Building Community Through Volunteers in Jewish Mumbai
Tahl Mayer, JDC Entwine’s 2012-2013 Jewish Service Corps Fellow in Mumbai, India has joined the local Jewish Community Center (JCC) to spearhead a new youth leadership and engagement initiative.
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Developing Tomorrow’s Jewish Leaders
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Nourishing Jewish Connection Across Asia’s Communities
Stacy Palestrant is originally from Phoenix, Arizona where she grew up affiliated with the Jewish Conservative movement. But for the past four and a half years she and her family have lived in Beijing, China, where they are equally involved in both the local Chabad and the “unaffiliated” community, Kehilat Beijing. Her daughters, ages 5 and 3, speak fluent Chinese, Hebrew, and English; and she believes that just as being proficient in multiple languages helps people traveling from one country to the next, fluency in diverse forms of Jewish expression holds advantages for Jews traversing different communities.
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Enterprising Community Leader Mirrors the New Dynamism of Turkey’s Young Jews
Lisi, a 29-year-old volunteer organizer in Turkey, says, “Our community is small, but our potential is enormous.” Find out how JDC’s leadership training helped her recruit hundreds of unaffiliated young people to Istanbul’s Jewish community.
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Young Leader Brings Jewish Inspiration Home to India
Despite the challenges of growing up Jewish in Mumbai, Meirah’s family ensured she’d have a strong Jewish identity. Find out how JDC’s leadership training programs empowered this dynamite community leader.
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How I Moved to India and Rediscovered My Judaism
Former JDC Jewish Service Corps fellow Jeanine Buzali takes us on her personal Jewish journey in India. And see the faces of the future of Mumbai’s Bene Israel community in Asian Jewish Life.