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BetterTogether – Bubbe and Zayde’s Kitchen, Temple Shaaray Tefila NYC
Bubbe and Zayde’s Kitchen, a branch of URJ Better Together, is an inter-generational culinary arts program. During monthly sessions, teens and seniors meet and work with a professional chef and Jewish educator to explore their passion for cooking, discuss how Jewish foods serve as a legacy for Jewish heritage, and share their personal stories about Jewish food.
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BetterTogether – Adopt-A-Survivor, Temple Sinai of Roslyn
Adopt a Survivor, a branch of URJ Better Together, is a Holocaust Education program that brings together 7th graders and Holocaust survivors to learn about our Jewish past and transfer the survivor’s powerful stories that make up our modern Jewish narrative.
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Save the Dates! Next Year’s NFTY Calendar!
We are excited to publicly share the official 2016-2017 NFTY NY Area Regional Calendar. While the calendar looks similar to previous years, we want to take a moment to highlight some of the changes to next year’s calendar as well as some new strategies that will help our region continue to grow.
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Apply Today for the 2016-2017 NFTY NY Area Regional Cabinet!
As we continue to evolve as a region, we are thrilled to announce the cabinet structure for the 2016-2017 NFTY year. The NFTY-NAR cabinet structure provides many leadership opportunities for members of our region, and helps us continue to move along our path of reaching our goals of more than quintupling the number of Jewish teens involved in NFTY NY Area regional programming and events by 2020.
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Why haven’t I been asked for NFTY dues?
Yes – you’ve heard right, NFTY is in the process of removing the requirement of NFTY dues in order to open our doors more fully and allow more teens to participate in the incredible experiences that we provide.
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What do you stand for?
On March 6th & 7th, 45 Jewish teens representing over 20 URJ congregations from the NY Area went to Albany to lobby our state legislators on social justice issues that matter to us as NFTYites. After spending Sunday learning about four different issues – Gun Violence Prevention, Economic Justice, Transgender Rights and Education – we prepared lobby speeches and met with our State Assembly Members and Senators.
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Special Elections Packet | Westchester/Fairfield Director of Sub-Regional Events
We’re pleased to release the candidacy packet for the special election for the Westchester/Fairfield Director of Sub-Regional Events. Interested applicants should please download and read the packet carefully and follow all instructions to declare your candidacy.
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We’ll See YOU in the Windy City! #NFTYConvention 2017
NFTY Convention is a one of a kind experience – bringing together more than 1,000 Reform Jewish teens from across North America. Come join us and be part of something bigger (it’s NFTY’s biggest event!), experience shaping a Movement, and have a great time.
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2016-2017 NFTY NY Area Regional Elections Packet Now Available
It is my pleasure to finally release the Regional Board Elections Packet for next years Regional Board. We are so proud of everyone who decides to run, regardless of the results, because we know that there are limitless leadership opportunities here in our region.
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Taking the SNAP Challenge
Written By Samantha Aaronson From November 13th to 19th, I participated in the SNAP Challenge. SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program where those eligible receive a national average of approximately $4.10 a day to spend on food. This challenge simulated living off of this program and I chose to take it on for a week.
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