KOACH's Two Minute Torah Podcast!
Got Two Minutes? Get some Torah! Click here for KOACH's weekly words of Torah, with guest teachers from throughout the Conservative Movement. This is your weekly parashah preview! Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, listen right now or download the MP3 for later. One who studies Torah is as if they uphold they entire world. Midrash Mishlei (Proverbs) 9:1
Kabbalat Shabbat 101
Want to lead Kabbalat Shabbat, but just wish someone would teach you? KOACH is at your service!
KOACH presents Kabbalat Shabbat 101, your online/on-the-phone tutor. Click here to learn more and sign up.
2010 KOACH Kallah
Registration is now open! This year's KOACH Kallah will be held March 4-7, 2010 at the Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center outside Baltimore. Join scholar in residence Rabbi Leonard Gordon to consider Setting the Agenda: Jews and Social Justice. We'll learn, share an incredible Shabbat, serve the community and have a great time. See you there! Click here to learn more and register.
USCJ Biennial Convention
This year's United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Biennial Convention will be
held in Cherry Hill, NJ, Dec 6-10, 2009. On Monday night, Dec 7, there will be a
very special college program including dinner, a panel of Movement luminaries on
the future of Conservative Judaism and a small group campus working session.
Will you be nearby? We'd love to have you join us! Find out more by emailing
koach@uscj.org.
USY International Convention
December's delights abound!! Will you be at this year's USY International
Convention in Chicago? College aged IC staff are invited to join us for dinner
on Monday night, December 28. Also, stop by the KOACH booth at any time to say
hello! See you there!
Juniors - A Great Spring Semester in Jerusalem
The Conservative Yeshiva, together with Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem, invite you to spend Spring Semester 2010 in Jerusalem, in an accredited program studying classical Jewish texts and the unique history and role of Jerusalem in a way that one can only do by living in Jerusalem and studying in a Beit Midrash.
KOACH Challenge Grant
Rise to the challenge! KOACH invites campuses to apply for our new Challenge Grant. Use these funds to reach students you haven't yet found on campus; use them to go the extra mile. Click here for more details.
Do you Tweet?
KOACH is now on Twitter! Keep up to date with us by following us on Twitter!
Study in Israel
Spending next semester in Israel? Stay connected with KOACH and the Conservative Movement through the Center on Campus Program in Jerusalem. Contact Rabbi Ed Romm to learn more about our offerings at Hebrew University and other campuses throughout Israel.
Project Reconnect
Just because you're graduating doesn't mean you have to say goodbye. Link up with other alumni of the Conservative Movement through Project Reconnect. It's all about networking!
Looking for a job?
Summer hiring is underway for Ramah Camps and USY Programs.
You can learn more from Camp Ramah
and USY. Yes, the
weather will warm up again...someday. Want to post a job? Click here to find out how.
How Can a Conservative Jew Save the World?
Learn how and learn more by visiting the new Conservative Jewish Action
Center (CoJAC) page on the USCJ website. Find text studies, policy statements
and action ideas on issues related to Darfur, Immigration and the Environment.
Lo alekha ham'lakhah ligmor -- you don't need to do it all yourself
-- v'lo atah ben horin l'hibatel mimenah -- but you've got to do
your part.
Know a New College Student?
USCJ's KOACH program and Hillel are working together to help students make the transition from high school to college.
Tell KOACH by e-mailing koach@uscj.org! The Center for Conservative Judaism on Campus and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life where the student is going to college and he or she will receive an invitation to an opening event at Hillel as well as information on KOACH programming and conferences..
Israel Resources
Our hearts are in the East...but in the meantime, visit our new Israel Resource page, with information on travel and study in Israel, updates on the political scene and links to other sites with helpful resources.
Conflict is a point of tension for each of us, but that doesn't mean it can't yield positive results. Learn about what Jewish tradition has to say regarding conflict and conflict resolution with this month's study packet and discover creative methodologies for individuals, communities and, dare we suggest, even nations. Learn more from our newest Study Packet, by Matt Plen of the Conservative Yeshiva.
Download
Download Jewish Conflict Resolution
You've got a computer. You've got an iPod. Now put
them to good, Jewish use at USCJ's new site of a collection of podcasts.
Learn more.
MERCAZ and Aliyah News
Curious about life in Israel? Click
www.linktoisrael.org
to learn more. Concerned about strengthening Zionist connections?
Click
www.mercazusa.org
to learn more.
Visit www.aliyah.org
and www.israelprograms.org
for exciting Israel opportunities.
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