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Too young to vote, these Jewish teens are getting others to the polls

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish teens, Shayne Cytrynbaum and Lucy Targum, are actively contributing to democracy by encouraging others to vote, despite being too young to vote themselves. 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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DemocracySocial JusticeJewish OrganizationsTikkun OlamJewish TeensCommunity ServiceYouth ActivismVoter EngagementPoll WorkersNonpartisan Initiatives

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Concord, Massachusetts, United States
"Targum, 16, a junior at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts, says her interest in community service comes from her Judaism."
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
"Cytrynbaum, 17, a senior at Golda Och Academy in West Orange, New Jersey, says the Jewish value of tikkun olam, or repairing the world, got him interested in the climate crisis, which led him to the get-out-the-vote movement."

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