Enter the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance

the Jewish Alliance aka Enter: the Jewish Peoplehood Alliance creates an operating platform partnering with and supporting organizations dedicated to achieving Jewish unity - am echad - through advocacy, education, cultural and commercial exchange.during q1 2023, Enter launched two winter/spring cohorts for north american and israeli teens as part of its one2one initiative, which offers teens from israel and north american Jewish communities a chance to meet and strengthen their Jewish Peoplehood literacy, while also exploring topics of common interest. In close partnership with the marcus foundation-funded rootone initiative, a voucher program for north american teens participating in summer prorams to israel, and the Jewish education project, Enter recruited 4000 participants in the 2023 series. Additionally, in partnership with the Jewish federation of greater Washington, Enter launched a new one2one cohort for Jewish high school students in the Washington, dc area. Enter also continued to provide engagement opportunities for dozens of teachers and community professionals. At its core, one2one is a simple concept: a series of virtual encounters, one-on-one, youth-led, spread out over several months, pairing north american high school students with israeli peers. Individualized, virtual encounters, targeting a critical age group in order to deepen immersive israel experiences. As Enter approached the three-year mark, one2one had already reached over 8,500 participants in total. During q3 2023, Enter was impacted by the october 7th atrocities in israel. In a matter of a few weeks, it was agreed that one2one would seek to broaden its reach to north american teens that may not be preparing for summer israel trips incentivized by rootone. the year 2023 ended with Enter working with additional organizations, including day schools, synagoguges, camps, congregations, youth movements and other local teen initiatives to join the pool of eligible north american teens for the one2one program in 2023-2024.