Submission #15404 by Temple Israel of Sharon Brotherhood - Sharon, MA (738)
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March of the Living
Youth Programming
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March of the Living (MOTL), an international youth education program now in its 30th year, inspires young participants from around the world to become knowledgeable, active community leaders. Since 1988, MOTL has brought 260,000 teens to Eastern Europe and Israel, where they learn about the Jewish community that once flourished in Europe, the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the establishment and survival of the State of Israel. Another important goal: To teach about the roots of anti-Semitism and prejudice in general, and to help inform a new cadre of Jewishy community leaders.
For several years, with Temple Israel of Sharon Men's Club's Irv Kempner as Mass. Chapter Chair, we have sponsored and organized a multi-pronged awareness, fundraising and teen-involvement program designed to reach all temple members:
(1) Recruitment of temple teens (high school juniors) to join the two-week MOTL Poland Israel trip. The cost is $5400. As an incentive to help defray costs, the Kempner Family Foundation provides the first $2000 to every Mass. teen participant. To date, ______ TIOS teens have participated in MOTL since ________.
(2) Annually, the Brotherhood sends a Yellow Candle Letter to 680 TI family members reminding people to light the candle on Yom Hashoah to memorialize the Shoah. Temple Israel Brotherhood also asks them to make generous donations to the TI brotherhood Yellow Candle program to support Teen Holocaust education programs like March of the Living and trips to the US Holocaust Museum in Washington.
- Proceeds from the sale of Yellow Candles have been used these past 4 years to provide $1000 MOTL trip Scholarships to teens that are the sons or daughters of TI Brotherhood members. Participating teens and their parents have to fund the balance of the trip cost
- Through this program, we also help other Temples and their Brotherhoods to help their congregations' families send their teens. We help bring the cost to a more affordable $2400 -- while building a farm team of future Jewish leaders from MOTL Alumni
(1) Recruitment of temple teens (high school juniors) to join the two-week MOTL Poland Israel trip. The cost is $5400. As an incentive to help defray costs, the Kempner Family Foundation provides the first $2000 to every Mass. teen participant. To date, ______ TIOS teens have participated in MOTL since ________.
(2) Annually, the Brotherhood sends a Yellow Candle Letter to 680 TI family members reminding people to light the candle on Yom Hashoah to memorialize the Shoah. Temple Israel Brotherhood also asks them to make generous donations to the TI brotherhood Yellow Candle program to support Teen Holocaust education programs like March of the Living and trips to the US Holocaust Museum in Washington.
- Proceeds from the sale of Yellow Candles have been used these past 4 years to provide $1000 MOTL trip Scholarships to teens that are the sons or daughters of TI Brotherhood members. Participating teens and their parents have to fund the balance of the trip cost
- Through this program, we also help other Temples and their Brotherhoods to help their congregations' families send their teens. We help bring the cost to a more affordable $2400 -- while building a farm team of future Jewish leaders from MOTL Alumni
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