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| Peer Leadership for Jewish Teens |
| Here’s a program which trains
older teens, influences younger teens, and strengthens every participant’s
Jewish identity in the process. Gesher LeKesher has energized Temple
Israel’s high school department like never before. It continues
to raise leaders who are teachers, thereby creating strong positive
role models for our post-b’nai mitzvah age students to emulate. |
| - Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein, Senior
Rabbi, Temple Israel, Memphis, TN |
what congregations receive
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| Comprehensive training
for Stakeholders, GLK advisors and students |
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Stakeholders Workshop |
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Orientation and 2-day Retreat for
GLK advisors and other Stakeholders |
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Follow-Up 2-day conference |
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| Curriculum materials and
toolkit |
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Peer Leadership Training Activities
and Guide |
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Two Year Handbooks: It's About Relationships
and It's About Time |
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Program Toolkit - a
set of hands-on manipulative games, tapes, and other resources for each handbook |
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| Ongoing support and assessment |
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Site visits and technical assistance |
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Program evaluation |
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Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Cluster (Participating congregations:
Har Sinai [reform], Trenton, NJ; Beth El [conservative], East Windsor,
NJ; JCC of Belle Mead [reconstructionist], Belle Mead, NJ; Congregation
Brothers of Israel [conservative], Trenton, NJ; Jewish Center of
Princeton [no affiliation], Princeton, NJ) |
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Contact: |
Linda Meisel, Executive Director, Jewish
Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County,
707 Alexander
Road, Suite 102, Princeton, NJ 08540
609-987-8100; lindam@JFCSonline.org |
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Temple Emanu-El, 756 East Broad Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 |
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Contact: |
Tamara Ruben, Education Director
908-232-6770 |
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Temple Har Shalom, 1004 Mt. Horeb Road, Warren, NJ 07059 |
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Contact: |
Sharon Friedman, Education Director
732-356-8777 x 103; SharonRF@aol.com |
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Temple
Israel, 1376 East Massey Road, Memphis, TN 38120 |
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Contact: |
Rabbi Micah Greenstein
901-761-3130 |
| Recent evaluations of GESHER
LEKESHER indicate that student leaders participating in the
program credit GLK training and experience
with developing their leadership skills. In addition, the younger
students develop positive peer relationships among themselves and
with their older student leaders. Significantly, the majority of
both student leaders and younger students report that active participation
in GLK:
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Increases their
interest in Jewish values and traditions |
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Encourages them
to appreciate and participate in Jewish rituals |
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Helps them to see
the relevance of Jewish issues to their lives, while increasing
their ability to articulate their views with regard to Judaism |
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