2025 JFI Participant Application

2025 JFI Participant Application

Journey For Identity (JFI)
Journey for Identity (JFI) is a hallmark program of the Rochester and Modi’in Partnership2Gether program. Over the course of three weeks, 32 teens from Rochester and Modi’in, travel together to three continents where they are joined by a local second-generation participants and intensely learn about the Holocaust through guided exploration, examine their Jewish identity through shared immersive experiences, and gain an understanding of each other’s community through home-based hospitality.

Requirements:
- For students who have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grades.
- Applications are due by December 1. Interviews and cohort selection to be completed by December 30.
- Pre-trip preparation includes eight (8) two-hour seminars that begin in January 2025.
- Program travel to three countries including Poland.
Journey for Identity welcomes all Jewish teens from a variety of backgrounds including, multiple denominations, Jews by choice, Jews of color and Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
Participant Name*

First NameLast Name
Participant Date of Birth*

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Participant Email
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Home Address*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Participant Phone Number
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Participant Current Grade*
Name of Participant's Current School*
Participant's Gender*
Participant's Preferred Pronouns*

Parent/Guardian #1 Name*

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Parent/Guardian #1 Primary Phone Number*
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Parent/Guardian #1 Secondary Phone Number*
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Parent/Guardian #1 Email*
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Parent/Guardian #2 Name

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Parent/Guardian #2 Primary Phone Number
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Parent/Guardian #2 Secondary Phone Number
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Parent/Guardian #2 Email
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Tell us about yourself! Who are you? What makes you, you? Give us a better picture of you.*
What organizations, groups, or activities (Jewish and/or Non-Jewish) are you currently involved with, or have been involved with in the past?*
What is your "superpower"? What makes you an awesome addition to any group you are a part of?*

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What attracted you to apply to this program? Why is it important for you to participate in this program?*
Describe what makes you Jewish. What does being Jewish mean to you?*
How did you hear about this program?*
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