Jewish Awareness America
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Jewish Awareness AMerica (JAAM) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to educating Jewish students and graduates about Jewish heritage and values. It was founded in the late 1990s by Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz
of Machon L'Torah with the aim of producing knowledgeable future Jewish leaders who will make personal, family, and communal decisions in light of Jewish teaching and tradition. JAAMhttp://www.jaam.net/ provides a range of educational programs and cultural activities designed to reconnect Jewish college students with their heritage.
Through the development of innovative, intriguing, and informative Jewish awareness programs on campuses throughout North America
, JAAM attempts to bridge the gap created by the cessation of genuine Jewish education and awaken within students their sense of Jewish identity and pride.
To make a significant impact on the future of the American Jewry, JAAM targets students who have the potential of becoming leaders of the next generation. These informed and passionate Jewish students act in leadership capacities on campus and in their communities after graduation.
In 1999, JAAM established the Maimonides Leaders Fellowship Program on the University of Michigan
campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan
. Owing to its popularity, the Maimonides program has been duplicated on over 25 college campuses across North America, such as the University of Maryland
, Yale University
, and UC-Berkeley.
Avraham Jacobovitz
Rabbi Avraham Jacobovitz is an Israeli born Charedi rabbi, who founded and Jewish Awareness America , to educate Jewish college students about Jewish heritage and values.-Early life:Born in 1950 in Tel Aviv to Hagaon Rav Yehuda Jacobovitz זצ"ל and Mrs...
of Machon L'Torah with the aim of producing knowledgeable future Jewish leaders who will make personal, family, and communal decisions in light of Jewish teaching and tradition. JAAMhttp://www.jaam.net/ provides a range of educational programs and cultural activities designed to reconnect Jewish college students with their heritage.
Through the development of innovative, intriguing, and informative Jewish awareness programs on campuses throughout North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, JAAM attempts to bridge the gap created by the cessation of genuine Jewish education and awaken within students their sense of Jewish identity and pride.
To make a significant impact on the future of the American Jewry, JAAM targets students who have the potential of becoming leaders of the next generation. These informed and passionate Jewish students act in leadership capacities on campus and in their communities after graduation.
In 1999, JAAM established the Maimonides Leaders Fellowship Program on the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. Owing to its popularity, the Maimonides program has been duplicated on over 25 college campuses across North America, such as the University of Maryland
University of Maryland
When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and UC-Berkeley.
External links
- JAAM Website http://www.jaam.net
- Maimonides Leaders Fellowship Official Website http://www.maimonidesfellowships.com/home.aspx
- Meor on Campus Maimonides Page http://meor.org/meoroncampus/maimonides.asp