- To promote and encourage Reform Jewish religious and cultural activities in the TYG.
- To stimulate knowledge of Jewish culture, religion, Reform Judaism’s creed “Choice Through Knowledge,” history, and Israel.
- To serve as a support to the ‘cultural specialists’ of your TYG, such as songleaders, danceleaders,
- Israel representatives, etc.
- To be responsible for t’filot at events or holidays when needed.
- To stimulate worship and study at events.
- To create or lead inspiring worship services (using your own or regional creative services, the prayer books of the Reform movement, or from NFTY supplements and resources).
- To prepare and present benedictions, d’vrei Torah, invocations, and other spiritually
- uplifting statements at Board Meetings.
- It is the role of the RCVP to serve as the liaison between the Jewish community (the TYG) and Jewish education. Being an effective RCVP is more than being a service writer. Don’t be afraid to emphasize the C in RCVP—the cultural aspects of Judaism.
Some suggestions for cultural activities might be:
- Israeli song and dance fest
- Creating a TYG cookbook of Jewish recipes as a fundraiser
- Preparing High Holiday meals for residents in local nursing homes
- Plan a Walk through Jewish History; we have 350+ years in North America, more than
- enough to create an amazing program about Jewish art, music and folklore
The most important thing to know as the RCVP is that you are the liaison of resources. If fellow TYGers come to you with questions about services, Israel, or any other Jewish topic, to which you just don’t know the answer, don’t be afraid to either help them find the information or point them in the direction of someone who might know. It’s not your job to know everything Jewish, but it is your job to be a liaison between the TYG and rabbis and educators in your congregation.
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