January 20th, 2008 by archive
Cold Weather and Warm Feelings at Coalition for Jewish Learning’s Fourth Annual Jewish Teen Day of Discovery
On Sunday, January 20th, Milwaukee area teens braved the frigid weather to attend Jewish Teen Day of Discovery 2008. It was a phenomenal day despite the cold!
JTDOD brought together teachers and learners from all over the community for an exciting day of Jewish study and shmoozing. The day began with the premiere of Two Walks, a co-production of the Coalition for Jewish Learning’s Young Jewish Filmmakers’ Project and docUWM, a division of the UW-M School of Fine Arts Film Department. Two Walks juxtaposes the Milwaukee Jewish community’s Walk for Israel against a youth walk for Darfur organized by two of the seven teen filmmakers. It is available on YouTube.com and JewTube.com.
During the first class session, teens attended a special presentation by Rabbi Mark Borovitz, the spiritual leader of Beit T’Shuvah of Los Angeles, which is both a congregation and a substance abuse rehabilitation center. Rabbi Borovitz’s presentation, which focused on the inherent holiness of every Jewish soul and on his own personal journey from addict and con man to healer and rabbi, had a tremendous emotional impact on the audience. Later, teens participated in their choice of a break-out session with Rabbi Borovitz or of seven different educational workshops lead by a variety of local educators.
View Kipp Friedman’s photos of this event.
See Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle coverage of Jewish Teen Day of Discovery 2008.
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January 20th, 2008 by archive
Two Walks, CJL’s Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project’s New Film, Debuts at Jewish Teen Day of Discovery
Two Walks, a joint production of CJL’s Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project and docUWM, a division of the UWM Peck School of the Arts, made its debut at Jewish Teen Day of Discovery 2008. This short film, created by seven middle and high school students, explores the Jewish obligation to respond to genocide. It juxtaposes the Milwaukee Jewish community’s Walk for Israel against a youth walk for Darfur organized by two of the student filmmakers and tells the story of how these teens changed attitudes in Milwaukee .
The program, which one student said prepared him well to attend Universal Studios film camp, allowed graduate students in film to meet with the teens one and a half hours once a week at UWM. Using professional grade equipment, students acquired skills in pre-production (brainstorming/research/storyboarding), production (filming and lighting) and post-production (editing). The film has been uploaded to the Internet and will be screened publicly in various venues and entered in various student competitions later this year.
The student filmmakers included Rachel Herman, Noah Rowlett, Ari Rothenberg, Maddie Mandel, Eric Hagen, Hannah Musickant, and Noah Laufer. Claire Tipton and Max Fantle also participated.
Read Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle coverage of the Young Jewish Filmmaker’s Project.
View Two Walks at YouTube.com, or JewTube.com.
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