Giving Back
By Jonathan M. Broder, President /
I first learned about Jewish Learning Venture before it was Jewish Learning Venture. JOP (a predecessor of the agency) staff facilitated workshops for my congregation, Tiferes B’Nai Israel in Warrington, around issues of leadership and institutional engagement and brought the Reshet initiative to the BuxMont Kehillah, while ACAJE (also a predecessor agency) staff worked with us to strengthen congregational education.
Watching My Student Open Up…
by Mariana Dougherty TAP Teen Adath Israel I have really enjoyed volunteering my time as a teen assistant. I have taken the role of a teen assistant not only to my assigned child, but the entire class. It has been a lot of fun to spend time with my class of fifth graders. I love to see how close my student is in the class and how they all treat each other so well. He is a really kind kid and although he's a little shy, it is great when he opens up. He comes out of his shell [...]