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The Power to Convene: We Can End Gun Violence
As President Abraham Lincoln famously said when he was a candidate for US Senate, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” It seems as though we can take value from our sixteenth President’s words for nearly every issue in our unfortunately divided nation. Gun violence prevention (GVP) is no exception.
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The True Acceptance I Found in NFTY
My name is Benjamin Kline and I am a pansexual rising Junior in NFTY Mid-Atlantic Region (NFTY-MAR). When I share this personal information in the outside world, I usually receive one of two reactions: idolization or ostracization.
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NFTY Teens Learn about Racial Injustice in the Housing Market
As three white, upper-middle class girls from well-off communities in the United States, we have had the privilege of never having experienced racial injustice firsthand. However, we have learned about the economic injustice based on race that people all over this country experience.
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NFTY Wears Orange 2017
On June 2, 2017, NFTYites from all over the country wore orange in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. End gun violence with us at nfty.
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NFTY Continues Standing Against Gun Violence – Wear Orange Day 2017
As we approach the third annual Gun Violence Awareness Day in the United States, NFTY will once again be “Wearing Orange” on June 2nd. Two years ago, NFTY, the Religious Action Center (RAC), and the URJ became founding partners of Everytown for Gun Safety’s “Wear Orange Day”.
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Teens Experience an Immigration Program on the Mexico Border
From March 27 to April 1, 2017, fifteen high school students from Beth Emet The Free Synagogue traveled to the U. .
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NFTY Convention Reflections
As young Jewish women in the Colorado community, we have both grown to be avid members in local, regional, and nationwide groups, all coming together for one common purpose: to spread our Jewish morals and values to all stretches of the world. Being a minority, we see the significance in coming together to celebrate our Jewish identity in many aspects.
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A D’var from the Incoming NFTY President
Following Zachary’s election to serve as the next NFTY President, his rabbi reached out to him to have a celebratory Shabbat service for the special occasion. He was asked to write the D’var for the service.
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On Being Intelligently Pro-Israel
This past week I spent four days in Washington, DC, attending the 2017 AIPAC Policy Conference. As a Reform Jew and a liberal young adult, I tend to struggle with some of the ideas that AIPAC embraces.
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We Are from the Garden: Written by NFTY Convention 2017 Songwriters
We are excited to share a special song written and performed by the songwriting lab participants!.
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