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We are so excited to announce that Diller Teen Fel

We are so excited to announce that Diller Teen Fellows 2021-2022 applications are open!
Learn more & apply through the link in our bio.
#4Front #Dillerteenfellows

Today on Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day,

Today on Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the millions of lives lost and torn apart by the brutality of the Holocaust. #Neverforget #Neveragain

Meet David (@dlunken) and Jessica (@5jessplunk5 )

Meet David (@dlunken) and Jessica (@5jessplunk5 ) Lunken. Jessica is a experience development professional and David is a management consultant. They are parents to three incredible teens (two of them 4Front alumni) by night...and well also by day. David is a three time Social Innovation Fellowship Mentor and Co-chair of the 4Front Advisory Committee.
David and Jessica and their family have been involved since 2017 when Isabel participated in our first cohort of Social Innovation Fellowship. The three Lunken girls, Isabel, Talia and Nadya (participants of SIF, STAC & Fun[d]) were attracted to 4Front as they saw it as an opportunity to interact with other Jewish teens while simultaneously engaging in amazing programming topics. 4Front offered a way to learn in a very hands on, participatory way with a great cross-section of teens. Once the Lunken girls got involved, they built an amazing connection to the staff and 4Front leadership that lasts until today. They “graduated” from 4Front with an understanding of the strong link Jewish values have to social issues, a deep connection to Israel and confidence to participate and speak up about topics they are passionate about.
Their involvement with the Jewish community reaches back to David’s own adolescence. Raised in a very small Jewish community - David shared, “it was central to everything we did growing up. Attending a Jewish summer camp and having a cohort of friends for over 40 years. It is our community, our core, our people.”
We are so grateful to have incredible lay leaders like David on the 4Front working hard to advocate for and elevate teens in our community!
@isabellunken @talialunken @nadya_lunken
#4front #findmeonthe4front

Over the course of 10 days this past month, the Di

Over the course of 10 days this past month, the Diller Teen Fellows completed a virtual Jewish Community Mifgash (JCM). Through a giving circle, cooking lesson, and a workshop teaching skills about having difficult conversations (and much more) the Fellows explored key Diller values like tikkun olam, Jewish identity, and peoplehood – and how some amazing Baltimore organizations, businesses, and people are also connected to these values.
#4Front #JCMweek

Shabbat Shalom and a happy Passover to all our 4fr

Shabbat Shalom and a happy Passover to all our 4front family and friends!
#4Front #Passover

Our 4Front family is ready for Passover - are you?

Our 4Front family is ready for Passover - are you? How well do you know our 4Front staff - guess which baby (human or dog) belongs to who!

Options: Sam Kahan Strakes (Co-Managing senior director), Diana Solomon (Co-Managing senior director), Cody Gelvar (Program Associate), Sarah Ohsie (Marketing & Design Coordinator)
#4Front #Passover

Calling all high school juniors and seniors prepar

Calling all high school juniors and seniors preparing for college! Join us for “Know Before You Go” - A virtual program by The Associated’s Insight Israel Forum and OpenDor Media that will help teens create meaningful conversations around Israel and being Jewish on campus. 4Front is thrilled to be partnering for Campus Conversation #3 on April 12 5:30-6:30 PM as we navigate the complicated conversation of Israel on college campuses. Register through link in bio! #KnowBeforeYouGo @jewishbaltimore

This past Sunday 4Front's Teen Service Council Pop

This past Sunday 4Front's Teen Service Council Pop-up participated in National Muffin Day in partnership with Har Sinai Oheb Shalom Congregation. National Muffin Day is a baking extravaganza that brings together bakers to spread awareness about homelessness and share muffins with those who are experiencing homelessness in our community. We started our time together hearing the unbelievable stories of strength and resilience from Rachelle and Monroe, our incredible speakers from the National Faces of Homelessness Speaker's Bureau. These two powerful, strong women shared their stories of survival and hope with our teens and shared the importance of being kind and not judging another human, since we never truly know the full story.

We then set out to bake muffins for individuals in our community! We (virtually) brought together over 30 bakers in thier own homes and are proud to share we will be donating 36 (double chai) dozen delicious chocolate chip muffins to Our Daily Bread. What a lovely and delicious way to spend an afternoon!

Thanks to an incredible partnership with the Israe

Thanks to an incredible partnership with the Israel Insight Forum at the Associated, 4Front was able to host a session with Resetting The Table for our our Diller alumni and ECYP teens. What an incredible, thought provoking conversation with both groups of teens as they learned skills to help them learn through differences. In our very first blog post on our website, Elli Nesterovsky, shares some thoughts on her experience with Resetting The Table.
Read more on our NEW blog through link in bio!

This past Sunday, 4Front hosted our 4th annual Soc

This past Sunday, 4Front hosted our 4th annual Social Innovation Demo Day Pitch Competition! Participants in our Social Innovation Fellowship spent the past 12 weeks creating their own business ventures, guided by their Jewish values. Yasher Koach (great job) to our incredible fellows who pitched wonderful, inspiring business ventures to a panel of esteemed entrepreneur judges. We know the future of our community is in good hands with you as leaders!

We are proud to announce the winner of the pitch competition is 4Feeding, a start-up that will enable restaurant diners to easily make donations to local food pantry, Baltimore Hunger Project, through the use of restaurant's POS (point of sale) system. Mazel tov to our teen entrepreneurs and creators of 4Feeding Jacob Benesch, Adam Levine, Jack Gordon, and Gabe Gerecke.

Team One: Grocery Nest a reusable bag rental system for grocery stores

Team Two: StandUp Prevention: Drug Prevention Speakers Bureau and Curriculum Re-design for high schools

Team Three: 4Feeding: Using restaurant POS systems to capture donations for local food bank

Team Four: Astutor Me: Peer to Peer online tutoring system and homework helpline

#4Front

This is a reminder to slow down, sit down and nour

This is a reminder to slow down, sit down and nourish your body and soul. We can't grow or give to others without taking care of ourselves.
#4Front #selfcare

#flashbackfriday to last year's National Muffin Da

#flashbackfriday to last year's National Muffin Day! Are you ready for this year? National Muffin Day is going virtual - this means you can bake muffins for a good cause in your own kitchen...in your pjs! Learn more & register at following registration link in our bio

#4front #nationalmuffinday

Happy Purim to our 4Front family & friends! #4fro

Happy Purim to our 4Front family & friends!

#4front #happypurim #hammentashen

Meet Phil the Philanthropist. By day he’s a...we

Meet Phil the Philanthropist. By day he’s a...well he’s a philanthropist but at night he’s the mascot of FUN(d): A Teen Giving Circle. Every time we gather, we pause and place tzedakah inside of this fun piggie bank, all of which is part of the funds we allocate to community organizations. Last year, teens in FUN(d) donated over $3000 ($300 of which was deposited into Phil!) to two community organizations focusing on supporting those experiencing homelessness, Project Plase and the Student Support Network. Want to make a difference in the community? Join this year's giving circle for the opportunity to fundraise and donate money to community organizations recovering from the devasating impacts of Covid. We have real work to do-let's get started together! Apply through link in bio!

To cap off our Black History Month celebration, we

To cap off our Black History Month celebration, we’d like to tip our caps to these progressive Jewish leaders who have broke the “color” barrier in Judaism. Check out Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the first African American Women rabbi, Sandra Lawson, the first openly gay, female, Black rabbi, and Capers Funnye, a rabbi who leads one of the largest Black congregations in the world! #4front #bhm

This past Sunday our teens in Social innovation ha

This past Sunday our teens in Social innovation had the opportunity to learn from some contemporary entrepreneurs whose businesses are having tremendous positive impact on the local Baltimore community. Thank you to Rabbi Jessy Dressin from Repair the World Baltimore, Dasia Kabia from Ice Queen Snowball Shop, and Thibault Manekin from Seawall Developers as they each shared how their businesses are making a difference, their own narratives of hustle and overcoming adversity, and how they made their dreams a reality. They had some great advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, the most important of which was the power of one step. "Just don't sit on your butt," they reminded the teens, "do something, anything, to get your project going, and that one step will lead to another and another and another." It is the same refrain the teens have been learning from every educator and business person the entire way through this program, from day one when Diana offered them Rabbi Tarfon's (2nd century CE) famous adage "you are note obligated to complete the task, but nor are you free to desist from it." @_icequeens @repink @thibault_manekin

#4Front #entrepreneurs

From the gridiron to the court, the diamond to the

From the gridiron to the court, the diamond to the front offices of professional sports organizations, African American Jews have left their legacy.
Check out these African American Jews who have dominated in sports: Jordan Dangerfield (Boo Steelers, but at least he’s a Towson alum!), Amar’e Stoudemire, Elliot Maddox (Go O’s!), and Koby Altman.

#4Front #BlackHistoryMonth #BHMSpotlight #Sports

Happy valentines day to all our 4Front family & fr

Happy valentines day to all our 4Front family & friends! Enjoy the day with your loved ones - especially yourself! 😉

#4Front #Valentinesday #selflove

Starting March 7 - FUN(d) will feature seven sess

Starting March 7 - FUN(d) will feature seven sessions spread throughout the three months and will focus our fundraising and allocation efforts toward community covid relief, giving participants the ability to respond to real time community needs.

Want to make a difference? Apply through link in bio!

Want to join our team? We're hiring! 4Front is cu

Want to join our team? We're hiring!
4Front is currently searching for a passionate, hard-working, motivated individual to join us as our Relational Engagement Program Associate. Help us spread the word and find the perfect addition to our team!
Learn more about position & apply through link in our bio!

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