Making Amends: A Message for Yom Kippur 5784
Making Amends: A Message for Yom Kippur 5784 By Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaismand Jennifer Brodkey Kaufman, Chair of the URJ North American BoardIn the Mishnah, our ancient code of Jewish law, we learn: “For transgressions against God,...
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...
Na’aseh V’Nishma: How We Move the Reform Jewish Youth Movement Forward
Na’aseh V’Nishma: How We Move the Reform Jewish Youth Movement Forward By: Lauren Stock, organizer on the URJ Youth Organizing Team As we finish another school year and welcome in a new community of NFTY leadership, we are launching a listening campaign across...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Jewish Youth Pledge
At NFTY, we are the Jewish future. As members of the NFTY community, we strive to impact and strengthen Jewish life. By taking the Jewish Youth Pledge through NFTY, we are taking our passion for the Jewish people and turning it into commitment. As teens, we are not...
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....
NFTY Has Been My Safe Space
By: Riley Genevieve Miner | NFTY’s 5781-5782 Membership Vice President While I wish I could summarize what it means to serve on NFTY’s North American Board, the experience is indescribable. The teens who you serve on board with become your best friends and biggest...