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Piedmont Chief of Police Frederick Shavies
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Proud of BBYO at 100. Israel’s messaging should be more positive.

by J. Readers October 6, 2025October 10, 2025

BBYO at 100 and beyond BBYO began in 1925. Last month, 100 years later, I volunteered at a BBYO regional event in Milpitas Three hundred Jewish teens convened for delicious […]

Kai Shappley, actress and trans rights activist, speaks to Jewish youth at the BBYO International Convention in Dallas, Texas, Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jason Dixson Photography)
Posted inU.S.

BBYO’s planned convention in Florida poses conundrum for LGBTQ Jews and allies

by Andrew Lapin June 23, 2023June 23, 2023
Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
Posted inFirst Person

A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett February 17, 2022April 19, 2026
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
American Jewish teens participating in a trip to Israel organized by BBYO. (Photo/Courtesy BBYO)
Posted inNews

New initiative will significantly lower price of Jewish teen trips to Israel

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA September 8, 2020
Networking in the hallway at the Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly in Los Angeles, Nov. 2017 (Photo/Courtesy JFNA)
Posted inU.S.

8 major national Jewish groups team up for pandemic response

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 26, 2020
Teens gather at BBYO’s annual international convention. (Photo/Courtesy The Jewish Education Project)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Here comes Gen Z: the next generation of Jews, by the numbers

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 17, 2019July 23, 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
Local teens from NFTY, the Reform youth movement,  at the San Francisco March for our Lives, March 24, 2018. (Photo/Dan Pine)
Posted inNews

Jewish teens ‘pray with their feet’ at S.F. March for Our Lives

by Dan Pine March 24, 2018December 27, 2018
Camp Ramah in Northern California opened in 2016 and is one of several recipients of new S.F. Federation grants for teen engagement programs. (Courtesy/Camp Ramah)
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S.F. Federation grants $2 million for teen programs

by J. Staff March 8, 2018March 9, 2018

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