Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors

*School is starting September 12th. Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors is introducing in Geneva a new Jewish education program. The program has classes for children beginning at age 3 and continuing through a bar/bat mitzvah preparation program. FVJN welcomes children with all ranges of Jewish education and backgrounds, from those with no formal religious education or Jewish knowledge or background to those who have previously attended religious education programs. The FVJN Jewish School program provides a general Jewish education and will not adhere to any one particular branch of Judaism.

The following attachment provides the details of the program and includes an Application to be completed to enroll children in the program.

Please download the Application here.

(Some paid teacher positions are still available; anyone interested in a teaching position should contact FVJN at 630 578-3375 or info@fvjn.org.)

Children in the Tri-Cities area will soon have a new opportunity for Jewish education!

Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors, an unaffiliated Jewish community center located at 121 S. Third St. in Geneva, is developing a new education program for children in third grade and up, to begin in the fall.

This new religious school program welcomes children — from Jewish and from interfaith families — who have been attending religious school, as well as children who have had little or no formal religious education. This will be a broad-based program inclusive of all branches of Judaism. Bar and bat mitzvah preparation will also be available.

Adults interested in teaching positions, including college students, educators, and especially those with children who will be in the program, are encouraged to request information about paid teaching positions in this school

Please call 630-232-8032, or 630-584-3491, for more information.

FVJN is a Jewish community group composed of Jewish individuals and interfaith families living in central Kane County and nearby towns. The goal of this group is to develop a cohesive Jewish community in the Fox Valley area for religious, charitable and educational purposes. Check out www.fvjn.org for information and upcoming events.

FVJN is located at 121 South 3rd Street, Geneva (across from old Kane County Courthouse).

FVJN is a tax-exempt organization pursuant to Internal Revenue Code section 501c3. Five percent of proceeds from all FVJN events is donated to local charities.

If you are looking for ways to introduce young children to Judaism, FVJN offers two opportunities to do so!
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We’re happy to be able to report that the IRS has granted Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors tax exempt status pursuant to IRS Code Sectioin 501c3, retroactive to February 18, 2007.

As many of you know from our website and from conversations, FVJN applied some time ago for tax exempt status, in order to, among other things, allow donations to FVJN to be tax-exempt to the extent that a donor’s tax situation permits. This week we received from the IRS the ruling that FVJN has been granted that status, and that the status is retroactive to the date of FVJN’s date of incorporation on February 18, 2007.

This means that if you have made a donation to FVJN from 2/18/07 on, your donation may be tax-deductible; and we suggest that you consult with your tax advisor about this. Similarly, your donations going forward will be tax-exempt to the extent permitted by law in light of your personal tax situation. We similarly suggest that you consult your tax advisor to determine the deductibility of all such donations.
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