GrowTorah Monthly Newsletter - October 16, 2021 | Cheshvan 11, 5781

Dear GrowTorah Farmily,

Fall is here, and we are teaching every day of the week in our school garden programs, reveling in the wonders of creation with our students. We are thinking deeply about how best we can share resources on this planet, inspired by the Lech Lecha Dvar Torah you’ll find linked below.

In this newsletter you’ll find our new monthly feature of a different Shorashim and Anafim partner. We are thrilled to open up our Tu B’Shvat even booking requests, and you’ll also hear about the amazing work Alissa has done for GrowTorah.

We are ecstatic to open up our board application to all of YOU, and every week we have been inspired by the beautiful Divrei Torah from our Parsha blog.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sara Just-Michael & Yosef Gillers, Co-executive Directors

PROGRAM UPDATES

SHMITA-THEMED TU B’SHVAT PROGRAMS ♻️

This Shmita year, we are pleased to offer our highly rated Tu B’Shvat workshops with Shmita lessons integrated into the activities! Last year we ran 23 sessions for shuls and schools across the USA, so book your event NOW! Currently, we plan to offer both virtual and in-person options throughout the winter months.

FEATURED PARTNERS 👀

TEAM UPDATES

OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE ➡️ DIRECTOR

In just 7 months, Alissa Golbus has completely transformed GrowTorah behind the scenes, catapulting us to the next stage of organizational growth. She built systems to track all of our internal work, designed a partnership pipeline, completely reorganized our database, and built a brand new CRM as her capstone in the Coda Doc-torate program. Everything Alissa does behind the scenes helps us deepen our impact in the field with our students. This week we are proud to promote Alissa to GrowTorah’s first Operations Director!

GET INVOLVED

JOIN OUR BOARD

Are you or someone you know ready to put your excitement about GrowTorah into action? We are please to invite motivated professionals with a range of backgrounds and skillsets to join the brilliant members of our Executive and Advisory Boards as they guide our work. We are a young organization, so come grow along with us. All are welcome!

READ OUR WEEKLY PARSHA BLOG

We have received wonderful feedback on our weekly parsha subscription, and it’s not too late to join! We extend our deepest gratitude to the authors who contributed to this project, and to Canfei Nesharim for organizing this over the past 15 years. We are especially appreciative of our Summer Inchworms for the editing and fact-checking this summer. To partner with us in providing the community with this vital resource, click here.

WATCH US ON SLINGSHOT

In June, we had the great honor of being included in Slingshot’s 2021 10 to Watch list, which features young organizations providing an agile response to vital needs in the Jewish community. Click here to read the dvar Torah that Yosef and Sara shared on Slingshot’s blog—we are excited about this opportunity to share words of Torah with Slingshot’s audience. 

👋 Hooray! You’ve made it to the end. Feel free to send us any suggestions or feedback. We love hearing from you! ❤️