.
Alex Aidekman Family
Jewish Community Campus
901 Route 10, Whippany
$20 per person
To buy tickets, go to: http://ujcnj.org/israelat60 There should be a link on that page that says “click here to purchase your tickets today.”
Tickets are available through your synagogue or youth group.
For more information, e-mail israelprograms@ujcnj.org
901 Route 10 • Whippany, NJ 07981 • (973) 929-3000 • Fax (973) 884-7361 • www.ujcnj.org/israelat60
The Legow Family Israel Program Center, Central Hebrew High School and The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life invite the MetroWest teen community to the
Israel at 60 Teen Kickoff Event
Sunday, October 28, 2007: 9:30-1:30 Free and Open to All
Learn about Israel through a series of fun games and programs:
Dig for archaeological artifacts
Build a government coalition in our Knesset session
Tour Israel on an enormous map with twists and turns on the way
Collaborate on an Israeli music video
Have a falafel!
The event will be held at the Aidekman Family Campus, 901 Route 10, Whippany, NJ 07981. The program begins at 9:30AM and ends at 1:30PM. This program is free, and open to any teen from 8th to 11th grade. If you would like to participate, please contact Rabbi Ed Prince: eprince@thepartnershipnj.org.
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND’S ANNUAL
Green Sunday
Sunday, November 18, 2007
At the offices of Merrill Lynch
51 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ
Sign up for one of the following shifts:
9:30-12:00
11:30-2:00
1:30-4:00
or All Day
Support the vital work of the JNF In Israel!
BRING A FRIEND! FOOD! PRIZES!
Ages 12 and over are welcome. For more information, or to become a volunteer, please call Flo at the JNF office 973-593-0095, Ext. 205 or email fsiderman@jnf.org
A year has passed since IDF soldiers Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped by Hamas and Hezbollah.
Show the world we have not forgotten and will not forget them.
Join us in demanding their immediate and unconditional release.
Monday July 16th, 2007
12:00 noon/ Rain or Shine
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (First Avenue and 47th Street)
New York City
Hitch a ride to the rally with UJC of MetroWest:
Buses will leave from the Aidekman Campus, Whippany, at 10 a.m.
and the Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, West Orange, at 10:30 a.m.
Register online by Tuesday, July 10 to reserve a place on the bus.
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