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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.
Serving as Leaders for the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative
By Melanie Schneider and Brian Jaffee, eJewishPhilanthropy As the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative continues the work that started in 2013, we are excited about the advances [...]
Why Leaders of Jewish Teen Initiatives All Went to See “Dear Evan Hansen”
By Jessica Green As educators working to engage teens in meaningful Jewish experiences, all of us in the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative know the facts surrounding teen angst [...]
Creating Relationships Defined by Radical Candor
By Emily Messinger Creating an environment in which relationships defined by openness, honesty, and transparency can flourish is a great goal to have, albeit difficult to achieve. [...]
Dear Evan Hansen: We Are Here to Help
I experienced my lowest point as a parent early on, when my 2.5-year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer. I felt distraught, guilty, and helpless. Sure, I could [...]
DOROT Brings Teens to the Riverdale Y
By JLBWC Staff | August 30, 2018 Rose Cohen, DOROT intern, at the Riverdale Y. Monday, July 23, was a day of orientation and training for the [...]
Initiative Links Jewish Teens to Service Scholarships
By Donald H. Harrison Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The teenager in your family may be interested in two related websites. One, www.motivsandiego.org, will introduce him or [...]
Communities Embrace a Holistic View of Teen Engagement
As the High Holidays approach, many of us will engage in introspection and reflection: What do we make of the past year? What are hopes for the year [...]
Training the Educators We’ll Always Remember
Developmentally, teens are in the midst of a significant process of becoming. In the teen years, we begin to move from our parents’ ideas and habits to [...]
Sharing the Impact of Jewish Student Connection
By Eliana Goldberg and Marwan Nassr One of us is a Jew. One of us is a Muslim. And this is our story of building a genuine [...]