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Tag: Young Jews

0 Communities Education

Entwine Trips Infuse Adventure with Tikkun Olam

Avi Dresner in Hadassah · 11 Mar

Entwine, an initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), offers young Jews the opportunity to combine adventure and tikkun olam through subsidized leadership and global service trips to countries like Ukraine, India, and Cuba.

0 Communities Education

Klal Yisrael: Moving beyond binary descriptions

eJewishPhilanthropy · 13 Feb

Jewish identity is often oversimplified into binary categories like connected vs. disconnected or engaged vs. unengaged.

0 Culture Leadership

Make the ‘Jewish awakening’ sustainable: Shaping a meaningful Jewish cultural identity

eJewishPhilanthropy · 30 Jan

Amid a fresh wave of Jewish identity exploration triggered by global antisemitism and reawakened connections to Israel, Jewish organizations are strategizing to sustain this momentum among unaffiliated young Jewish adults.

0 Politics Communities

Opinion | The Tyranny of Unity

Marshall Breger in Moment · 14 Nov 2024

Marshall Breger explores the complexities of Jewish unity in the context of recent events following October 7, questioning whether increased support for Israel and Jewish communal activities signifies true unity or simply identification with the Jewish community.

0 Antisemitism Education

Young Jews are fleeing Jewish institutions: Here's how to keep them

Jill Jacobs in Forward · 15 May 2024

Young Jews are increasingly distancing themselves from Jewish institutions due to conflicts surrounding Zionism and Israel.

0 Antisemitism Education

Young Jews experience more antisemitism, but worry about it less

Arno Rosenfeld in Forward · 13 Feb 2024

A new poll by the American Jewish Committee reveals that younger American Jews, despite experiencing higher rates of antisemitism than any other age group, are less likely to view antisemitism as a serious problem.

0 Education Communities

A program like no other: What Birthright Israel does right

Tel Aviv Review · 22 Feb 2016

Prof. Leonard Saxe, an expert on Birthright Israel, discusses the program's exceptional success in bringing young Diaspora Jews to Israel with host Gilad Halpern.