Priorities and  Perspectives
A Message from Alex Zaremba - LA AWB Trip Leader
Alex on Airport Duty

As Alternative Winter Break continues during our beautiful week here in New Orleans, it's a huge privledge for me to be able to be here with our eighty amazing Judaeans. As someone who grew up in Young Judaea and has had to chance to be a Tsevet member for dozens of our programs around the country the years, Alternative Winter Break always has a special place in my heart. 
Meet the AWB LA Staff
YJ AWB Staff in the Quiet Before the Teens!

We have gathered an incredible group of young people to guide your teens while they are in Los Angeles. Coming from all over the United States, they are so excited to be a part of this amazing project.

From left:

Sarah Fine is from Miami, Florida and is a senior at Vanderbilt University.  She is a staff member at Camp Judaea and was on Year Course in 11-12

Aaron Karas  is from Newton, MA and is a student at Emory University.  He has worked at Camp Judaea and was on Year Course in 11-12

Stephanie Blitzer is from East Windsor, NJ, is a staff member at Tel Yehudah and was on Year Course in 13-14.

Hannah Greenwald is from Westchester, NY, is a staff member at Tel Yehudah and was on Year Course 13-14

Ari Abramson is from Westchester, NY, is a student at Temple University. Ari was on Year Course 2013-2014.

Alex Zaremba is from Los Angeles, by way of Philadelphia Pennsyvania and is currently the Young Judaea Coordinator for Year Round Young Judaea in Los Angeles and a staff member at Tel Yehudah. He was on Year Course in 07-08.

Miriam Alexander is from Ann Arbor Michigan, is a student at University of Michigan and works at Tel Yehudah.  She was on Year Course 2013-2014.

Jamie Maxner (not pictured) is finishing up her term as Associate Director of Camp Tel Yehudah and heading off to adventures in Africa.  Jamie was central in establishing AWB for Young Judaea and is the only staff member to have attended every AWB trip since the program's inception 2007.
A Note from Young Judaea's Executive Director
Simon Klarfeld

"Justice, justice shall you pursue."

One of the great teachings within the Jewish tradition lies in the biblical quote:

"Tzedek tzedek tirdof" or "Justice, justice shall you pursue." (Deuteronomy, 16:20)

The question we pose is:  Why is the word "tzedek" (justice) repeated here. The Rabbis teach us that there is no such thing as redundancy in the Torah, therefore any word or concept that is repeated, particularly as clearly as in this instance - has to be for a reason:

Are there two types of justice? A divine and a human? Does justice play out on two different scales? On the macro and the micro? Or two different arenas? The local and the global?

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Messages from AWB Grads

We reached out to some of our AWB graduates to send messages to those heading out this week for their own memorable experiences.  Read what they have to say:

Hey yo AWB 2015! I hope you are all really excited for the next week because you're about to participate in a program that used to be what I looked forward to all year.

Read Adina's Message and others HERE 
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WHERE: Sprout Lake
WHEN: February 12-15th, 2016
WHY: 'Cause we believe!
WHO: Teens grades 9-12th

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