COJECO RSJ Symposium
Noam Shumakh
Project Manager, Limmud FSU USA
shumakh.noam@gmail.com
Noam Shumakh is an informal Jewish Educator and a lifelong learner who brings her passion working with the Jewish community. Noam is originally from Ukraine and grew up in Israel. While living in Israel, Noam worked for the Israel Birthright Experience and served as a Jewish Educator in Ta\\\'ir, developing and leading educational workshops for Israeli high school students. Noam came to the U.S. as an emissary for the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI). She has worked as a Director of Education and Leadership Development at Ezra USA. Noam serves United States Jewish community through her work as a Project Manager of Limmud FSU USA, an annual weekend-long and day conferences for Russian Speaking Jews from the nation and around the world. Noam manages Limmud FSU festivals both on the east and the west coast. Noam truly believes that Limmud FSU is the great platform for Russian Speaking Jewish communities to explore and come together for multidimensional Jewish learning experiences. She holds a degree in sociology and education from Ariel University Center of Samaria.
Organization
Limmud FSU USA
http://www.limmudfsuus.org/80, Central Park West, New York, NY 10023
Mission:
To redress the injustices suffered by the Jewish people in the Soviet Union under Communism, by helping to rebuild the Jewish intellectual and cultural traditions eradicated by the Holocaust and decades of Soviet oppression To infuse young Jewish adults with a feeling for their own role in the process of remembrance, by including a serious Holocaust component in the content of every Limmud FSU event.
To engage unaffiliated young Russian-Jewish adults, aged 23– 40, in a broad range of topics in an open, pluralistic, and dynamic learning environment.
To empower young adults to participate in the revival of Jewish communities and culture and to develop Jewish communal leaders.
To strengthen identity and in so doing to ensure a vibrant and sustainable Jewish future.
