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Youth Voice

Ulrike Shragge (right) eating hummus with a friend in Jerusalem, summer 2019
Posted inOpinion

How a trip to Poland and Israel changed my life

Ulrike Shragge by Ulrika Shragge July 29, 2019July 30, 2019
Emily Leyfer (second from right) with other teens on a BBYO-sponsored trip to Germany
Posted inTravel

As a child of Russian Jews, I used to worry I wasn’t Jewish enough. A teen trip to Germany changed my mind.

Emily Leyfer by Emily Leyfer July 5, 2019July 8, 2019
A teenager visiting the Berlin Holocaust Memorial (Photo/Julie Levine)
Posted inYom HaShoah

After years at a Jewish school, moving to a secular school has been a rude awakening

Talia Bodner by Talia Bodner May 10, 2019May 15, 2019
Rami Kripke-Ludwig
Posted inYouth Voice

I do not speak, but I am listening. Talking about others hurts us all.

Rami Kripke-Ludwig by Rami Kripke-Ludwig April 3, 2019April 3, 2019
Ceremony in the town of Zichron Yaakov to mark Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, 2017
Posted inIsrael at 70

Yom HaZikaron: ‘A time to mourn, and a time to dance’

Max Bamberger by Max Bamberger April 18, 2018April 17, 2018
Eden Luvishis (right) with fellow travelers in Israel
Posted inIsrael at 70

Darkness of Poland gives way to spiritual light of Israel

Eden Luvishis by Eden Luvishis April 11, 2018April 11, 2018
The Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reading at Tmol Shilshom Cafe in 1994, "a cultural hub in Jerusalem" that Zella Lezak counts as one of her favorite places in Israel. (Photo/Wikimedia-Yair Medina CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Convincing my high school peers that Israel is more than black and white

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak April 10, 2018April 11, 2018
Students at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto participate in the March 14 school walkout inspired by the shooting last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo/Facebook-Gideon Hausner)
Posted inOpinion

We marched, but maybe our voices weren’t loud enough

Salma Siddiqui by Salma Siddiqui March 20, 2018March 20, 2018
A young girl clutches a friend during candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m 16. Here’s why I’m joining the national anti-gun school walkout

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak March 12, 2018March 14, 2018
two ethiopian children holding israeli flags
Posted inUncategorized, Youth Voice

Hearing the unheard voices of Ethiopian Israelis

Talya Sandel by Talya Sandel June 20, 2017

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