Related Blog Posts on COVID-19, teens, and Youth Engagement
7 Creative Ways to Gather Virtually
Just because we can’t physically be together doesn’t mean we can’t come together as a community. Here are a few easy-to-implement virtual ideas to try with your Jewish community:
8 Ways to Bring Camp into Your Congregation
This is a great time to remind your families about One Happy Camper grants, which provide $700 to $1,000 for first-time campers. These grants have made it easier for so many families to give their children the best summers of their lives.
Op-Ed: It’s Time To Stop Lecturing And Start Listening To Young Jews
Indeed, the war between the boomers and the millennials has become popular fodder. But, I don’t see it as a war at all.
6 Practices That Empower Teen Leaders
Check out these six ongoing practices of Reform Jewish teen leaders – and how you can use them to support teens in your own community.
How the Values I Learned at Jewish Camp are Helping Me Save Lives
On February 14, 2018, everything changed: That’s the day 17 people were killed in the shooting at my school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) in Parkland, FL.
How Revolutionizing Our Youth Group Board Structure Increased Teen Engagement
I wanted to innovate and co-create a way to reimagine teen engagement and programs with my temple teens. To do so, I needed to best understand what they wanted and needed from their synagogue and Jewish community.
Summer 2019 by the Numbers: Reform Youth Engagement is Strong!
We're celebrating more than 20,000 youth, teens, and young adults immersed in a Reform Jewish experience. Here are a few other numbers that have us excited for summer.
4 Experiments that Celebrate How Our Teens Gather
The URJ has launched four experiments to celebrate how teens gather and lead; the experiments' early lessons will help us deepen the impact of these endeavors.
How Youth Professionals Can Embrace Change to Better Cultivate a Strong Jewish Future
Imagine the freedom that comes when we stop trying to hold onto the things that made our experiences important and instead begin to foster an environment that welcomes change.