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About Young Jewish Leadership Concepts (YJLC)
Young Jewish Leadership Concepts (YJLC) is an independent non-profit young professionals network, established in 1986 in order to provide social events, travel opportunities, and community service activities for Jewish young adults. Read more...
Get Ready for the…
YJLC 23rd Annual Pocono Rafting & Leadership Weekend
August 13–15, 2010
Click for Registration Form
See slideshow from the 2009 rafting trip
- 120 Rafting Spaces Reserved
- Join Young Professionals from throughout the East Coast and beyond
- Rafting on the Lehigh River
- Dorney Park — Wild Water Kingdom
- Friday Night Networking Party
- Mixers, Volleyball, Pool Parties
- Guest Speakers/discussions on Israel and Jewish Community, including…
- Ohad Cohen, Head of the Commercial Mission, Embassy of Israel: “From the Land of Milk ∓ Honey, to the Land of Tech and Money”
- Monika Lev-Cohen, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, JAFI Aliyah Department: “Jewish Identity, Israel, and the ABC's of the Aliyah process”
- Panel presentation by national Jewish organizations, including…
- MASA
- AEPi
- B'nai B'rith
- Jewish Agency Aliyah Department
- Magen David Adom
- Jewish National Fund
- …and more (list being compiled — not all confirmed)
Scholarships, ride share assistance, and room share assistance available
For more info, please e-mail Lou4yjlc@aol.com
On Thursday evening, July 8, 2010, Temple University Dialogue Institute invited YJLC young professional leaders to meet with 20 Arab student leaders from Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq for a discussion on leadership and inter-personal dialogue.
Some photos from the event…
Manhattan YJLC Leadership “Pow–Wow”
May 13, 2010 - Liran Avisar (3rd from left), Head of North American Delegation, JAFI Aliya Department hosts YJLC gathering of fifteen Jewish young professional leaders representing 10 national Jewish organizations at Manhattan JAFI headquarters.
Topic: National Jewish organizations collaboration on YJLC Summer Rafting/Leadership Weekend and future programs to engage post-college age Jewish young professionals.
Gimme Five
Painless "Tzedakah" - A "Righteous Act" of Charity and a Chanukah Blast!
Imagine making a $5 contribution and having it multiplied 200 or 2,000 times with other participating young professionals. In Honor of Magen David Adom being finally accepted as an International Red Cross agency, YJLC gives you the chance to make a difference with a $5 gift.
Learn more about our Gimme Five ("Tayn Lei Chameish" in Hebrew) / One Less Latte campaign.
Emergency Situation in Sderot...
The American Friends of Magen David Adom requests your help and assistance with the emergency situation in Sderot. Please click here for more info...
