Tag: Teens
Massachusetts teens offered $2,000 scholarship for March of Living trip to Poland, Israel
A Massachusetts-based Jewish group is offering a $2,000 scholarship for local Jewish high school juniors and seniors who qualify for an upcoming March of the Living visit to Israel and Poland in an effort...
PA police, Fatah encourage military-style training camp for teenage girls
The Palestinian Authority and Fatah continue to hold “summer-camp activities” for youth that present terrorists as role models.
At the P.A. Security Forces’ Al-Istiqlal University, the police administration and Fatah’s Shabiba High School Movement are...
$3 million gift to support Jewish identity programs for public-school teens
Longtime Jewish communal leaders Avi and Becky Katz have established a multi-year, multi-million national initiative with NCSY, the flagship youth movement of the Orthodox Union, to support Jewish identity programs for public-school teenagers.
Their $3 million...
Marcus Foundation triples down on teen travel to Israel
The RootOne teen Israel travel initiative announces a $60 million three-year grant from the Marcus Foundation.
Launched in September 2020 by the Jewish Education Project, RootOne significantly lowers the cost of teen travel to Israel...
Jewish teens raise more than $10,000 for IDF soldiers in local car wash
Two Jewish teenagers in Long Island, N.Y., held a local car wash to help raise money to support Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers and collected more than $10,000 following Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas in...
Virtual College Road Trip offers tours, webinars for teens and parents
High school students and their families can explore college and Jewish life on campus on a Virtual College Road Trip, the second annual month-long series.
Each day in June, it offers student-led college tours, virtual information...
Program focuses on Jewish teen wellness during Mental Health Awareness Month
The Jewish community is bringing the power of compassion to National Mental Health Awareness Month.
A project of the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative for the second year in a row, “Collective Compassion” shares...
Last call for summer supper!
Even though I live in the Northeastern United States, where the coronavirus hit early and hard this spring, but is relatively in check for the moment, life is still much quieter than normal. Vacations...
‘Collective Compassion’ initiative puts spotlight on teen wellness
Coupled with the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, the Jewish community is bringing attention to the power of “Collective Compassion” to National Mental Health Awareness Month.
Created by Jewish Teens Thrive, a project of the Jewish Teen...
Israeli 11th-grader wins International Bible Contest
Ruth Cohen, a 16-year-old student from the Barahan Ulpana school in Merkaz Shapira in southern Israel, won the 2020 International Bible Contest in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the first female student in a decade...