2018-07-20T12:09:06-07:00 2017-06-30 990EZ 2016-07-01 731685391 JEWISH SPIRITUAL LITERACY INC JEWI 4104009820 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 4104009820 2018-07-20 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X www.jsli.org X X 91732 X 75472 16118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 36 106 0 91696 0 0 0 75797 6808 209 8576 91390 306 7074 0 7380 X 702 3146 0 0 6372 4974 7074 8120 0 740 7074 7380 Educational products and services, including seminars, printed materials, electronic materials, audio and visual materials. EDUCATING EDUCATORS - We increased the amount and quality of the J-IDEA teacher training program's 10 major content categories: Jewish Holidays, Art of Amazement, Esoteric, Marriage, Ritual, Ethics, Meditation & Prayer, Texts, History and Miscellaneous. In addition, we directly trained and mentored another cohort of 20 educators (teachers and rabbis), increasing their skills at implementing experiential learning, and their thousands of students. JSL pedagogy provided them with fresh and innovative ways to motivate students in learning and develop their respect and love of Judaism. Participants register for free at jewishspirituality.net. 0 0 SEMINARS - This year we continued our weekly and monthly seminars in the San Francisco and Baltimore-DC regions. Consistent with past outcomes, over 95 percent of participants increased their interest in, literacy about and ability to cultivate ancient Jewish wisdom and practices. We continued to focus on the themes of living mindfully, healthy relationships, and ethical thinking. 10000 0 E-LEARNING - Our innovative smart phone apps continue to give thousands of users a daily dose of wisdom. Our weekly "Table Talk" entered its twelfth year, bringing food for thought and discussion to thousands of Friday night dinner tables worldwide. 0 0 MEDIA DISTRIBUTION - Our worldwide book distribution continued steadily, including the best-selling "The Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality" in two languages, the "Art of Amazement Haggada". Thousands of visitors found quality books and toys via our searchable site, bestjewishkidsbooks.com. 0 0 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR - We continued to maintain and strengthen this program to connect 25 families from synagogues in the Baltimore Jewish Community with over 75 resident-bound seniors on Shabbat and holidays, in three different senior residences. The program includes volunteer training. 0 0 AMAZING NATURE FOR TEACHERS - NIFLA'OT - MA RABU! - This program empowers teachers across the curriculum with the wonders of nature in order to increase their students' joy of learning and sense of connectedness to the classroom and to life. The three versions enable the materials to be used in any classroom across the curriculum. 0 0 0 Alexander Seinfeld Chairman 5 69150 0 0 Harmon Shragge Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Marc Sarosi President 1 0 0 0 Kyle Bach Board Member 1 0 0 0 Todd Samuels Board Member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD Jewish Spiritual Literacy 3700 Menlo Drive Baltimore MD 21215 4104009820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 87873 86703 65383 58393 75472 373824 19221 13731 16367 18837 16260 84416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107094 100434 81750 77230 91732 458240 0 0 0 0 0 0 19500 29250 17500 16000 14500 96750 19500 29250 17500 16000 14500 96750 361490 0 16 4 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107094 100450 81754 77230 91732 458260 0.78883 0.75656 0.00004 0.00004 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Office Expenses;838|Books Research Educational Material;1057|Travel and Automobile Expenses;4161|Service Charges;528|Depreciation Expenses;790|Fundraising Expense;1058|Advertising Expenses;144^Total;8576^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^Account Receivable;1933|Inventory;2307|computer;3945|Accumulated Depreciation;-3211^Total;4974^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^Account Payable;740^Total;740^ We are very sorry that this is late. We lost our only secretary over a year ago and our bookkeeper has been pregnant (delivered a couple weeks ago) and we were finally able to get this done. We always try very hard to file all Federal and State filiings on time, this is a gross exception.