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Youth Voice

American and Israeli flags during routine joint military exercises in 2009. (Photo/Flickr-Israel Defense Forces CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Helping to turn teens into advocates for Israel

Ben Cohen by Ben Cohen August 13, 2021August 16, 2021
A rose is placed on the Berlin Holocaust Memorial on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Maja Hitij-Getty Images)
Posted inYouth Voice

Age 16, never heard of the Holocaust? Our nation has a problem.

Madeleine Rose by Madeleine Rose July 15, 2021July 15, 2021
Sophie Katz, then a senior at Jewish Community High School of the Bay, at the March 15, 2019 youth climate protest in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy JCHS of the Bay)
Posted inYouth Voice

As young activists, we’re the change we want to see in the world

Zoe SkigenLilliana Dodson by Zoe Skigen and Lilliana Dodson February 2, 2021February 3, 2021
Burlingame High School students wore school colors, red and black, to a day of "unity against hate," Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inYouth Voice

Students are key to fighting antisemitism in high schools. I should know.

Michaela Pelta by Michaela Pelta January 11, 2021January 12, 2021
A workshop on consent and sex ed at Jewish LearningWorks in San Francisco. (Photo/Kait Miller)
Posted inYouth Voice

It’s time to rethink hookup culture in Jewish youth groups

by Jewish Women's Archive October 23, 2020October 26, 2020
Jewish Youth for Community Action members at a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland in 2020. (Rachel Gottfried)
Posted inYouth Voice

Open letter: Keep the original ethnic studies curriculum, with minor changes

Gabriella LermanRachel Gottfried-Clancy by Gabriella Lerman and Rachel Gottfried-Clancy August 11, 2020August 12, 2020
From "Abraham Sees Sodom in Flames" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inYouth Voice

Was Abraham autistic?

Meyer Lewis by Meyer Lewis February 12, 2020
Ava Hinz is a student at Mountain View High School. (Wikimedia/Bahn Mi CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inYouth Voice

It’s time for High Holidays to become official school holidays

Ava Hinz by Ava Hinz December 2, 2019December 2, 2019
image of capitol building
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How this teen helped ensure anti-Semitism won’t be taught in California

Michaela Pelta by Michaela Pelta October 21, 2019October 21, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Maor Winetrob-iStock-Getty Images Plus) 
Posted inFirst Person

As a Jewish teen in the Bible Belt, I face anti-Semitism all the time

by Sam Berndt August 21, 2019

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