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From the Director
Welcome to the beginning - to Genesis.
I have the pleasure and privilege of leading this unique program, and I am still discovering new layers of the experience every day. When established in 1997 with a generous grant from Steven Spielberg's Righteous Persons Foundation, Genesis was designed as a summer program combining Jewish studies, academics, the arts and humanities, as well as what it means to participate in a diverse community. But a Genesis summer is more than the sum of these exciting parts.
On this website, you will find descriptions of program elements, as well as the words and reflections of alumni and educators. You will also find invitations to enter into the experience - not only next summer, but right now, through prompts and questions of the type we ask at Genesis every day.
If you are intrigued by these questions as well as by what Genesis offers, we encourage you to apply and take your exploration to new levels. Every summer, and even every day, at Genesis is a new experience, because so much of the learning emerges from the particular combinations of teens who come together from different parts of the world, with different interests and experiences of Judaism.
You have something to share with Genesis, something that will be missing without your presence. In return, we can promise a learning experience like no other - a once-in-a-lifetime month of discoveries, insights, friendship and fun.
Bradley Solmsen
Director
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