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
Sell your Hametz!
Sell your hametz with KOACH. Take spring cleaning to a new spiritual and technological level.
Urgent Update from Israel
ACTION ALERT!! The Knesset is reviewing a bill which would make Israel's Chief Rabbinate the sole address for conversion in Israel, as well as jeopardize the status of conversions performed outside of Israel. Click here to learn how you can make a difference!
Support Haiti
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti as they cope with unspeakable loss and devastation. Relief efforts are underway and will be costly. USCJ is participating in the relief effort, with 100% of the funds going directly to humanitarian aid. Join our efforts to help repair their world by visiting www.uscj.org/donate/relief.
Represent with KOACH
Wear your KOACH on your sleeve! Or your water bottle, your back, your front....KOACH introduces our very popular intern T-shirts, now available for everyone. Represent!
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Movement Within Conservative Judaism
The key part of the word Movement is incontrovertibly MOVE. Learn about the MOVEMENT in our Movement and transition at the USCJ. Have thoughts about the growth and development of Conservative Judaism? Post your reactions — we'd love to hear what you are thinking!
Kibbutz Hannaton
Kibbutz Hannaton is the place to be! Winner of the Jewish Telegraphic Association's Wandering Jew contest, this center for spiritual exploration is the only Kibbutz affiliated with the Masorti Movement. Follow the JTA's exploration of what puts Hannaton on the cutting edge of a new tomorrow.
Women of the Wall
Are you following news from Israel? Keep up with the Women of the Wall and their attempts to make the Kotel fully accessible to Jews of all stripes. Join their Facebook Group (Women of the Wall Nashot HaKotel) and raise the profile of their cause here at home. Send this letter, prepared by The Rabbinical Assembly (the association of Conservative rabbis), to Ambassador Michael Oren and add your voice to the call for religious equality in Israel.
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.
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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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