By Shelli Putterman-Kenett, Hebrew teacher at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and program head of the Triangular Partnership for CESJDS The experience I had with the Triangular school program
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By Dan Schere There is no age requirement to becoming a philanthropist, as 14-year old Gabriela Selmonosky has discovered over the past year. Gabriela, a sophomore at Alexandria Country Day
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By Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath If you were given $10,000 as a teenager, what would you have done with it? For nearly forty teens from across the Greater Washington Jewish community, the inspiring
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Saving lives by collecting bras to raise awareness and funds for BRCA gene mutation testing. Connecting young hospital patients with Shabbat celebrations. Teaching young children about Judaism through art. What
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(Impact L’Atid Winners: Rachael P., Becca B., Talia C., Ilana K., Daphne K., Vanessa A. and Jason K.) Meet Becca B., Impact L’Atid’s 2016-17 Innovation Showcase winner for her project
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This blog post was written by Adi Golan, senior at Rockville High School. In November 2016, The Jewish Federation partnered with JCRC of Greater Washington to host the 2nd annual
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Federation’s Jteen Philanthropy program is featured in online publication, Sentinel. Jewish teen Philanthropy (Jteen) is a leadership program where a group of 38 teenagers from the Greater Washington area collaborate,
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The Margo & Yoram Cohen Family Israel Engagement Fellowship teaches teen leaders to explore their relationships with Israel in a meaningful way. Fellows learn about the importance of the State
Read moreShoresh Hebrew High School is a unique Jewish studies program for 8th – 12th grade students attending secular schools in the Greater Washington area. Shoresh builds a strong foundation for
Read moreThere are countless right answers to this question. You could say anything: The destruction of the Second Temple The Spanish Inquisition The writing of the Talmud The invention of matzah
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