About 3 years ago, I began volunteering for an organization known as Partners in Torah. In short, this program partners Jewish adults of all backgrounds via phone across North America free of charge with a learning opportunity to discover Judaism – its culture, history, and traditions – at their pace and their schedule.
This basically required that I volunteer one hour a week so that an adult can enjoy the opportunity mentioned above. Anyhow… words alone cannot express how enriching this experience has been. In fact, the experience has been so beneficial that I volunteered to help a Pilot Program from the same organization that aims to achieve a similar task. The Kohelet Fellowships Mentor program pairs a volunteer adult with a husband and wife team wishing to learn about their Judaic background. I thought this program would be similar to the other program. It is not. I feel it is even more effective as you are helping 2 people at one time.
In any case, the Kohelet Fellowships Mentor program has been a resounding success and is now planning to significantly expand their program. This program requires that individuals learn with a husband-wife team once a week for approximately 8 weeks in the Fall and 8 weeks in the Spring. The Kohelet Fellowships Mentor program provides you with user-friendly training materials prior to the session. If this sounds like something, you would like to get involved with, feel free to drop an e-mail to htzall@partnersintorah.org or to myself.
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