The Covenant Foundation awarded a prestigious Signature grant to ConverJent in January, for its cutting-edge work in Jewish education. The two-year, $65,000 grant was made for the design and development of the first Jewish history focused mobile game/simulation, and to encourage the use of mobile technology as a Jewish educational tool.

"Get ready for some rockin’, roots, rhythm and soul, at FAU on March 4th. The school is announcing a ‘transformational concert that connects and re-imagines melodies that cross cultural boundaries’...Noted author and TV personality Rabbi Irwin Kula and [others] are among the celebrity participants..." More...

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Leigh explains how he translates the shema into American Sign Language and teaches his ASL version.

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By Darby Jared Leigh from Ritualwell.org

"The State of the Jewish Union is… Meh, we’ll see. Education is the beating heart of Judaism. Where the secular world sees wisdom as a means to power, Judaism sees wisdom as an end unto itself. ‘Torah L’ishma, Torah study, learning for it’s own sake,’ for the sheer holiness of the endeavor, is a distinctly Jewish goal..."

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At the Red Sea, the children of
Israel stood paralyzed, a great sea
before them and the mighty Egyptian army at their backs. It took a brave volunteer, Nachshon, the chief of the tribe of Judah, to wade into the water and show them that the sea would split, just as God and Moses promised. "For that reason the tribe Judah was worthy to be made the ruling power in Israel" (Babylonian Talmud: Sotah 37a).Volunteering often often feels like that: caught between family and work responsibilities on the one side, and the seemingly endless needs of the less fortunate on the other side. It's not easy to take the plunge.

Hayom katzar, v'hamlakhah m'rubah
The day is short, the task is great

You are a leader. In your home, your family, in your community, in a business. You have responsibilities for others. All year long, you are responsible for evaluating
whether those you lead are proceeding as they should. On the
morning of Yom Kippur, you have the opportunity to "self-correct,"to examine yourself and how, in the past year, you might have exercised your leadership differently.

Slach lanu, m'chal lanu, ka'per lanu

Forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement

The old adage "two Jews, three opinions" is a humorous way to address the challenge of bringing Jewish people and diverse communities together. The best tool that we have to bring people together across boundaries is still a shared love for discussion. Through learning and honest intellectual
engagement, we affirm that there are many branches on our Tree of Knowledge.
Am Yisrael chai
When we are with each other, Israel lives

"Many Jews have ambivalent feelings about the Occupy Wall Street Movement ... Americans are not upset that there is income inequality in this country, but rather they are upset that it seems that now those in the lower economic echelons do not get a fair chance at raising themselves out of their current state ... We have a lot to teach about sustaining hope and the power the simple act of hope has to propel people forward to achieve great things..."

A mezuzah, no matter how small or how grand, is the essential marker of a Jewish home.

Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman of Great Barrington MA founded The Interfaith Peace Chant. The Chant group meets monthly at the Quaker Meeting House in Great Barrington,MA to pray together from all faith traditions, for Peace. We have had spiritual leaders attending and leading chants from the Christian, Sufi, Sikh, Native American, Buddhist and Jewish traditions so far.
The vision statement is: