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"IJP-Individualized (Family) Jewish Paths...Creating Jewish Meaning, Connection and Continuity"

IJPs will be created by members of the congregation for the purpose of facilitating their personal discovery of Jewish meaning, connection and continuity. we will forge this innovative personalized approach with families with young children first, as they are viewed as the ocngregations' change agents. Our goal is to leverage the emotional access to young families created by Shabbat and holiday and home and communal experiences in order to move toward an integration of learning, tikkun olam, and prayer in a multi-generational environment.

[|Congregational Website]

Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff, Senior Rabbi rabbi@bnaijehudah.org

Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Rabbi rabbiasw@bnaijehudah.org

Jeanne Kort, Executive Director jkort@bnaijehudah.org

Shelley Hedrick, Education Director shedrick@bnaijehudah.org

Phase One Creating and training a cadre of *//See-ot// (guides) to work with individuals/families to articulate their hopes, dreams, fears and Jewish desires and through active listening and reflective responses together develop specific actions or programs that address those need, as well as to connect them to others with complimentary interest and needs.
 * //See-ah: travelling companion, escort// (Jastrow p. 984)

[|Senior Rabbi Erev RH] [|Four Voices, One Journey] [|Congregational Invitation to become a See'ah] Interview Guide for Potential See'ot [|See'ah Training Facilitator's Manual]

Phase Two Reach out to individuals interesting in beginning their "journey" by creating an IJP. Two groups were targeting initially for the first cohort: 1) Alpha group includes members of the board of truestees 2) Beta group includes families with young children

IJP Invitation [|IJP Planning form & journal] [|IJP Journal] IJP Program documents IJP Individual Journey stories News articles


 * 2009-2010 (Year Two) Phase Three**
 * The creation of a new staff position- Amy Ravis Furey, IJP-Shared Vision Coordinator **
 * aravisfurey@bnaijehudah.org **
 * Outreach to a broad spectrum of the congregation via specific programs:**
 * Elul Experience**
 * Selichot sermon**
 * Yom Kippur Afternoon Synaplex style Program**
 * Confirmation Workshop**
 * Consecration Parent Workshop**
 * Faculty Inservice : Your role as "Guide-post" on the Journey**
 * IJP journey pictures**


 * Creation of two programs:**
 * Shabbat HaVayah**


 * Shabbat HaVayah pictures**
 * Exceptional Friends in Sacred Time**
 * Excetional friends picures**