The Covenant Grants

Satellite Notz’tzim and Kochavim Hebrew Immersion Program and Machon Ivrit Hebrew Institute for the Portland Jewish Community

Organization: Congregation Neveh Shalom, Portland, OR

Grant Year: 2010

Project Director: Mel Berwin

Type of Grant: Ignition

Grant Amount: $19,200 (1 year)

Website: http://nevehshalom.org/

Adult Education
After School Programs
Hebrew Language Acquisition

Congregation Neveh Shalom, through the Satellite Notz’tzim and Kochavim Hebrew Immersion Program and Machon Ivrit Hebrew Institute for the Portland Jewish Community, expanded a Hebrew immersion program for children to a new satellite location in Portland, and launched a parallel Hebrew immersion program for adult learners.

Ignition Grantee Reflections: Impacts and Learnings
“Where are we now, what did we accomplish, and what have we learned?”

“People want to feel more at home in Judaism. If we do it more in the right way — they’ll engage. If we renovate the way we do Hebrew, it is still meaningful and important to people. I am watching adults go through Machon Ivrit and those families are so much more involved themselves. I think it is strengthening to families, to our davenning community. My whole thing is helping people feel at home in Judaism. That is the biggest picture goal and it is working.”

—Mel Berwin, Project Director

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