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This Sukkot, Support Environmental Protections from Border to Border
On Sukkot, we remember our ancestors’ struggles to balance their lives with the surrounding environment in order to produce a bountiful harvest each year. But most of us no longer grow our own food or live at the mercy of natural phenomena in the same ways.
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How the URJ Camps Prepared Me To Be A NFTY Leader, part 1
In honor of this month's URJ communication theme, "Focus on Youth," each of our NFTY North American Board members will be examining how their URJ camping experience shaped their Jewish lives and leadership styles. First up, NFTY MCVP Taylor Lyles chronicles her journey from URJ Jacobs Camp to Kutz.
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Wherever You Go…
Austin Zoot, NFTY North American RCVP, discovers that the comfort of community that Judaism provides extends beyond the limits of High School.
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Checking In with the NFTY SAVP
NFTY's North American SAVP, Avra Bossov, shares an update on her involvement in the Campaign for Youth Engagement and Food Day, a joint project of the RAC and URJ.
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Melissa’s D’var Torah: Judges and Justice
NFTY leaders from the Chicago Area, Michigan, Missouri Valley, Northeast Lakes, Northern, and Ohio Valley regions collaborated at Goldman Union Camp Institute in Zionsville, IN, for the inaugural Midwest Mash-up Leadership Boot Camp event. Melissa Frey, director of Kutz Camp and associate director of NFTY, delivered the d’var torah based on parasha Shoftim.
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NFTY Veida 5771 Summary
At NFTY Veida 5771, NFTY's General Board voted to adopt policies and themes for the 2011-2012 year. The 2011-2012 NFTY North American Board was also elected.
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Looking Back: Convention Reflections
Teens from Temple Beth Miriam in Elberon, NJ share their thoughts and experiences from NFTY Convention.
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