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What We Stand On, Who We Stand For & What We Bring to the Table
The Jewish people set out from Egypt: a group of refugees, a people of pain. Yet forty years later, a people of life arrive in Israel, a group filled with meaning and purpose.
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Planting Carob Trees: Our Responsibility to the Future
The Torah is this incredible document, this guidebook, this unification of the Jewish people. Comprised of epic tales of stealing birthrights, and stories of the heart-wrenching near-sacrifice of a young child at the peak of a mountain.
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Teen-Adult Partnership: Unpacking what Success Looks Like
What is the foundation of a fruitful partnership. What does a healthy relationship look like.
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Goodness, Pluralism & Partnership: How MLK Inspires the Reform Jewish Youth Movement
One way to honor of the excellence and courage of Martin Luther King Jr. is to reflect on the Jewish values that lead us on a path to justice.
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What You Need to Know About Title IX, and How You Can Help Protect It
Every day, we are protected by rules and guidelines that we may not even know exist. For many of us in high school and college, Title IX, an act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in public education, affects our daily lives.
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NFTY NAR: A Region That Stole My Heart
I didn’t expect to become so engulfed in my college community. But as the weekend drew near, and with it, a NFTY New York Area (NAR) event, I began to dread leaving my new home at college.
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Teen-Adult Partnership: Stronger Together
Outside of NFTY, relationships between adults and teens can be rather one-sided. Whether it’s in politics, school, or extracurriculars, we often see adult leaders with the authority over their teen counterparts.
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Finding Differences and Similarities at the AIPAC High School Summit
In October, I attended the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) High School Summit to represent NFTY along with other leaders from around North America. Before attending the High School Summit, I didn’t know exactly what it would entail.
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How Growing Up Jewish in the Bible Belt Helped Me Find my Faith
I live in a very small town in west Tennessee, right in the middle of the Bible-Belt region of the United States. Growing up as the only Jewish kid for miles around definitely had its fair share of challenges.
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NFTY TOR: Big State, Louder Voices
Everything really is bigger in Texas: the Whataburger drinks, the spiders, the attitudes, the campfires (one of which literally lit up the sky Saturday night), the weather, the list I made after visiting NFTY TOR (Texas Oklahoma Region).
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