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Deadline Is December 31 for Alumni to Apply for ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seeds of Innovation Grants

Alumni of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ (¹û¶³´«Ã½) may apply until December 31, 2015, for a 2016 grant from the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seeds of Innovation Project, which provides support for initiatives that cultivate Jewish engagement through the principles and ideals of Conservative Judaism. This will be the third year of funding by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seeds of Innovation.

The project has distributed more than $100,000 since its inception. Rabbi Jessica Minnen (RS ™13) was the inaugural recipient with her project, Seven Wells, a program inviting adults in their 20s and 30s to explore intimacy, relationships, and sexuality through a Jewish framework.

The 2015 recipients are:

Rabbi Justin David (RS ™99)
Come and Eat: A Jewish Food Justice Initiative
Northampton, Massachusetts

Rabbi Megan Goldman (RS ™14, GS ™14)
Building progressive traditional and egalitarian Jewish communities on college campuses
New York City

Rabbi Jill Jacobs (RS ™03, GS ™03)
The °Õ™r³Ü²¹³ó Liturgy Project (Connecting prayer with social justice)
New York City

Rabbi Avi Olitzky (LC ™03, RS ™08, GS ™08)
Leveraging Family Camp (Lowering the cost barrier for engaging young families)
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota

Rabbi Brent Spodek (RS ™07, GS ™07)
Masa Initiative (Reimagining congregational education for youth and adults)
Beacon, New York

Ms. Annie Glickman (DS ™97)
Priya: A New Fund for Jewish Reproduction
Overland Park, Kansas

Funding by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Seeds of Innovation Project is determined by a selection committee that includes ¹û¶³´«Ã½ alumni and is chaired by the executive vice chancellor. Eligible programs may be synagogue-based, organization-based, or independent. They must have clear-cut leadership goals and be intended to impact the Jewish community.

The application form and instructions are available at . As part of the application process, applicants are asked to tweet or post their project proposals on Facebook using the hashtag #¹û¶³´«Ã½seeds.