An Invitation to Reform College Students and Teens Approaching College
An Invitation to Reform College Students and Teens Approaching CollegeFor many college students, campuses have become fraught, overwhelming and challenging spaces as tensions have risen around the war in Gaza. We recognize the stress and uncertainty of this moment,...
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...
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...
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 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...