22 J-Serve Projects in MetroWest

For more on J-Serve in MetroWest, click here. TEENS that plan to attend J-Serve, and have a Facebook account, click here to add J-Serve to your events, and meet other teens that are participating!

Open Letter to Teen Leaders About J-Serve

If you have an idea for a program or project, email Adam Oded aoded@thepartnershipnj.org.

Register for J-Serve 2008: April 13, 2008

J-Serve, the National Day of Jewish Youth Service, is a program created by teens for teens.  J-Serve provides Jewish participants with the opportunity to fulfill age-old Jewish values. By engaging in community service, J-Serve participants are fulfilling the ideals of; gemilut chasadim, acts of lovingkindness; tzedakah, just and charitable giving; and tikkun olam, the idea that Jews are duty bound to help fix a broken world.

Get your group involved in J-Serve this year!  The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life is trying help organize ten or more projects for MetroWest teens that day.  Any project that addresses a communal need, involves Jewish learning and includes 12 or more MetroWest teens will get the following support:

• A $75 mini grant from The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life to help defray the costs of materials and transportation.
• Customized preparatory and reflective materials created specifically for your group.
• Free consultation to help you design the project that’s right for your group and our community.
• Promotion of your group’s project in the New Jersey Jewish News and on our website. 

For more information, send me an email: aoded@thepartnershipnj.org

Or print up and send in this form: MetroWest J-Serve 2008 Interest Form (PDF) 

Panim has just extended the deadline for additional micro-grants of up to $500.  Click here!

Podcast Monday: Jewish Civics Initiative

The subject of the podcast on May 14, 2007 is the Jewish Civics Initiative.  As usual, the show will be recorded on Monday afternoon at 4:00PM EST. The number to call in is (646) 478-4724. To listen to the show live click here, or on the BlogTalkRadio icon below.

The Jewish Civics Initiative (JCI) was created by PANIM in 1994. JCI is a year-long service-learning experience for Jewish teenagers under the sponsorship of a community-wide Jewish educational institution.  At the present, more than 25 agencies participate in at least one component of the JCI program, representing 15 states and an estimated number of more than 750 students.

This year, a group of MetroWest teens from Central Hebrew High School participated in this program.  The program included a course of study, a social action project at the Daughters of Israel Geriatric Center, and seminar in Washington, DC.

The podcast features comments from Rabbi Sid Schwartz, the founder of Panim, program participants and more.

Program Links:

• www.panim.org
• www.jserve.org
• www.dcjam.org
• www.panimworks.org
• www.thesca.org
• The Jewish Civics Initiative at Central Hebrew High School 2006/7
• Pictures of the Jewish Civics Initiative at Daughters of Israel, Spring 2007

J-Serve 2007: The Jewish Civics Initiative at Daughters of Israel

On April 22, as part of J-Serve, a national day of service coordinated by Panim, our group of teens visited the seniors at Daughters of Israel.  This was the second of three visits.  Many of the teens met with residents that they had met on their previous visits.  The teens chatted with the residents about some of the usual topics such as their health and families.  On this visit in particular, they brought up the residents thoughts and memories about Israel, since it was also Memorial Day in Israel.  The weather was nice, some of the teens were able to take the residents outside, which was a treat for residents who need help getting around.

The teens have been getting closer to the residents with each visit.  I was personally touched to see the effort that the teens put into the visits.  One teen found out that the resident that he’s paired with likes music, so he brought along some music that they could listen to while he was there.  Another teen left home early that day so he could buy a bouquet of flowers for his senior friend. 

We are all looking forward to our next visit on Mother’s Day, May 13, 2007.

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If you would like to get involved with a program like this or set up a program like this in your own community, please email Adam Oded: aoded@thepartnershipnj.org.

JCI at DOI

Today the Jewish Civics Initiative group from Central Hebrew High School went to Daughters of Israel for a visit. The teens were there to develop relationships with some of the residents. This was the first of three visits.

The residents were very happy to recieve the teens, and the teens were likewise effected by their visit. Our next visit will be on April 22, 2007 as part of J-Serve.

Here’s a few pictures.

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