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BBYO and NFTY Conventions Unite for the First Time
In a historic moment, BBYO and NFTY brought their conventions together for a historic moment, with over 3,500 Jewish teens learning, sharing, and playing together.
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NFTY Convention: NFTY Convention: 1,200 Shabbat Experiences
Every Shabbat is special, but at NFTY Convention, 1,200 teens, staff, and youth professionals all gathered together to celebrate a beautiful evening together.
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NFTY Convention: Let’s Get the Party Started!
After months of preparation, we are finally ready for #NFTYConvention 2015. .
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Quote Collection: NFTY Staff looks forward to NC15
Even our staff cannot wait for NFTY Convention to begin. We asked what the NFTY and URJ staff were most looking forward to in the next six days.
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5 Things to Look Forward to at NFTY Convention 2015
NFTY Convention is just one day away, and we could not be more excited to get the festivities underway. Teens from all 19 regions will be joining us, as we prepare for five days of workshops, prayer, making friends, and exploring Atlanta.
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NFTY-NAR: The Potential of NFTY-NAR Teen Leadership
On Thursday, January 15, we were invited to speak alongside URJ President, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, and HUC-JIR President, Rabbi Aaron Panken, at the Open House Reception of the URJ Youth Team’s stunning new offices. It was an amazing opportunity to meet so many amazing leaders in the Reform movement and celebrate the team behind the URJ’s groundbreaking youth programs.
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NFTY-PAR: The Impact Youth Group Makes on a Congregation
I would not be here were it not for NFTY. My guess is that, for many of us, that’s true.
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NFTY-RCVP: Finding Family in Boise
On Friday night, NFTY NW prayed with the local congregants and the awesome Rabbi Dan Fink. It was apparent that from the second NFTYites stepped foot into the synagogue the CABI community was rejuvenated The Jews in southwestern Idaho are, for the most part, not teenagers.
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NFTY-TOR: Winter Conclave Shmooze
This month, TOR's enjoying its second TYG-hosted event of the year, Winter Conclave in Houston. Because events are even more special when a host TYG like BIFTY puts on an amazing event, the regional board remembered its favorite memories from Conclaves.
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NFTY-PAR: My Introduction to ARZA
During NFTY-PAR’s social action oriented event, WINSTY, I learned something new that will now impact my Reform Jewish experience forever. Rabbi Jack Paskoff, the Rabbi at our host synagogue, introduced me to ARZA (ahr-tzah), the Association of Reform Zionists of America—who they are, what they do, and why it is important that we act now to support them.
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