Venture of the Month: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2018-08-23T13:00:52-04:00August 1st, 2016|Building Community|

Jewish Learning Venture’s Whole Community Inclusion’s initiative serves and supports the Jewish special needs community in many ways, providing workshops, conferences and resources for people with different abilities, for parents, rabbis, teachers and professionals who work with people who have special needs. This month, we ...Read More

Volunteer Engagement in the 21st Century

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2018-08-27T06:39:13-04:00March 16th, 2016|Building Community|

By Dr. Amy Alfred, Jewish Learning Venture Organizational Consultant On March 14th, Jewish Learning Venture hosted a workshop on creative ways to engage volunteers in the 21st century. Rabbi Phil Warmflash and Dr. Amy Alfred worked with both professional and lay leaders who came from synagogues ...Read More

With Appreciation – and then some.

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2018-08-24T12:08:22-04:00January 22nd, 2016|Building Community, Ventures|

A few years ago, we were introduced to the popular ‘Six Word Memoirs’ from Smith Magazine (http://sixwordmemoirs.com). The concept is that we can truly make our words count, and tell a whole story, in just six words. As an agency we used this technique for launching ...Read More