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People, Place, and Purpose: Structuring Jewish Education for Teens

JL;DR SUMMARY Utilizing insights from contemporary mental health research, Jessica Fisher and Ethan Linden propose that Jewish education can significantly contribute to teenagers' well-being by focusing on people, place, and purpose. 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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MentorshipJewish TraditionJewish EducationResiliencePeer RelationshipsCommunity BuildingIdentity FormationPurposeTeen Mental HealthEducational Spaces

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United States
"Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy opened his 2021 advisory report, Protecting Youth Mental Health, by acknowledging the increasing occurrence of mental health challenges among American teens."

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