Shalhevet
Shalhevet ("flame" in Hebrew) is an once-in-a-lifetime experiential learning opportunity for Bay Area Jewish teens (11th &12th grade). In partnership with the international March of the Living program, Shalhevet is a way for local Jewish teens to participate in a program tailored specifically to the educational and cultural environment of the Bay Area.
Shalhevet includes a journey of Jewish history, beginning with the life of pre-WWII Polish Jewry through the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel. The spring semester course culminates in a two-week trip to Poland and Israel. Students will travel with a local Holocaust survivor, Rabbi and educators.
Participants of Shalhevet will:
- Learn about the thriving Jewish culture in Poland before WWII and today
- Witness the concentration camps through the eyes of a survivor traveling with the group
- Experience Israel: the people, the culture and the homeland
- Meet with Polish and Israeli teens to get a taste of their lives; examine today’s political and geopolitical challenges in Israel.
Shalhevet is a dynamic collaboration between the Holocaust Center of Northern California in partnership with Jewish Family and Children's Services, and the Bureau of Jewish Education.
For more information, contact Morgan Blum at MorganB@jfcs.org or 415.441.1289 or Roni Alperin at ralperin@bjesf.org or 415.751.6983 ext. 228.
Financial aid is available.
Contact Roni Alperin at ralperin@bjesf.org or 415.751.6983 ext. 228 for details.
Shalhevet is funded, in part by the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund; Jewish Community Federation (JCF) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties Endowment Fund; Ingrid D. Tauber Philanthropic Fund; Jewish Community Endowment Fund's First Time in Israel Experience Scholarships; The Gift of Israel Program, sponsored by the SFJCF and the Janet A. Schultz Teens to Israel Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund; The Israel Trip Scholarship Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Greater East Bay; Jewish Family & Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties; and Shalhevet Alumni Families. The travel component for Shalhevet is coordinated by International March of the Living.
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