TELEM: Jewish Youth Making a Difference Together
A Program of Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
TELEM is about changing lives—yours and others! Make a difference in someone's life. Have a real impact on an issue you care about. Learn about yourself. Discover what Judaism has to say about pursuing justice. Hang out with friends. Have fun while you're helping to build a better world! Spend a few hours providing help to someone, make a positive impact on the community, and participate in tikkun olam.
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Not Always What You Expect
TELEM, a program run by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, works with Boston area Jewish teens, integrates volunteer service with classroom learning and...
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One Visit at a Time: Jewish Teens Making a Difference
Rabbi Sally Finestone from Congregation Or Atid in Wayland shares the experience of her students in the TELEM program. Her students have the opporuntity to...
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Parshat Noach
TELEM educator Larisa Klebe delivered the d'var torah for the TELEM Professional Committee Meeting in October. We are excited to share her inspiring insights into...
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The Path of Social Justice: Community Service that Endures
Last year, B’nai TELEM students from Temple Shir Tikvah in Winchester took time to visit seniors at the Hearthstone Senior Facility in Woburn. Youth Director...
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A New Year, a New Commitment to Service
With the start of a new year, we usually take this time to reflect on the year that past. We think about what we can...
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Service Doesn’t Stop for the Summer!
TELEM is in full swing and we are gearing up for another great year of volunteering and learning! The community service did not stop during...
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a look back on two years of service...
Trevor Haas May 2011 Senior at Arlington High School, in TELEM’s Special Needs track at Temple Isaiah in Lexington and Minuteman ARC in Concord ...
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An Experience I'll Never Forget
*re-printed with permission from JCRC's 66th Annual Meeting, June 9th, 2010 Hi, my name is Trevor Hass. I'm a junior at Arlington High School and...
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SAVE THE DATE! TELEM Organizing is part of an ACTION!
On May 23rd at 5:00PM at Temple Israel Boston, TELEM teens from Y MORE (Youth of Massachusetts Organizing for a Reformed Economy) will return to...
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Taking Action to Make Change
Do you care about social change? What about the development of young leaders? Do you want to cross the barriers of race, class and...
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