STORIES & LATEST NEWS
COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
The Funder Collaborative shares original stories, thought pieces and blogs, models of promising practices, and news from our local communities and their initiative partners. We invite you to explore these articles which highlight some of the ideas, programs and people shaping this new path forward in Jewish teen engagement and learning.
Expanding Your Reach: A New Networking and Learning Series Open to All Youth Professionals
Informed By Current Research and Best Practices From the 10 Communities of the Jewish Teen Funder Collaborative, Workshops Will Fuel Teen Engagement Efforts Year-Long Series Launches September [...]
Connection, Community & Conversation: Teens Take the Mic
JTI Peer Leadership Fellows talk about what it’s like being a Jewish teen today. Three JTI Peer Leadership Fellows sound off on what it’s like being a Jewish teen [...]
New Website Connects Teens to Jewish Life
Are you a teen? A parent of a teen? JewishBostonTeens.com is the site you’ve been waiting for. I usually write about kid-friendly topics here at JewishBoston, and [...]
Greater Boston Makes Youth Mental Health a Priority
Boston, along with several other communities, is making adolescent wellness a priority. Today, teens and young people are struggling. More than 3 million adolescents, representing over 13% [...]
What does a Positive Relationship with Israel Mean?
By Jeff Blumental and Rabbi Karen Thomashow “As I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto my students, my subject, and our way of being [...]
The Best-Kept Secret: A Strategic ‘Pivot’
There are countless examples of strategic "pivots" to point to in the for-profit world, many of them from the not-too-distant past. Remember when Amazon just sold books, [...]
Cincinnati Jewish Teen Collective Makes Youth Mental Health a Priority
Today, teens and young people are struggling. More than 3 million adolescents, representing over 13% of the population, have experienced a major depressive episode, according to the [...]
Making Youth Mental Health A Priority for Jewish Atlanta
Armed with the knowledge that 1 in 5 youth experience a mental health challenge at some point in their life, and a grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation, [...]
It’s Not Magic
Pulling back the curtain on professional growth and development for teen education and engagement professionals in Boston. People frequently talk about the magic of camp, youth group, tikkun [...]