Home About Bikkurim Introduction Program Sponsors FAQs Program Description Residency Program Resources Provided to Resident Groups Requirements of Resident Groups Current Resident Groups Alumni & Past Affiliates Alumni Past Affiliates In the Media Applying for Residency Contact Us   Abraham’s Vision Abraham’s Vision is a conflict resolution and interfaith studies educational organization working with high school and university students from the American Jewish, the American Arab, and the American Muslim communities.       Irrit Dweck, Co-Program Director       Gibran Bouayad, Co-Executive Director       Aaron Hahn Tapper, Co-Executive Director Beta Israel of North America (BINA) BINA is a service, advocacy, and cultural organization founded to empower the Beta Israel (Ethiopian) community while preserving and promoting its culture; to provide assistance to Ethiopian Jews coming to the US, and to foster greater understanding and community in the Jewish and African Diasporas.       Beejhy Barhany, Director Canfei Nesharim Canfei Nesharim ("the wings of eagles") is an organization of Orthodox Jews who are dedicated to educating the Orthodox community, from the perspective of Jewish tradition and Halacha, about the importance of protecting the environment. Their goal is to help Orthodox Jews understand the halachot (laws) that are relevant to environmental protection and the significant environmental challenges being faced in the world, and empower them to take actions which will make a difference in addressing those challenges.       Evonne Marzouk, Executive Director       Ora Sheinson, Associate Director       Atara Weisberger, Director of Education       212-284-6745 Footsteps An organization founded to provide educational, vocational, social, and emotional services to young men and women from ultra-Orthodox Jewish background who seek to enter or explore the world beyond the insular communities in which they were raised.       Malkie Schwartz, Director JDub Records JDub Records is a non-profit record label and production company for new Jewish music. Producing and promoting authentic Jewish voices in popular culture, JDub fosters positive Jewish identity and builds community among younger Jews through music and musical events. JDub launched in December 2002 with Zachor, a benefit concert in memory of two friends who died in the terrorist bombing at Hebrew University. The concert helped raise $22,000 for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies where the victims were students. In April, 2004, JDub presented The Unity Session, a cross-cultural musical dialogue between Jews and Jamaicans in reggae. Through its events and records, JDub brings together an incredibly diverse Jewish audience to share unique, positive Jewish experiences outside of Jewish institutional spaces.       Aaron Bisman, Director       212-998-4121       212-284-6776 Limmud NY Limmud NY was founded in December 2003 to invigorate, celebrate, and inspire Jewish life by bringing together Jews from across a wide spectrum of experiences, ages, and backgrounds for a three-day retreat of Jewish learning and culture. Participants will be immersed in the richness and breadth of Judaism through a wide variety of programming, including text study, poetry, Israeli politics, philosophy, performance, film, and art. Limmud NY is driven by the belief that diversity of perspective, dedication to Jewish learning in its broadest sense, and a strong sense of volunteerism are keys to engaging and inspiring Jewish individuals and building and strengthening Jewish community. The Limmud NY retreat will be held on Martin Luther King Weekend, January 13-16, 2006 in the Catskill Mountains of New York State at the Kutsher’s Resort.       Abi Dauber, Director       212-284-6968