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CE Investigation: Facilitating a Discussion at Genesis
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No Commentsby Nika Gelfand, 2011 Genesis Community Educator A facilitator comes into a group of people whom she/he doesn’t know, and their goal is not just to tell the group what... -
Mifgash: Jewish Values
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsIn this mifgash we discussed the impact that Jewish values have on us as individuals in our homes, communities and in the world. We had the opportunity to explore such morals as... -
Mifgash: Exploring Nature
Posted on July 27, 2011 | No CommentsDuring the nature mifgash, participants connected with nature through a variety of activities. We kicked off our time together by participating in an activity where we “got to know” a tree... -
Mifgash: Drawing Inspiration from Literature
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No CommentsSome people who went to the literature mifgash on the first day confessed they hated reading and didn’t want to be there; however, thorough this four-day-mini-course, we expanded our analytical... -
Mifgash: My God, Your God, Our God
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsGenesis participants in My God, Your God, Our God dove into a bit of philosophy this week. We took part in various discussion exercises which included analysis of diverse texts,... -
Mifgash: Community
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsIn our Mifgashon Community, we explored the meanings of identity, community, the global Jewish community and individual Jewish communities. We created our own definitions of these ideas and anazlyzed quotes... -
Mifgash: Let’s Eat!
Posted on July 14, 2011 | No CommentsLet’s Eat! is being led by Community Educator Becky Silverstein and explores the role food plays in bringing us together as a community. Teens will share stories of memorable meals,... -
Mifgash: An Introduction
Posted on July 13, 2011 | No CommentsGenesis teens are given the opportunity to choose two Mifgashim to participate in this summer. Mifgashim (Hebrew for encounters) give the Genesis teens the chance to “encounter” each other around the ways...