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A six-week summer program for young Jewish men and women, current college and graduate students looking to advance their Jewish learning and knowledge

05/13/2021

This Shavous, Give yourself the greatest gift ever given. The gift of Torah.
Myjsf.org/apply

05/11/2021

Mazel Tov To our dear counselor Dovie Levy Jsf/Ivy league 2020 on your engagement.

05/11/2021

Wow!! Mazel Tov to David Sroka Jsf/Ivy League 2020 and Leah Ali Jsf/Ivy league 2016 on their engagement. We bless them to merit to build a faithful Jewish home together.

04/19/2021

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Name: Hannah Kaplun
Location: NJ/Binghamton NY
What year of JSF: 2020/5780
Age: 20
College: Binghamton University
What are you up to these days: School! I’m studying human development and psychology
Favorite thing you learned/take away: Anything and everything from Tanya
Favorite JSF teacher/ topic: The Elkans!!
Favorite JSF memory: Shabbos fargrbegens
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: be’h living in Israel doing what I love!!
Favorite mitzvah: Learning torah
Favorite Jewish Memory: Spending my gap year in eretz Hakodesh 🇮🇱 @ Binghamton University

04/11/2021

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Name: David Sroka
Location: Plainview, NY
What year of JSF: 2020
Age: 23
College: CUNY Queens College
What are you up to these days: I am currently a 4th grade teacher at a Jewish Day School.
Favorite thing you learned/take away: My biggest takeaway from JSF is Rabbi Bell’s explanation of the origins and transmission of Oral Torah. It was a general concept that eluded until Rabbi Bell clearly explained the relationship between the Torah and Talmud. TSGL H2M2D AFW
Favorite JSF memory: My friend Aviv and I would wake up early in the morning and coffee or tea. We would learn part of a Chassidic discourse. Also the shabbats were always filled with joy and camaraderie
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: In 5 years I aspire to be a middle school teacher, and towards the end of attaining rabbinical ordination.
Favorite mitzvah: Putting on tefillin. Binding myself not only to Hashem but to a tradition passed down since the Jews were in the desert.
Favorite Jewish Memory: Stting at the seder table with my grandmother. She sings old tunes from Poland and messes up most of the words. @ Worldwide

04/11/2021

Spotlight on... 🔦
Name: David Sroka
Location: Plainview, NY
What year of JSF: 2020
Age: 23
College: CUNY Queens College
What are you up to these days: I am currently a 4th grade teacher at a Jewish Day School.
Favorite thing you learned/take away: My biggest takeaway from JSF is Rabbi Bell’s explanation of the origins and transmission of Oral Torah. It was a general concept that eluded until Rabbi Bell clearly explained the relationship between the Torah and Talmud. TSGL H2M2D AFW
Favorite JSF memory: My friend Aviv and I would wake up early in the morning and coffee or tea. We would learn part of a Chassidic discourse. Also the shabbats were always filled with joy and camaraderie
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: In 5 years I aspire to be a middle school teacher, and towards the end of attaining rabbinical ordination.
Favorite mitzvah: My favorite mitzvah is putting on tefillin. Binding myself not only to Hashem but to a tradition passed down since the Jews were in the desert.
Favorite Jewish Memory: My favorite Jewish memory would be sitting at the seder table with my grandmother. She sings old tunes from Poland and messes up most of the words. @ Worldwide

04/07/2021

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Name: Elisheva Batagower
Location: Delaware/Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY
What year of JSF: 2018
Age: 22
College: Stern College for Women
What are you up to these days: studying psychology towards occupational therapy while working part-time as a caregiver.
Favorite thing you learned/take away: everything is Hashcaha protis 🙏🏼
Favorite JSF teacher/ topic: allllll teachers were my fav. I really enjoyed learning Chasssidus in the morning with Rabbi Hecht
Favorite JSF memory: our mock Jewish wedding! We presented the laws of family purity.
Favorite mitzvah: lighting Shabbat candles and helping people.
Favorite Jewish memory: singing and dancing at the kotel during kabalat Shabbat with so much pride and unity❤️ @ Worldwide

04/05/2021

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Name: Adam Benezra
Location: Jerusalem
What year of JSF: 5780
Age: 23
College: UC Berkeley
What are you up to these days: Mayanot Yeshiva in Jerusalem
Favorite thing you learned/take away: Confirmed that I need to go to Yeshiva and that I loved learning Torah and doing Mitzvot
Favorite JSF teacher/ topic: Rabbi Bell his classes on Kosher laws and the Oral Torah
Favorite JSF memory: singing and dancing to the Horses niggun (song) at Kabbalat Shabbat
How do you express your jewish identity: My very being is the expression. I think my greatest expression is my doing mundane things while wearing a kippah and tzittzit and knowing that I am serving HS, especially through the mundane.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: learning, keeping, and rejoicing in Torah and Mitzvot. BH building a Jewish family rooted in Torah and Mitzvot. Any further specifics are up to HS!
Favorite mitzvah: all. I really enjoy many of the basics: Tefillin, Shabbos, and keeping Kosher
Favorite Jewish Memory: Shabbat at Jewish summer camps

Any advice? 💥
1. Find a good friend or a good Rabbi or both, learn together, and learn something that intrigues you!
2. Growing at a sustainable, slow pace ensures true, everlasting growth. @ UC Berkly

04/01/2021

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Name: Oryah Bunder
Location: Atlanta, GA
What year of JSF: 2020
Age: 23
College: Georgia State University
What are you up to these days: working for my Chabad on Campus
Favorite JSF teacher/ topic: Rabbi Elkan in Timely and Timeless!
Favorite JSF memory: driving the 15 p van
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: married with kids😂
Favorite mitzvah: lighting Shabbat candles
Favorite Jewish Memory: leading shabbat singing and dancing at the Kotel for the whole women’s side

@ Georgia Tech

03/22/2021

Name: Brandon Melamed

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

What year of JSF: 5780

Age: 18

College: Yeshiva University

What are you up to these days: Learning in Aish HaTorah

Favorite JSF teacher/ topic: Gemara or Jewish History

How do you express your Jewish identity: By always wearing a kipa and tzitzit in public, and trying to take lessons from what I learn everywhere I go.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Likely finishing college or starting a career, maybe being married.

Favorite mitzvah: Learning Torah/Pesach

03/16/2021

Mazel Tov to our dear alumni from 5780 Chana Dietzel (Greenstein)! On her beautful wedding this past Sunday! What a magical Union of 1 neshama coming together reuniting! Pictures is all of the girls JSF 5780 coming to support there sister on her big day!!

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