School Absence Letters
If your school requires documentation and/or an explanation of what you'll be doing and why you need to miss school on Friday, please feel free to print this form and hand it in.
NFTY Resident Advisor Application
Please note that applications must be received prior to the event registration deadline. Preference is given to older applicants, and/or those with URJ camp experience.
NFTY Resident Advisor Information
Please sign and upload with your NFTY Resident Advisor Staff application.
Please read through this document prior to staffing a NFTY-MAR event!
Regional Scholarship Information
Already checked with your congregation, and you're still looking for additional funding for a regional event? Fill out an application here, at least two weeks before the registration deadline!
Looking for additional funding to participate in a North American NFTY program, such as Mitzvah Corps, Kutz, EIE, NFTY in Israel, NFTY Convention, or Biennial? Fill out our application here, and return at least 8 weeks prior to the payment deadline.
General Resources
Invisible Children
NFTY-MAR's 2010-2011 nonprofit organization to support. They are dedicated to helping former child soldiers from Uganda get secondary and university educations through a variety of programs that provide scholarships, school rebuilding, and micro economic initiatives.
Keshet
A Jewish nonprofit consisting of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews and straight allies from all denominations and Jewish backgrounds.
Living NFTY: NFTY responds to actual, virtual, and viral bullying, teasing, and harassment.
In recent months and weeks, increased numbers of teens have been affected by bullying, cyber-bullying, teasing and harassment online and in schools across North America. As part of NFTY’s ongoing Living NFTY initiative, to address issues most important to teens, we have assembled a collection of resources on bullying, including information about helplines, public service announcements, ways to get involved in eradicating bullying in your community, programmatic resources, and more.
2011-2012 Resources
Taboo themed game icebreakers!
Introduction to the theme of the weekend - taboo beliefs.
Exploring natural selection, population control, and climate change.
What's beautiful, anyway?
eMANcipation. Giving the MAR men an opportunity for self expression.
A silly set of games to break the taboos of talking about bodily functions!
A unique prayer experience.
Jewish medical taboos like physician assisted suicide and organ donation.
The politics of college admissions and affirmative action, Israeli politics, and the role of religion in American politics.
A weekday ma'ariv service themed on the afterlife.
Wrapping up the taboo experience.
2010-2011 Resources
2009-2010 Resources
2007-2008 Resources
2006-2007 Resources
2005-2006 Resources
NFTY-MAR Constitution

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