Recap newsletter from meeting 6:

This month there was Empty Bowls at Rodef Shalom in Oakland on the Sunday of our meeting which several of us went to. In case you don’t already know, Empty Bowls is an annual charity event highlighting the problems regular people have when feeding their families. Those who went thought that it was a great event and really enjoyed it. Afterwards, we met at the Agency for Jewish Learning for our actual meeting. Our meeting started off with an amazing guest speaker Evan Indianer who talked to us about the need for Jews to support other Jews through Jewish charity organizations. Next, we had a program by Lizzy Shackney and Emily Gorby about the need for people to accept LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender) people and teens. But this meeting was mainly focused on our rapidly approaching North American Seminar.  Yes, that’s right; the Israelis are coming! Obviously, we are all extremely excited for meet our Israeli counterparts but also the things that we have planned are going to make it a great time. We ended out meeting with ma’agal in which we evaluated how the meeting went. Overall, it was a pretty good meeting.

P.S. During the North American Seminar the blog will be updated almost daily so keep checking and we’ll keep you posted!

Recap newsletter from meeting 5:

Recap newsletter from meeting 5:

                This month we met at the Jewish Community Center in the South Hills. As always, we started off with pizza and then we were introduced to Tal Gale, the educational director and a very special part of the Diller organization. Next, we worked on our version of the Diller flag that every cohort of every group has. It is based on the Star of David and six words that we have decided as a group represent us and the Diller experience. After that, we did an activity designed by two of the teen fellows, Asher Wiseman and Noah Gup, about the Jewish perspective on protesting in a non-violent way and comparing it to our own beliefs. Then, we talked about our community service projects highlighting the areas we need to work on while conferencing with other groups. Finally, we have our usual end of the meeting ma'agal, which emphasizes both the good parts and less good parts of that meeting. Overall, it was a really good and interesting meeting.