{"id":5185,"date":"2015-06-19T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachad.oudev.org\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2015-06-19T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T20:06:13","slug":"yachad-announces-its-new-daner-communal-fellows-for-2015-16-program-begins-late-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yachad.oudev.org\/blog\/news\/yachad-announces-its-new-daner-communal-fellows-for-2015-16-program-begins-late-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Yachad Announces Its New Daner Communal Fellows For 2015-16, Program Begins Late July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yachad\u2019s Daner Communal Fellowship has selected three outstanding recent college graduates to serve as Fellows for the 2015-2016 programmatic year, beginning in late July. They are Amanda Parker from Englewood, New Jersey, graduate of New York University; Rachel Samuels from Roslyn Heights, New York, graduate of Binghamton University; and Yossi Szpigiel of West Hempstead, New York, graduate of Macaulay\u2019s Honors College of Queens College. The Fellows were chosen from 30 applicants from across North America.<\/p>\n

Yachad<\/a>, the flagship program of the Orthodox Union\u2019s<\/a> National Jewish Council for Disabilities (NJCD)<\/a>, provides unique social, educational and recreational programs for individuals with learning, developmental and physical disabilities with the goal of promoting their Inclusion<\/em> in the total life of the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program, now in its second year, is named in memory of the late Jewish community professional and lay leader Joel Daner, a\u201dh<\/em>, who truly exemplified what it meant to be a leader in the Jewish community,\u201d explained Eli Hagler, Associate Director of Yachad. \u00a0\u201cWe expect our Fellows to be hard-working and interested `in being a part of the Jewish communal work force with the hope of making a difference. They emerge feeling empowered by their experience working for Yachad and continuing to promote Yachad\u2019s mission of Inclusion<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fellowship will support the Fellows\u2019 professional development as part of Yachad\u2019s mission to meet the social and inclusive needs of Jewish individuals with diverse disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, Autism Spectrum Disorder, developmental challenges, deaf and hard of hearing, physical disabilities, and medical health and mental health needs.<\/p>\n

The Fellows will function as full members of Yachad\u2019s staff, working out of its national headquarters in lower Manhattan and will be assigned a primary mentor \u2014 a staff member under whose tutelage and guidance they will directly carry out their diverse range of duties within the agency. Additional mentors will provide integrated training and experiential opportunities in other areas as needed. Together, the mentoring team will offer opportunities for the Fellows to acquire proficiency in disability culture and Jewish organizational leadership.\u00a0 Each Fellow, with supervisory support, will be responsible to begin or continue a special project, or to research a topic of interest. The Fellowship will be supervised by Mr. Hagler and Becca Zebovitz, Yachad\u2019s Office Manager.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, International Director of Yachad, explained, \u201cYachad has been at the forefront of educating and facilitating today\u2019s youth to become tomorrow\u2019s leaders, ensuring that all individuals are included in the Jewish community. We hope that our Daner Fellows will quickly become an integral part of the Yachad team going into the 2015-2016 programmatic year.\u00a0 We are hopeful that the Fellows will go on to successful careers and will always remember their time at Yachad as an important step in their professional advancement and development.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/a>

Rachel Samuels<\/p><\/div>\n

Rachel Samuels was raised in Roslyn Heights, NY, and majored in Human Development and double minored in Education and Judaic Studies at Binghamton. She was involved in campus life, including being a peer advisor and participated in both Binghamton\u2019s Hillel and Chabad. \u201cI applied for the Joel Daner Fellowship because I have always been passionate about inclusion,\u201d said Rachel. \u201cI accepted the Fellowship because I felt it was the perfect opportunity for me to weave my Jewish beliefs and values with my passion for advocating and providing resources for people with special needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Amanda-Parker\"<\/a>

Amanda Parker<\/p><\/div>\n

Amanda Parker double majored in Applied Psychology and Global Public Health with a minor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU.\u00a0 Originally from Los Angeles, she has been living in Englewood since she was eight years old. Amanda was active in both the Hillel and the OU\u2019s Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at NYU, as well as being involved in her academic department particularly as a peer mentor.\u00a0 In her spare moments she enjoys spending time with friends, exploring New York City, and traveling.<\/p>\n

\"Yossi<\/a>

Yossi Szpigiel<\/p><\/div>\n

Yossi Szpigiel majored in Chemistry as a Pre-Med student with a double minor in Math and Media Studies at Macaulay Honors College at Queens College. Yossi served as the JLIC intern at Queens for the past two years and was involved in the Jewish community on campus. He plans on attending medical school after the Fellowship.<\/p>\n

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For more information about Yachad\u2019s Daner Communal Fellowship please visit\u00a0yachad.oudev.org\/Fellowship<\/a>, call 212-613-8299 or email at YachadFellowship@ou.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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This article was written by the OU Staff.<\/em><\/p>\n

To view the original article on the Orthodox Union website, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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