Youth Engagement

Then There Were 10: A Lesson in Growing a Temple Youth Group Leadership Training Retreat

Aaron Wiener

November 2, 2021

Aaron Wiener, youth director at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, brought together 10 congregations and youth groups from California for an in-person Temple Youth Group Leadership Training Retreat and it was a huge success.

Tikkun Olam

Reform Camping: A Transforming Legacy of Tikkun Olam

Rabbi Jason Gwasdoff

June 29, 2021

A San Quentin inmate with a swastika tattooed on his hand greeted us as we stepped off the bus. The year was 1975, and we were a group of 30 counselors in training from Camp Swig (now Camp Newman).

Heller High

Grants of Up to $7,500 Available to Teens Who Want to Attend URJ Heller High

Rabbi Loren Sykes

April 1, 2021

Through the DREAM ISRAEL program, students can access various levels of grant funding toward their semester at URJ Heller High while learning about the act of tzedakah by fundraising for approved philanthropic causes in Israel.

Chalkboard sign reading BEACUSE OF NFTY I surrounded by answers scrawled in colorful chalk

Youth Development

A Spring 2021 Update from NFTY: "The Best Part of Every Day"

Fletcher Block

March 22, 2021

On March 7, the NFTY General Board met to participate in our annual mid-term Asefah to elect our next NFTY North American Board and celebrate all of our successes in a year full of unprecedented challenges.

Screencap of teens gathered together on ZOom with an NC21 overlay atop it

Journal of Youth Engagement

Connecting During COVID: NFTY Convention 2021

Fletcher Block

Lynne Butner

February 16, 2021

The weekend was extraordinary. Teens shared that it was the best virtual experience they had this year - that it felt as close as it could get to an in-person experience. Many said that they felt a new connection to NFTY.