Cohort 7's most recent workshop started off with a nice, “hello” as many of us did
not see one another over Christmas break. This was then followed by an introduction
of our Israelis. At the beginning of January, we were assigned pen pals from the Diller group in our partnership region of Be'er Sheva-B'nei Shimon. One by one each of us talked about our Israelis and
what we had in common. We then in our committees presented what we had prepared, and in the process we learnt about Parsha Bo, played a game where we uncovered our
fears and also we created the conspiracy that Tove Lo, the singer, may be Jewish
due to her name.
Following this we learnt about the Journey of Milk and Cookies, which outlines the Diller way to plan things, as self-management is a big part of Diller.
The Journey of Milk and Cookies can be briefly described in four steps: Mission, Vision, Goals and Objectives. By going through each of these steps, we learned how to plan by envisioning the big picture and zeroing in on individual tasks. We are using this technique in planning for certain parts of our upcoming shabbaton.
We were later given the pleasure of meeting Leah Berger, from the Planning and Allocations Department at Federation CJA. Leah spoke to us about what the organization does with the considerable funds that are raised during campaign season.
Staying on the same topic we were put in groups where we discussed how much
money each agency of FCJA would be given if we had $1,000,000 to distribute. This
brought up interesting discussions and was lots of fun. There are so many worthy organizations in our community that do great things, there was no obvious way to divide the funds. As participants in the Diller Teen Fellows, which is a recipient of some of that generous funding, this was a great learning experience, and made us very grateful for what we have been give.
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