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May Brought Exciting New Changes
May is a very important month in the NFTY-PAR community, most likely the most important. May is the changing of the guard, the beginning and the end.
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NFTY-PAR: Hag/Mac 2015… My First Event as a Regional Board Member
From May 15-17, NFTY-PAR had our first event of the year called Haggigah/Maccabiah, or Hag/Mac. It was open to 8th-11th graders and was at Camp Harlam.
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NFTY-PAR – Ongoing Professional Development: Wait, How Do You Do That?
“If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” This wise and intuitive statement was spoken by none other than one of the fathers of education, John Dewey. We are all educators.
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NFTY Alumni: It’s Not Too Late to Make a Difference on Campus
The end of the academic year is upon us, but that doesn’t mean campus programming and engagement has to come to a halt. NFTY Alum Alex McKeen, Ithaca College class of 2017, shares some ideas you can bring to your campus.
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NFTY-PAR: The Impact Youth Group Makes on a Congregation
I would not be here were it not for NFTY. My guess is that, for many of us, that’s true.
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NFTY-PAR: My Introduction to ARZA
During NFTY-PAR’s social action oriented event, WINSTY, I learned something new that will now impact my Reform Jewish experience forever. Rabbi Jack Paskoff, the Rabbi at our host synagogue, introduced me to ARZA (ahr-tzah), the Association of Reform Zionists of America—who they are, what they do, and why it is important that we act now to support them.
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NFTY-PAR: Making a Difference with a Small Donation
Being a part of the NFTY-PAR community has affected me in many different ways. I have made life-long friendships, learned many Jewish values, including helping others that are less fortunate.
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NFTY-PAR: Going out on a Limb
I saw in full action at Fall Kallah. I witnessed emerging leaders in the region try new ways to engage their peers, new ways to quiet a room, new ways to teach an old lesson, and much more.
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NFTY-PAR: As Jews We Hold On To Hope
Hope can get complicated in our modern world. What are we supposed to hope for.
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#ThrowbackThursday: NEL, NAR, NE, NW, SO, OV, PAR, SAR Fall!
Eight, count 'em, EIGHT NFTY regions celebrated fall events this weekend, the most so far in one weekend this year. You will not want to miss out on the fun!.
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