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Gen Z

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Posted inTech

S.F. data scientist connects TikTok to surge in Gen Z antisemitism

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 20, 2023December 22, 2023

Before Oct. 7, 16-year-old Sasha Yolles watched videos on TikTok for up to two hours a day. Cooking, baking and dance videos were her favorites. Since the Hamas terrorist attacks […]

(Illustration/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

Can Jews agree to disagree? I was there as leaders gathered in New York in search of ‘viewpoint diversity.’

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA August 4, 2022August 3, 2022
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Gen Z loves Adam Sandler; Captain Kirk goes to space; Lena Dunham gets hitched; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2021October 13, 2021
Mira Fox (Photo/Courtesy Fox)
Posted inOpinion

Why millennial Jews like me aren’t ‘Jewish voters’

Mira Fox by Mira Fox November 10, 2020
The "Milk + Honey" Shabbat service at Burning Man in 2018. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inEducation

Today’s youth are seekers, so let’s creatively show them Judaism

Suzanne Dryan Felson by Suzanne Dryan Felson November 9, 2020November 11, 2020
Members of Jewish Youth for Climate Justice at the Sept. 20, 2019, climate protest in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inLocal Voice

Prop. 18 is vital for teens who want — and deserve — to vote

Rabbi Katie Mizrahi headshotElla Yitzhaki by Rabbi Katie Mizrahi and Ella Yitzhaki October 14, 2020October 15, 2020
A screenshot from a Lost Tribe Esports tournament where participants played Rocket League, a game in which flying cars play soccer. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Jewish and into video games? There’s an esports league for that.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA October 6, 2020October 6, 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
her sign reads: "respect existence or expect resistance. youth vs the apocalypse."
Posted inParenting

Finally seeing climate change through my daughter’s eyes

by Julie Levine March 21, 2019March 21, 2019
(From left) Kai Levenson-Cupp, Caroline Hall Sherr, David Reback and Eli Ganz (Photo/Stuart Locklear Photography)
Posted inEducation

Is Gen Z alright? New study goes deep on Jewish teens

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld March 20, 2019

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