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"Just because we’re practicing physical distancing, doesn’t mean we can’t stay connected with our loved ones."

An uplifting read with tons of ideas for kids and teens to safely connect with grandparents during COVID, from the Jewish Grandparents Network.

https://t.co/stzZhLFSKh

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“People want something to get them out of their isolation,” explained Rabbi Kaunfer. “Chavruta meets that need during the pandemic.”
Read about what the experiences of several batei midrash in the time of a pandemic, can tell us in Sightline:
https://t.co/qumyWBKOeX

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Tomorrow is the last day to order the @HadarInstitute 5781 Pesah Reader, "Tzafun - Hidden in the Haggadah." Check it out here and order a copy:
https://t.co/le3iHxENB6

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Join artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren and @jewlearn to learn about the history of Seder art, and making your own, just in time for Pesach!
https://t.co/F9BJIqYgVO

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"To what extent can we dare to let our students know that there is complexity, and give them the tools to deal with it?"
The Tiferet Project at @brandeismarin is following students' natural curiosity using the arts as a way to re-think Israel education.
https://t.co/wzJqub8WzH

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Take a listen as @covenantfn grantee @tiffanyshlain discusses her tech shabbat practice and how she unplugs once a week, via the @WellSaid podcast
https://t.co/s4YkH8rjki

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How are retired educators and K-2 students making connections during the pandemic?
Covenant Award recipient @howardblas interviews a fellow Awardee, Rabbi Dr. Marty Schloss, in this piece in Sight Line. Read on!
https://t.co/5KbctKBLwq

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"The 'intoxication' is recognition of the tender truth that all of us have within us both destructive tendencies of Haman and righteous possibilities of Mordecai."
Covenant Award recipient Beth Huppin explores the myth of intoxication.
https://t.co/uz2q0dzTAf

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Check out two excellent resources featured in this month's Sight Line. An original animation by @hananharchol with a study guide by Beth Huppin, and a free curriculum on Civil Discourse, by educators Joel Lurie Grishaver and Ira Wise.

https://t.co/vRuDsnfKTJ

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Join the @92ndStreetY to celebrate the life and legacy of beloved singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman, z"l, a 1996 Covenant Award recipient, February 23rd, on what would have been her 70th birthday.
The celebration will take place at 7:00pm ET on 2/23.
https://t.co/9IqkiA7Mxt

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Covenant grantee @JFCS_Philly is launching three unique afterschool volunteer programs that encourage children and teens to experience and learn the Jewish values of justice, service, and “repairing the world.".
Learn more here:
https://t.co/8d4u904Qy3

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New research identifies ways that parents of children with disabilities are experiencing greater isolation, anxiety and impact on their financial well being.
How can Jewish professionals help? Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer of @JLearnVenture has ideas.
https://t.co/ZtX3pbB7oE

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For Black History Month, explore Covenant Grantee @bechollashon's range of resources for fostering conversation about race and Jewish diversity.
https://t.co/LZFziLCOa4

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In the brand new Pictures Tell: A Passover Haggadah, by Covenant Award recipient Zion Ozeri @SefariaProject Sarah Wolkenfeld, and Josh Feinberg, Ozeri's photographs serve as visual commentaries.
Haggadah: https://t.co/79SVbZvvdh
Study sheets: https://t.co/WTb7nYZrvW

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"When a Jewish organization supports businesses which value people with disabilities, we are acknowledging that we are all created B’tzelem Elohim."
By Covenant Award recipient, Director of the National Ramah Tikvah Network @howardblas @eJPhil #jdaim2021
https://t.co/7ui0eMH6RL

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What does the business concept of "minimum viable product" have to do with being a rabbi?
Read in @eJPhil piece today about the innovative work of Pomegranate Prize recipient Rabbi @ShiraKoch Epstein created the Rabbinic re(Design) Lab.
https://t.co/UIdcJ1k7hQ

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Big news. The Covenant Foundation announced today that Executive Director Harlene Winnick Appelman will be stepping down from her role in January 2022. Joni Blinderman Levine, Associate Director, will assume the leadership position.
Read more on our site:
https://t.co/TBIGfJKhkS

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In honor of #JDAIM, learn with the @JCCAssociation every Thursday this month about strategies for best practices in inclusion from JCCs across the country.

https://t.co/gZ812YBEI6

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Recruitment is open for Covenant grantee @jwaonline Rising Voices Fellowship, a ten-month national leadership program for female-identified Jewish teens in grades 10–12 with a passion for writing and an interest in Judaism, feminism, and social justice.
https://t.co/4gsbLlck8w

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Mark Tu Bishvat with Covenant Grantee @hazon's Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest, January 27-31. Choose from over over 125 events in which to learn, be inspired, teach others, and feel our collective responsibility and power to make change.

https://t.co/7GiwpAnRsG