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NFTY’s Impact On My Life

NFTY’s Impact On My Life

NFTY’s Impact On My Life By: Maya Kirzner - 2023-2024 NFTY Ohio Valley Communications Vice PresidentAs I start my last semester as a high school student, I have been taking a lot of time to reflect on my past four years and looking at what has left the biggest impact...

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Fellowship Fosters Community Amidst War in Israel

Fellowship Fosters Community Amidst War in Israel

Fellowship Fosters Community Amidst War in Israel By: Josh Jury, NFTY Teen  As a community organizer, what’s a pressing need for our community around Israel, and how can we call people to take action and repair the world? This is the question posed to those of us...

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Rosh HaShana 2023

Rosh HaShana 2023

Rosh HaShana: Following Our Hearts and Forgiving Mistakes By: Madeline Barenboim - 2023-2024 Religious and Cultural Vice President of BOFTY (Temple Beth El of Boca Raton, FL), from her Rosh HaShana d'var Torah  For me, Judaism has always been a big part of my...

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How a Community Grows Great

How a Community Grows Great

How a Community Grows Great By: Ariel Eisen, NFTY-SW President 2022-2023   One day, he was walking along the road when he saw a certain man planting a carob tree. Honi said to him: This tree, after how many years will it bear fruit? The man said to him: It will...

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NFTY-SO Takes Action in Rolling Fork, MS

NFTY-SO Takes Action in Rolling Fork, MS

NFTY-SO Takes Action in Rolling Fork, MS   On Shabbat, Friday March 24, a man returned home from his community’s synagogue in prayer, only to end his Shabbat without the town that stood when he first lit the candles due to the wrath of mother nature’s powerful...

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On the Political Unrest in Israel

On the Political Unrest in Israel

Ever since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced his judicial reforms which work to grant greater power to the Knesset (legislature/ governing political body), giving Netanyahu the space to push his overwhelmingly right wing agenda through, Israelis and...

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I Believe in the Future of NFTY

I Believe in the Future of NFTY

I Believe in the Future of NFTY By: Julie Marsh, URJ Associate Director of Youth Organizing – North American Community   I will forever and always fully believe in the future of NFTY. I believe our teens should have a voice in their Youth Movement. I believe that...

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The Jewish Youth Promise

The Jewish Youth Promise

At NFTY, we are the Jewish future.  As members of the NFTY community, we strive to impact and strengthen Jewish life.  By making the Jewish Youth Promise through NFTY, we are taking our passion for the Jewish people and turning it into commitment. As teens, we are not...

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5 Ways to Make People Feel Included at NFTY Kallot

5 Ways to Make People Feel Included at NFTY Kallot

5 Ways to Make People Feel Included at NFTY Kallot By: Nadine Katz: NFTY-NAR President 5782-5783 & Erica O’Donnell: NFTY-NE President 5782-5783   This past weekend, we both got the spectacular opportunity of co-leading a NFTY Winter Kallah at URJ Eisner Camp....

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