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.
“That was the most myself I’ve ever been” – Teens reflecting on new models of summer programming
By Alex Pomson and Melanie Schneider Some of the most powerful memories from childhood are associated with summer: the riotous sound of crickets at night; a first [...]
Putting Teens at the Center
by Reuben Posner Professor Eleanor Duckworth, a cognitive psychologist and educator, suggests that the purpose of all education is to encourage the “having of wonderful ideas.” She [...]
Characteristics of Successful Teen Education Funder Collaborative
Space for Sharing Challenges, Commitment to Evaluation Two Key Reasons Noted in Report San Francisco, CA -- A group comprised of 15 national and local funders committed [...]
Effective Strategies for Educating and Engaging Jewish Teens
The Jim Joseph Foundation has identified engaging Jewish teens in educational experiences as fundamental to the Foundation’s mission of fostering compelling, effective Jewish learning experiences for young [...]
In This Together: A Team Approach to Teen Engagement
By Malka Levitansky and Hallie Shapiro, March 21, 2017 We’re all looking for that magic formula. That unique program, experience or methodology that will somehow not only [...]
Centaurus Brings in Local Religious Leaders for Inaugural Social Justice Week
Written by Amy Bounds, March 7, 2017. An imam from the Islamic Center of Boulder, a representative from the Boulder Jewish Community Center and a Unitarian reverend [...]
DJDS Students Becoming Strong Leaders through jHub
At Denver Jewish Day School, we emphasize the importance of our school’s middot with our students so they will grow accustomed to incorporating them into their lives, [...]
Generation Now
REPORT AND OUTCOMES | RESEARCH TO ACTION UNDERSTANDING AND ENGAGING JEWISH TEENS TODAY What We Found Out: Learn how the insights and findings from this report are [...]
Evaluations: North Shore Teen Initiative Model Documentation
Beginning with a Planning Grant in 2007, the North Shore Teen Initiative (NSTI) designed, developed, launched, and implemented community-based Jewish teen education and engagement in 23 towns and [...]
