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Gateways is proud to be a beneficiary of Combined Jewish Philanthropies and grateful for major support from the Ruderman Family Foundation, Slingshot Fund and Jim Joseph Foundation.
Gateways: Access to Jewish Education
333 Nahanton Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02459
Phone: 617-630-9010
Fax: 617-517-9160
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Gateways Chosen by Slingshot as One of 50 Jewish Innovative Organizations
For a third year, Gateways is included in Slingshot, a resource guide for Jewish innovation.
Pictured is Jay Ruderman, left, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation, and his sister, Sharon Shapiro, right, a member of the Gateways Board, with Arlene Remz, center, Gateways' Executive Director, at the Slingshot Launch Day in New York City, October 9, 2009.
We are proud to announce we were chosen as one of only ten Slingshot organizations to receive a $40,000 grant from the Slingshot Fund www.slingshotfund.org.
HONORING A DAY SCHOOL TEACHER
Gateways has selected Eliana Lipsky of Brookline as the recipient of the Samuel A. Nemzoff Book Prize. Ms. Lipsky is a teacher at JCDS, Boston’s Jewish Community Day School in Watertown.
Ms. Lipsky has been the 7th and 8th grade History and Tanach at JCDS for five years.
Gateways Annual Newsletter August 2009
Every summer, Gateways compiles a review of the year's programs, prints a complete list of our donors and highlights a story about the honorees for our fall fundraiser.
Please click the link below to see this year's newsletter.
Gateways finds Partners in Funder and Federation
The Ruderman Family Foundation has forged a unique bond with Gateways by supporting our efforts via Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
To read about this endeavor, please click this link for CJP's website http://www.cjp.org/page.aspx?id=205996.
Jay Ruderman, President of the Foundation, has recently written an article explaining the family's funding philosophy. The piece has been published in multiple newspapers and online settings across North America.
Please click the attachment below to read his important view on funding Jewish initiatives.
Bar Mitzvah Possible for All
Gateways works to enable students to achieve their potential, within a warm environment that includes peers, and family.
Read here about one student's successful welcome into the Jewish adult world.
Access to the Torah for All
Gateways endeavors to make the simcha of Bar or Bat Mitzvah available to our students in a meaningful way. We work with the family and their synagogue, striving to find just the right program for the student, taking into account his or her abilities and challenges.
A Seat at the Jewish Table
An article about a Gateways family has been included in the June 2009 issue of Shma, A Journal of Jewish Responsibility (www.shmadigital.com ), entitled The Jewish Home. Click the link below to read our article and the issue's front explanatory page.
Gateways in Exceptional Parent Magazine March 2009
Gateways collaborated with Jewish special needs specialists from around the country to create an article about spirituality. Read the article by clicking the attachment below.
Faith in a Non-Verbal World
Gateways helps its students and families find paths to Jewish life. Read here about one such family who found the perfect celebration for their son within our classroom.
Gateways Collaborates with Hidden Sparks for Initiative in Day Schools
We are pleased to offer a new professional development opportunity to our participating day schools. Read the attached story about our Hidden Sparks connection.
Slingshot Names Gateways One of 50 Most Innovative Jewish Organizations in North America
Slingshot, an initiative of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Foundation to engage young philanthropists, has chosen Gateways for the second year in a row to be included in their listing of innovative Jewish organizations.
We are honored to be included in this important collection of the changing organizational success that is Jewish America today. See the link below to read the press release.
Harry's Bar Mitzvah
Harry's family wanted to share his special simcha with his extended family in Israel. Click the link to read how Gateways helped to make this wish a reality.
One Volunteer's Experience
Our teen volunteers are transformed by their experience working with our students. Over 50 teens, aged 15-18, mentor students in our Jewish Education Sunday Program and our teen Mitzvah Mensches Program on Wednesday evening.
Click here to read one student's reflections.
A Bat Mitzvah for Anna, Needham Times
At Gateways, we help our students be successful by reaching one milestone at a time. For some, there are small steps along the way that make the larger simcha all the more sweet.
Please read the story below.