Mandel Center at JCC Association Launches Jewish Journey for JCC Day Camp Directors
JCC Association is pleased to share the good news that the Mandel Center for Jewish Education of JCC Association is set to launch a two year professional seminar for a select group of nineteen of our movement’s most talented JCC day camp directors. The seminar is named: Lekhu Lakhem - Jewish and Educational Journeys for JCC Day Camp Directors: A Senior Fellows Seminar. It is funded by grants from the JCC Association’s New Initiatives Fund and the Mandel Center.
The Mandel Fellows are:
Aaron Atlas- JCC of Indianapolis, Indiana
Eric Bishop- JCC/West Houston, Texas
Gelena Blishteyn - Edith & Carl Marks JCH of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
Joel Boime - Jewish Community Center of St. Louis, Missouri
Andi Callam - JCC of Louisville, Kentucky
Randi Cohen - Ruth Hyman JCC of Greater Monmouth, Deal Park, New Jersey
Jodi Fishman - JCC of Greater Baltimore, Maryland
Wendy Fogel - JCC of Orange County, Irvine, California
Rachel Fox - Leo Yassenoff JCC of Greater Columbus, Ohio
Aaron Greenberg - Betty & Milton Katz JCC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Aviva Hillenbrand - Sabes JCC of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Stephanie Katzif - JCC of Greater Kansas City, Overland Park, Kansas
Marcy Klapper - JCC of Indianapolis, Indiana
Steven Levin - 92nd Street Y, New York, New York
Stacy Orbach - JCC at Milken, West Hills, California
Bonnie Pierce – The JCC of Greater Buffalo, New York
Geoffrey Stahl- Memphis JCC, Tennessee
Ari Wasserman - Kings Bay YM-YWHA, Brooklyn, New York
Andrea Wolff - JCCs of Chicago, Illinois
From November 2005 through October 2007, these nineteen Mandel Fellows will participate in a series of five seminars in North America and one extended seminar in Israel, along with an ongoing program of Jewish learning and educational mentoring. They will be exposed to and learn from renowned scholars, teachers, camp educators. “Our vision for Lekhu Lakhem incorporates taking our directors on personal journeys of Jewish learning and infusing them with the passion to provide Jewish and educational visionary leadership to their camps,” said Dr. Alvin Mars, director of the Mandel Center for Jewish Education at JCC Association.
In broad strokes, the content of the seminar will focus on the study of Jewish education and camp leadership, using texts to grapple with issues of education, philosophy, Jewish vision, camp administration and Jewish educational leadership, always within the context of the JCC day camp and the issues that our directors face in the course of their work. Mentoring sessions will he held via conference calls twice monthly so participants have a chance to continue learning throughout the year. The Mandel Center for Jewish Education’s intention is to guide these camp directors on a personal Jewish and educational journey.
MCJE was founded to contribute to Jewish educational excellence in JCCs by providing training opportunities for the professional personnel and lay leaders of JCCs and the JCC Movement, and by inspiring and offering guidance to JCCs that are developing Jewish educational initiatives.
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