Jewish Teen Philanthropy
One of Areyvut's most important programs is Jewish Teen Philanthropy. This unique program, brings together Jewish teenagers of various religious levels for the purpose of learning about giving and philanthropy and ultimately, allocating funds to organizations in need.
Areyvut has been developing and implementing Jewish teen philanthropy programming for several years. For two years Areyvut staff worked in collaboration with the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades and the Jewish Teen Funders Network (JTFN) on the Teen Philanthropy Institute (TPI). While involved with this program the program doubled in size, enabling two cohorts of teenagers to allocate thousands of dollars in funding to local, regional and Israel based organizations in need.
More recently, due in part to a grant awarded to us by Targum Shlishi, an Aryeh and Raquel Rubin Foundation to create, develop and implement H.O.P.E. at Yeshivat Noam over the past few years. H.O.P.E. (Helping Organizations Provide Essentials) is the first Jewish teen philanthropy program of its kind in Bergen County in which day school students are actively engaged in philanthropic learning and giving throughout their school day. Over the years, the students involved in this program have allocated funds to a variety of local organizations including Chai Lifeline, Friendship Circle of Bergen County, Habitat for Humanity and more. Areyvut is grateful to Targum Shlishi and the Yeshivat Noam administration and seventh grade students for offering us the means and opportunity to implement this program. We look forward to welcoming our newest cohort of students to the program shortly.
If you are interested in learning more about Jewish Teen Philanthropy, or if you would like to bring a Jewish Teen Philanthropy program to your school, synagogue or community center, please contact Daniel Rothner at (201) 244-6702 or daniel@areyvut.org for more information.