Whats New?

Education

• New pluralistic preschool classes in Holon and Kehillat Mevakshei Derech in Jerusalem
• State schools across the country will begin using the IMPJ “Jewish Culture & Heritage” curriculum
• Pilot Twinning Program: together with JAFI, the IMPJ will match 10 Israeli schools with 10 schools abroad in a Bar/Bat Mitzvah program

The newly dedicated Sidney & Freda Davidson Educational and Cultural Center at Kehillat Mevakshei Derech

Youth

• An upcoming German-Israel seminar will bring Netzer Germany youth together with Noar Telem
• The new “LeTaken” Seminar will promote social action and involvement among teens
• Havaya summer Camp will expand its program for children with special needs

Noar Telem Activities

Young Adults

• The Mechina pre-army program will celebrate its 10th year
• The IDF’s Nachal Brigade will receive its first Mechina Garin in November

Mechina volunteering with Children-at-Risk

Community Development

• New minyanim in Herzliya Pituach, Kibbutz Beit Hashita, and Shoham
• The Daniel Centers will add a fourth High Holiday minyan at the Tzahala School
• The Poleg neighborhood of Netanya will hold their first Yom Kippur services
• Four communities will host their first Simchat Torah Second Hakafot in Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Jerusalem

Kehillat Natan-Ya’s New Facility

IRAC – Israel Religious Action Center

• IRAC will continue to fight gender segregation on buses, in advertisements and wherever else it occurs
• IRAC will hold letter-writing campaigns to raise public awareness on religious injustices
• The Legal Action Center for Olim will assist new immigrants with gaining full citizenship and recognition for their Jewish conversions

Protest to gain funding non-Orthodox Rabbis

Keren Bachavod – for Humanitarian Aid and Social Action

• Life Skills Program will continue to assist single-parent families, migrant workers, asylum seekers and people who have left orthodoxy
• The coexistence program will continue to offer Muslim, Jewish, Gypsy and Christian youth to become involved in hands-on activities to play, learn and volunteer together
• Thousands of needy throughout Israel will benefit from the holiday food drives for Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Eid El-Fitr, Easter and Christmas

Life Skills Program swimming class for single-parent families

Other Activities

• The 10th year of Riding-4-Reform will add two new routes: Riding-4-Reform Light and Hiking-4-Reform, to take place in March 2013
• A 2nd Golf Fore! Reform tournament will take place this coming May
• The IMPJ will publish “Renewing the Covenant” by Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz in Hebrew
• Work will begin updating the Reform Festival Prayer Book

Riding-4-Reform

All these achievements – both past and future – could not have been possible without your support, partnership and trust.

We wish you, your loved ones and Klal Israel a Shanna Tova u’Metukah!