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At the BBYO International Convention, Jewish teens demand a seat at the table

JL;DR SUMMARY At the BBYO International Convention in Philadelphia, Jewish teens from around the world came together to craft a resolution aimed at shaping Jewish advocacy and asserting their influence on Jewish communal life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentitySocial MediaMental HealthJewish OrganizationsInterfaith DialogueYouth LeadershipJewish AdvocacyBbyoGlobal Teens

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Standing before thousands of teens packed into the BBYO International Convention Saturday night in Philadelphia, Leo Coen and Raquel Rogoff unveiled the culmination of days of collaboration with their peers: a resolution meant to shape not just the next year of Jewish advocacy, but who gets to define it."
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
"We stand together, confident, committed and ready. We are not the future of the Jewish people, we are its present, and together, we are forever resilient, said Rogoff, 16, of Cape Town, South Africa."
London, United Kingdom
"Going into the week, which drew roughly 3,400 Jewish teens from 52 countries within BBYOs network, Coen, a 16-year-old BBYO delegate from London, said that he wanted to discuss the issue of Jews trusting the extremist right-wing."
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
"Jesse Vaytsman, 16, from Cleveland, Ohio, said that he came into the week with JYA most concerned about polarization and a lack of unity within the Jewish community."
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
"We deserve a seat at the table, because we know that were bringing something unique, and we are bringing a voice of a generation that is currently not heard all the time in these spaces, said Reich, of Asheville, North Carolina."
Barcelona, Spain
"Theres usually not a youth voice or a teen voice, but its more people trying to imagine what they want, and so there is this disconnect, because sometimes it feels like its two separate things, said Benzaquen, of Barcelona, Spain."
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Sophia Gleizer, a 17-year-old JYA delegate from Buenos Aires, said that she had been most concerned about addressing a mental health crisis she observed within the Jewish community, one she attributed to a growing sense of isolation."

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