SeniorITIS 2014

Our Participants: Jake x 2 Emily x 2 Rachel x 2 Annabelle Marc Lara Becca Lauren Zoe

Mentors Melanie Roth Gorelick Community Relations Committee Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest Rachel Block Daughters of Israel Siona Benjamin Visual Artist and Jewish educator Abby Meth Kanter New Jersey Jewish News Rick Kestenbaum New Jersey Jewish News Molly Levine and Lydia Dorsky The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Shaina Goldberg The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life Rebecca Wasserman Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Jane Hecht JVS (Jewish Vocational Service) Jamie Carus Holocaust Council Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest David Behrman and Vicki Weber Behrman House Publishers

SEMINARSSEMINARS

Seminars Jewish Life on Campus Jewish Workplace Ethics Jewish Identity Career Profiles – Business and Non-Profit Career Coaching The Power of Networking

Jewish Workplace Ethics Rashi’s Example: Don’t advise your friend, ‘Sell your field and buy a donkey, when your hidden intention is to buy it from him. Pair and Share: turn to the person next to you and apply this quote to a modern-day workplace situation. Rabbi Asher Meir

Excerpts from the SeniorITIS blog jteengmw.wordpress.com “My goal by the end of the month is to figure out a couple reasons why teens are not involved and to try and instill my passion for Judaism in those teens” Lauren Goldman The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life

Excerpts from the SeniorITIS blog jteengmw.wordpress.com “… I also create new playlists with the songs that either the patients have said they wanted or what their family members have suggested.” “I have gone through the whole process with a couple of patients. I have interviewed them, asking them about their favorite type of music and songs they enjoy” Rachel Siegel Daughters of Israel, Music in Memory

Excerpts from the SeniorITIS blog jteengmw.wordpress.com “The best part for me has been the realization that Marketing and PR is something I have a solid interest and possible future career in.” Emily Weiner The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life, The Great Shofar Blowout

Excerpts from the SeniorITIS blog jteengmw.wordpress.com “I feel that by working here I have been able to help do my part in advocating and standing up for our homeland, even from thousands of miles away.” Jake Wieseneck Community Relations Committee

By participant: Becca Duberman Made during her placement at JVS