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National Jewish Agencies
In the session on “Building Our Global Jewish Community,” at the AJCOP
Professional Development Day held in Boca Raton, a participant noted the lack of
knowledge about Jewish organizations outside the Federation system.
About one fourth of AJCOP’s current membership is made up of
professionals who raise funds on behalf of Israeli institutions outside of the
Federation system, doing vital social welfare and educational work for the
Jewish People. Boys
Town Jerusalem
Boys
Town Jerusalem is one of Israel’s premier institutions for educating the
country’s next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce,
education, the military and public service. Since its founding in 1948,
BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys from limited backgrounds into
young men with limitless futures. From Junior High through the College
level, the three part curriculum at Boys Town – academic, technological and
Torah – is designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth into
productive citizens of tomorrow. The campus, located on 18 acres in the
Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem, is a home-away-from-home for its 800
member student body with a capacity to serve up to 1,000 boys. More than 6,200
graduates hold key positions throughout Israeli society. Visit
our website: http://www.boystownjerusalem.org The
Darrell D. Friedman Institute For Professional Development
At
The Weinberg Center
The
Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Professional Development at the Weinberg
Center (DFI) in Baltimore, MD, provides professional development and career
training opportunities to the full spectrum of Jewish communal professionals,
both current and prospective. DFI
enables individuals, who strive to be success in a wide range of disciplines and
settings to expand and integrate their professional and Judaic competencies. J
PRO
workshops are provided to all levels of staff and graduate students working and
interning in the Jewish community. Workshops
include topics such as: Program Evaluation
and Outcomes Measurement, Time Management,
Building Relationships, a Jewish Approach to Conflict Management and IT
Training. STAR
(Skills to Achieve Results) is a seminar series, by which fellows are selected,
to explore a skill set taught by experts in the field of Jewish communal work.
STAR cohorts address issues of communication and management for various
levels of professionals from those new to the field to those more experienced.
KEHILLAH,
the membership organization of Jewish communal professionals, has been an
integral component of professional development for the Jewish communal worker
since 1998, providing programs of topical interest.
In addition, KEHILLAH Young Professionals (KYP) provides targeted
programming for the new professional. KEHILLAH
also provides a mentoring program matching new and seasoned professionals within
the community. There is opportunity
for professional development delving into such topics as: Reaching
Out and Welcoming in: A Strategy
for Meeting the Needs of the New Jewish Community, Marketing Jewish Life:
Everyone’s Business and Up
Close and Personal: An Insider’s
View of Four Baltimore Foundations.
KEHILLAH also provides Jewish Literacy programs for its’ membership,
past topics have included Ahavat Shalom: Preserving
Peace Between People and Derech Eretz: The
Jewish Way to Behave. DFI
can also provide Jewish organizations coming to Baltimore for conferences
customized professional development workshops working within your budget and
theme. Check
our website at www.thedfi.org for more
information, or call 410 578-6932 Weizmann
Institute
In
the session on “Building Our Global Jewish Community,” a participant noted
the lack of knowledge about Jewish organizations outside the Federation
system. We are the local representatives of the Weizmann Institute, one
of the world’s leading institutions of biomedical and scientific research;
we would be happy to hear from you and share with you information about our
work and upcoming events. You can also look at our web site (www.weizmann-usa.org)
or do a Google news search. (At the time I am writing this e-mail, there
is a breaking story about Weizmann scientists discovering details about the
mechanisms controlling metastasis of breast cancer cells which may aid in the
development of new anti-cancer drugs.) We
especially invite you to visit our gorgeous 300 acre campus in Rehovot, Israel
to view first-hand the work of our scientist in their mission of “Science
for the Benefit of Humanity.” You will feel very proud of the
contribution which American Jews, particularly those from this region, have
done to make the Institute what Golda Meir called “Israel’s best
calling card.” Shalom
and L’hitraot! e-mail:
bruner@acwis.org web
site: www.weizmann-usa.org
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