Toledo Jewish News • February 2014 • Page 9
National/Local News Tikvah Center advances Jewish education The start of a new year brings a new approach to Jewish education at the Tikvah Center, which offers opportunities to study Jewish thought and history, war and statesmanship, economics and public policy, and social thought with renowned thinkers and public figures. Located in midtown Manhattan, the Center was established by the Tikvah Fund with the purpose of developing future Jewish leaders and promoting Jewish thought. Now in its sixth year and with over 1,000 alumni worldwide, the Tikvah Center is expanding its activities year-round to include new advanced institutes and residential fellowships, as well as other special events (lectures, debates, panels and more). “We’re trying to help educate and form
the men and women who will go on to assume positions of responsibility in the Jewish world, especially in the areas of political, religious and intellectual leadership,” said Eric Cohen, executive director of the Tikvah Fund. Highlights of its 2014 activities include: Advanced Institutes – Tikvah is now accepting applications for its spring and summer 2014 Advanced Institutes. These intensive seminars run anywhere from one to three weeks. Institute participants receive a stipend that will cover living expenses in New York City during their time there, as well as their investment of time. Among the faculty for the 2014 Institutes are Rabbi Meir Soloveichik of Congregation Shearith Israel; William
Galston of the Brookings Institution; Start Up Nation author Dan Senor; and acclaimed novelist Dara Horn. Current offerings include: Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Jews; The Israeli Economy: A Strategy for the Future; The Jewish Idea of God; War and Human Nature; and The Future of the Family. Summer Fellowship in Jewish Though and Citizenship – The Tikvah Fund is also accepting applications for its Summer Fellowship program. The program offers university students and young professionals an opportunity to spend two weeks in New York City learning from some of the greatest teachers of Jewish thought in the world and debating key issues affecting the Jewish future. Each summer fellow
receives a $1,000 stipend. Travel support is provided for international participants. To learn more about the Tikvah Center, or to submit an application, visit www. tikvahfund.org. The Tikvah Fund is a private foundation, created by Zalman C. Bernstein, to support Jewish intellectual life in Israel and the Diaspora. Tikvah aims to elevate the place of Jewish ideas in the study of the great human questions. Tikvah’s hope is that, over the next few decades, the great Jewish learning of the past can be transmitted to a new generation of intellectual leaders, who will think, create, and bring into being another great age of Jewish learning. The chairman of the Tikvah Fund is Roger Hertog, and Eric Cohen is its executive director.
Tu B'Shevat and Temple Tots with Temple Shomer Emunim
Becca Weingarden at the Temple religious school’s Tu B’Shevat Seder
Ilana Miller mixing her juice at the Temple's Tu B’Shevat Seder
Josh Kerper, Meredith Ingle, Max Gray and Kieran Ackerman explore at the sensory table during Temple Tots
Megan and Julia Rhodes share a story during Temple Tots
Friendship Circle volunteers give gifts of love
Morgan Segall with her finished bear
Twenty-two children from The Friendship Circle received snuggly, adorable bears for Hanukkah from their volunteers. The volunteers all came to Build-a-Bear to choose a bear and an outfit based on their special friend’s personality. It took a while, but the teens knew enough about their friends that it wasn’t hard to know their special friend would like. The volunteers stuffed, named and made a “birth certificate” for the bear and, afterward, they delivered them to their friends for Hanukkah. One of the parents of a child with special needs said there were tears in her eyes when the volunteers brought the bear to her son. Not only did her child get a bear, but they were kind enough to bring one for his little brother as well. She was especially moved at
the level of personalization and how the teens knew her son so well that they were able to do something so perfect. A special thank you to the Wainstein and Leslie families for making this event possible.
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