Israel Next Generation

PROMOTING EDUCATION OF AND CONNECTION WITH JEWISH HERITAGE AMONGST YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. PROVIDING SEMINARS, JEWISH CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTING COMMUNAL MISSIONS FOR OUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. RESEARCHING, PRODUCING, FUNDING AND DISSEMINATING APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

THE GOAL OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH JEWISH YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO 23 IS TO EMPOWER AND STRENGTHEN ISRAEL'S YOUNG JEWISH YOUTH WITH JEWISH KNOWLEDGE AND INSTILL WITHIN THEM JEWISH VALUES, PRIDE AND A CONNECTION TO THE JEWISH NATION'S 3,000 YEAR JEWISH HERITAGE. IGNORANCE AND APATHY TOWARDS JUDAISM AND ISRAEL IS A CRITICAL PROBLEM AMONG ISRAELI YOUTH. MANY FEEL INDIFFERENT AND EVEN ALIENATED FROM THEIR JEWISH ROOTS. AFTER PARTICIPATING IN THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, THE PARTICIPANTS ATTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE MEANING OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL. THIS ULTIMATELY HELPS THEM TO MAINTAIN, DEFEND AND EVEN FOSTER THEIR JEWISHNESS FOR YEARS TO COME.. OUR PROGRAM TOUCHES OVER 80,000 JEWISH YOUTH ANNUALLY

OUR PROGRAM WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS FOCUSES ON MOST STUDENTS' LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY. IGNORANCE ABOUT THEIR JEWISH BACKGROUND, TRADITIONS AND VALUES VERY MUCH DEFINES THE SECULAR ISRAELI POPULATION. THIS PROGRAM'S PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE AND STRENGTHEN THE COLLEGE STUDENT'S IDENTITY WITH THEIR JEWISH HISTORY AND TO ELEVATE THEIR PRIDE IN THEIR JEWISHNESS. THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE STUDENTS' LIVES SUCH AS INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, HAPPINESS, LIVELIHOOD, SHABBAT AND COPING WITH PROBLEMS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE. THE VOLUNTEER PROJECTS VARY, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS, SUCH AS ORGANIZING A CHANUKAH PARTY ON ARMY BASES OR ASSEMBLING FOOD PACKAGES AT SOUP KITCHENS. WE OPERERATE ON 6 COLLEGE CAMPUSES LOCATED THROUGHOUT ISRAEL. THIS PROGRAM TOUCHES OVER 30,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS ANNUALLY

OUR PROGRAM WITH TEENAGERS IN ISRAEL FOCUSES ON 14-18 YEAR OLDS, MOST OF WHOM ATTEND STATE RUN SCHOOLS. OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPART JEWISH VALUES IN PLEASANT WAYS, WITH THE GOAL OF LIGHTING UP THE JEWISH SPARK INSIDE OF THEM. OUR LEARNING PROGRAMS ARE IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOLS. WE OFFER WEEKLY OR BI-WEEKLY LESSONS ON JEWISH FAITH AND TRADITION, AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE MEETINGS, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, WEEKLY ONEG SHABBATS AND MONTHLY TRIPS OR SPECIAL EVENTS. FOR TEENS THAT FINISH OUR PROGRAMS WE OFFER AN ANNUAL TRIP ABROAD AT A GLOBALLY RUN CONVENTION AND PARTICIPATION IN A SUMMER CAMP TRIP ABROAD.. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE 16 CENTERS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL REACHING OVER 5000 TEENAGERS ANNUALLY.

OUR ACTIVITIES WITH IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES ALL OVER ISRAEL INCLUDES CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD BASKETS AND HOLIDAY RELATED ITEMS DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIODS, WORKING WITH TROUBLED YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE IMPRISONED FOR MINOR OFFENSES BY PROVIDING THESE YOUNG ADULTS GUIDANCE BOTH WHEN THEY ARE SERVING THEIR PRISON SENTENCE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AFTERWARDS.