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Jam is an on campus club founded
in 1996 by a generous gift of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation.
Initially a campus club at UCLA,
under the auspices of Ashreinu, Jam has expanded to numerous
campuses across Southern California. Jam, which stands for
Jewish Awareness Movement hires young dynamic couples with
strong Jewish educational backgrounds to serve as adult advisors
to student clubs on college campuses. To date Jam clubs exist at
USC, UCLA, UCSD, CSUN, and UCSB.
In addition Jam attracts students from dozens of surrounding colleges. In
1996 Jam took its first group of students to Israel on a 3 week
summer trip. Since that time Jam has run colligate trips during
winter and summer breaks to Israel yearly.
Jam's Israel trips combine mornings of exploring Jewish topics
and action packed afternoons touring the country, rappelling,
camel riding, horseback riding, climbing Massada and more. In
1998 Jam ran its first New York trip. Hosted in the beautiful
Carlton Hotel on Madison Ave, a select group of 50 college
students learn about Judaism in the morning, with world class
educators and tour the Big Apple in the afternoon for 10 days.
This year Jam took its first group of 30 select students to
London to visit Jewish London. Students were hosted in community
homes, heard lectures in the morning and toured Windsor Castle,
the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and met the Who's Who in
the Jewish world. Since its inception thousands of students have
participated in Jam trips. This year alone 450 students joined
Jam trips. Founded and directed by Rabbi Moshe and Bracha Zaret,
Jam employs 10 campus couples and an administrative support
staff. Jam's office is located in Los Angeles and enjoys support
of the Los Angeles Jewish community.
Jam has been the recipient of grants and awards, and Jam's
director Bracha Zaret has been featured on the front page of the
Jewish Journal, in addition to many other write ups. Jam's
mission is to inspire young college students to love their
heritage, find a group of like minded peers in their college and
connect them to Jewish knowledge, community and Israel. |
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