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Jewish Vocational Service
2005 Kohn Summer Intern Program
$15,000
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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JVS 2005 Kohn Summer Intern Program will recruit and
place up to 33 college students from the San Francisco
and East Bay areas in eight-week internships in Jewish
communal agencies to develop future leadership for the
Jewish community.
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Hof Ashkelon Regional Counsel
Hot Meals for the Elderly in Hof Ashkelon
$12,400
From the PCE and FoF-Israel & World Jewry
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200 elderly from the moshavim in Hof Ashkelon Regional
Council will receive a hot meal three times a week at
the regional day-care center or at the clubs in their
communities. These moshavim are defined as rehabilitation
settlements. Elderly who cannot reach the day-care center
will receive hot meals in their homes.
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CJLL/Midrashot
Scholarships
$15,000
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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For communal scholarships to attend Midrasha. The Midrasha
system annually awards more than $29,000 in scholarships
for teens to attend this supplemental Jewish education
program.
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JFCS of the
East Bay
Chaverim
$10,000
From the PCE and FoF-Social Justice & Human Needs,
Spiritual Renewal
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A social program for Jewish adults with mild to moderate
developmental disabilities, designed to enhance and
deepen participants' Jewish identity. Groups will meet
once monthly in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, where
participants will socialize, experience Jewish ritual,
holidays and life cycle events, and integrate into the
larger Jewish community.
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Reutlinger Community
for Jewish Living
Increased Social Service Hours (Bridge Funding)
$11,000
From the PCE and FoF-Social Justice & Human Needs
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To increase the number of hours in the Social Service
Department, specifically in our skilled nursing unit.
Currently we are budgeted for 24 hours per week. We
would like to be able to provide an additional 16 hours
per week, and plan to include this expansion in our
budget after this bridge year.
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Judah L. Magnes
Museum
Educational Programming
$10,000
From the PCE and FoFs-Preschool to College, Jewish
Learning & Culture
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Support for educational programming -- the activities
that represent the heart of the Museum's mission. To
increase visibility, knowledge and access to the distinctive
collections of the Magnes, we are revitalizing exhibitions
and related programs to reach the widest possible audiences.
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Lehrhaus Judaica
The "Digital Classroom" for Older Adults:
Harnessing New Instructional Media for Jewish Learning
$6,500
From the PCE and FoFs-Jewish Learning & Culture,
Social Justice & Human Needs
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Program of innovative courses for older adult audiences,
to be sited primarily in assisted-living facilities/nursing
homes: classes utilize the cutting edge learning technology
of new DVD titles, such as "The Anne Frank House,"
and "They Came for Good (U.S. Jewish history)."
This program draws on the success of three years of
pioneering Lehrhaus efforts in digital education.
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Shalom Bayit
Support Groups for Battered Jewish Women
$7,000
From the PCE and FoF-Social Justice & Human Needs
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The purpose of the grant is to fund the only confidential
support group for Jewish battered women in the East
Bay. The group will provide counseling, support, safety
planning, and spiritual healing to Jewish women currently
or formerly an abusive relationship. Groups draw upon
Jewish cultural and spiritual traditions of healing.
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Community
Rabbi Program, JCFGEB
Religious/Spiritual Support for Jews Living with Chronic
Illness or Disability
$6,000
From the PCE and FoF-Spiritual Renewal
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This grant will go towards the cost of providing religious
and spiritual support for Jews living with chronic illness
or disability, including frail elders, and their loved
ones. This includes pastoral visits, religious services,
short-term spiritual counseling, and a support group.
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Building
Jewish Bridges, JCFGEB
Universal Values, Jewish Expressions
$6,300
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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Provide an interfaith component to the Early Childhood
program of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center.
A three-month, twice monthly program integrated into
the Preschool, but open to the entire community, inviting
interfaith families with young children to explore Jewish
practice in their homes for shared values.
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Congregation
Beth Emek
Camp Kadima Jewish Community Day Camp
$5,000
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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In 2005, Camp Kadima will enhance its summer program
by bringing in specialists in the areas of art, music,
nature, and photography; initiate a junior counselor
program, "Habonim", to mentor counselor leadership
from within; and expand efforts to reach unaffiliated
families in South County through its camper and staff
recruitment activities.
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Contra Costa Jewish
Day School
Making Middle School Work - Growing the CCJDS Middle
School Effectively
$5,000
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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Contra Costa Jewish Day School seeks support to develop
our middle school, a costly addition. However, by adding
middle school CCJDS provides central Contra Costa County
a K-8 Jewish elementary school option. The school seeks
funding support to court transfer students into 6th
grade and to offer tutorial assistance in Hebrew to
those transfer students.
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Traveling Jewish
Theater
ETOP in the East Bay
$4,000
From the PCE and FoF-Jewish Learning & Culture
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TJT's Educational, Touring and Outreach Program (ETOP)
responds to the many requests from community organizations
wanting to bring vital Jewish culture to their area.
Each year's production reflects the Jewish experience
and is suitable for wide range of audiences, 3rd grade
and older. The program includes workshops taught by
ETOP artists that promote dialogue, creative expression,
and inspiration.
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San Francisco Jewish
Film Festival
2005 Festival - East Bay
$4,000
From the PCE and FoF-Jewish Learning & Culture
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To underwrite the production and promotion of the 2005
Jewish Film Festival in the East Bay -- marking its
25th anniversary with expanded signature programming.
The Festival brings a renowned array of the finest international
Jewish Cinema to East Bay audiences. As in the past,
East Bay programming will include panels, dialogues
and community-building events.
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Jewish Community
High School of the Bay
JCHS Israel Exchange Program
$5,000
From the PCE and FoFs-Preschool to College and Israel
& World Jewry
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JCHS is working with the Leo Baeck High School in Haifa
to pilot an Israel exchange program. This year, JCHS
seniors will have the opportunity to experience a visit
to Israel. Following 2005, students from Leo Baeck will
visit JCHS and spend part of the academic experience
here with our students, faculty and families.
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Berkeley
Hillel
Spirituality Seminars: Engaging the Mind, Heart &
Body
$8,000
From the PCE and FoFs-Preschool to College and Spiritual
Renewal
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It is a growing phenomenon that Jewish college students,
faced for the first time with the opportunity to be
independent decision-makers, often turn their backs
on becoming connected Jewishly. Through a year-long
seminar project, Berkeley Hillel will offer to unengaged
students that Judaism has a powerful, meaningful, and
personally relevant spiritual wisdom to convey.
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Congregation
B'nai Torah
Darchei -- Pathways to Jewish Identity
$2,200
From the PCE and FoFs-Jewish Learning & Culture
and Spiritual Renewal
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Darchei will provide East Contra Costa Jewish adults
an educational experience which will provide classes
on Judaism, its rituals, its holidays and basic reading
and prayers. In addition, it will provide workshops
for interfaith couples. The goal of Darchei is to provide
the program's participants with a comfort level for
Jewish study, celebration and prayer.
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Bay Area Jewish Day School Consortium
Marketing Campaign for Day Schools
$2,000
From the PCE and FoF-Preschool to College
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Through the thoughtful placement of professional advertising
materials to a wide range of Jewish families, this marketing
campaign promotes Jewish Day School attendance.
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Berkeley Richmond
JCC & Oakland / Piedmont JCC
Ages & Stages at the JCC — Operating funds
$10,000
From the PCE and FoFs-Preschool to College and Social
Justice & Human Needs
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Funding for "Ages and Stages" helps to support
the high-quality JCC's children's and senior programs
and continuation of essential JCC core services. "Ages
and Stages" invites a population as diverse as
the community itself to explore and enjoy Jewish life
and community in the East Bay informed by universal
Jewish values.
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