ARTICLES & UPDATES
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.
Ask Yourself These Four Questions About Youth Engagement
By Margie Bogdanow Passover is a time for telling and retelling our story. In ways, the story never changes and yet, it is important to continue to [...]
Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbinic Intern Julie Bressler The Parent-Teen Mental Health and Wellness Summit realized a dream: to transform our synagogue, Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas), [...]
Beyond a Seat at the Table: Real World Models That Empower Teens
By Sara Allen In the challenging world of heated political rhetoric, gun violence, and #MeToo, examples abound of teens finding and using their voices. For organizations devoted to Jewish [...]
Bridging Generations, Building Jewish Lives
[This essay is from Contact, a publication of The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life. Reprinted with permission.] By Ayalon Eliach Wen I told people that I had accepted [...]
Denver and Boulder Teens Initiative Receives New Funding
The multi-faceted Denver/Boulder Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Initiative(Initiative) is involving more teens in Jewish life, offering them new programs they find relevant, and helping them develop leadership [...]
The Federation Announces $2,000,000 in Grants to Launch the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Initiative
Significant investment from the Jim Joseph Foundation will increase opportunities to engage teens in Jewish experiences during formative years San Francisco, CA – The Jewish Community Federation of [...]
Thoughts on Israeliness while standing in customs
"So, Dr. Pomson, what exactly is your business in the United States?” It’s rare that a month goes by that I’m not asked this question by a uniformed [...]
Teen Mental Health: Rolling Darkness into Light
Rolling light into darkness and darkness rolling into light. Goleil or mipnei choshech v’choshech mipnei or. With these words, the evening Ma’ariv Aravim prayer draws attention to the cycle [...]
Creating Impactful Jewish Internship Experiences
Filled with Meaning, Learning, and Personal Growth: Creating Impactful Jewish Internship Experiences By Sara Allen Teens today are highly ambitious. Inspired to create positive change, when they [...]
