What’s nu at the Conservative Yeshiva?

Agents of Change
The Conservative Yeshiva recently participated in a three-part workshop, “Agents of Change”, about social action initiatives in Israel.
The program aimed to expose students to important social issues confronting Israeli society as well as to demonstrate the capacity for individuals to initiate change in the areas of social and economic justice, diversity, tolerance and inclusion, despite limited budgets and bureaucratic obstacles.

Agents of Change workshop
in Tel Aviv for CY students

The program incorporated a field trip to meet with representatives of different social action projects dealing with neighborhood and community development, aid for refugee and asylum seeks, and women’s empowerment as well as fruit picking with food rescue organization Table-to-Table (Leket) – a hands-on contribution to change.

The program also included pre-and post-activity sessions to discuss the issues addressed and to develop skills in awareness-raising, resource development and volunteering.
This experience was not only informative but also showed students how they too can have an impact on their communities wherever they may be.

The Conservative Yeshiva’s Summer Program for 2010 will take place in sessions June 27 – July 15 and July 18 – August 5. It’s never to early to think about or tell a friend. Information can be found at www.ConservativeYeshiva.org or by contacting yeshiva@uscj.org.

Some Highlights
The Conservative Yeshiva Year Program

The Year Program began on September 1, 2009. The Conservative Yeshiva is a MASA program - grants and scholarships are available to students aged 18-30 from the U.S. and most other countries. And through the Legacy Heritage Fund, we have generous scholarships for the coming year for students from outside North America!

Spring Semester for College Juniors
The Discover Jerusalem Semester, Spring 2010, is a combination of intense study of Jewish texts plus several unique classes about Jerusalem experienced in the classroom and in the streets, alleys and courtyards, all within the warm, supportive religious community of the Conservative Yeshiva. Please encourage any college juniors you know to consider this program.

On-Line Learning:

Students of all Hebrew levels and Jewish learning backgrounds are welcome.Students should be self-motivated and willing to devote 1-2 hours per week to study. Hevruta - study with a partner - is strongly encouraged for all students including those with no prior experience in hevruta study.

Conservative Yeshiva Online students have set up hevruta study in person, by phone, and even via Skype. The Conservative Yeshiva’s course management system makes online learning easy and fun!

On-line learning course descriptions

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