Jewish TeensROC

Songleader Boot Camp (SLBC)

For students in 9th - 12th grades

February 16-18, 2025

Leadership. Inspiration. Community. The annual SLBC National Conference in St. Louis is one of the top immersive Jewish leadership training opportunities in the country. Led by nationally renowned Jewish leaders, thought leaders, educators and music artists, SLBC features a wide range of dynamic sessions that explore a holistic approach to effective leadership in the Jewish world.

Join the Rochester group on an exclusive track just for teens to explore and grow your leadership . Participants do not need to sing or play an instrument to fully experience all that SLBC has to offer.

Cost $250.00*

*includes, flight, hotel, meals, transportation, chaperones and registration fees.

Subsidies for the SLBC conference are a gift to Rochester’s Jewish teens from the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester supported by the generosity of donors to our annual campaign for Jewish needs and the Miller Family Foundation.

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Zikaron: Learn and Lead a Better Tomorrow

For 8th and 9th grades
Zikaron D.C.

Learn about the past to inform your understanding of the present. Grow your understanding of your Jewish identity in the context of Jewish History and the Holocaust, meeting with a survivor and visiting the U.S. Holocaust Museum and other National monuments.

March 16-17, 2025
Washington, D.C.

This program is generously supported by: Mona Friedman Kolko Family Fund of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester.

Questions? Contact Sapir Soble at ssoble@jewishrochester.org

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Journey for Identity (JFI)

For students who have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grades.

July 17-August 10, 2025

Teens from Rochester and Modi’in, Israel will explore their Jewish identities together over the course of three weeks through immersive travel and group learning:

· Pre-trip learning sessions on Jewish history and identity to contextualize the experience

· Home hosting in Rochester, sharing Jewish American life with Israelis

· Learn about the Jewish experience during the Holocaust from a Holocaust survivor (or their child) in Poland.

*Dates are tentative, dependent on flights. Cost is $2,800 per person ($540 subsidy available from the Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester). The trip is all-inclusive. Application deadline: 12/1/2024.

Contact Director of Partnership2Gether Programming at 585.461.0490 or info@jewishrochester.org for more information.