CJP's PresenTense Boston
2011 Venture
Together we will pioneer a meaningful and strong future for the Boston Jewish Community. We greatly appreciate your investment of Social Capital Notes in each of the ventures. Click the links below to view each venture wish list.
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The Binah School is a new educational initiative that combines the best of contemporary, research-based educational practices and traditional, text-driven Orthodox Jewish studies to create a rigorous, personalized academic experience and is slated to open in 2012 in Sharon, MA.
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Boston Haifa Legal Partners, through CJP’s Boston-Haifa Connection, is a program that connects young lawyers in Boston and Haifa, Israel to collaborate on academic, professional and social justice projects that impact the legal communities and improve the justice systems in both America and Israel.
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This program will help create a more vibrant and accessible community of pluralistic, welcoming young Jewish adults specifically adapted to the Cambridge/Somerville community.
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Elder News Feed provides Russian-Jewish elders residing in assisted living facilities with easy access to online content such such as digital photos, weather reports, and bus routes. The program aims to restore autonomy for Russian-Jewish Seniors and instill an increased sense of connectivity with their families and the outside world.
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Gateways to College, through Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, is a Jewish education program that brings young adults with special needs to college Hillel centers to celebrate Shabbat with a community of peers
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This program engages teenage Jewish girls through activities, text and study—exploring issues such as gossip, body image, friendship and consumerism, while learning effective ways of communication.
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This venture will expand the inner-city youth leadership and empowerment organization, Global Potential (GP), to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, for its international cultural exchange and service-learning phase.
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Homegrown Judaica is an online Jewish Artist Marketplace where artists and patrons can buy and sell handcrafted art pieces.
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The Jewish Teacher Corps will train recent college graduates from the Boston area and send them to teach for a year in non-urban Jewish community day schools across the country.
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Making Jewish MenMaking Jewish Men, through Kesher Newton, is a program focused on building community with adolescent Jewish boys in a uniquely Jewish, male-only context.
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On Both Feet is a consulting company that integrates improvisational theater techniques with lessons from Jewish tradition to create interactive training and experiential education programs.
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Prozdor@Home, through Hebrew College, will harness the power of the online community and help students connect and learn about various topics regarding Jewish communities, Jewish identity, social justice, ethics, arts, Israel and text.
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TSB creates offbeat music productions to engage audiences in social, cultural and political dialogue.
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