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The Kutz staff is shown in 1977. (Photo/courtesy of Kutz Camp)
Posted inU.S.

Reform movement’s longtime youth director named in landmark report on sexual misconduct in youth programs

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 17, 2022

The last of three investigations into sexual misconduct in the Reform movement concluded Thursday with the release of a report focused on failures in programs serving youth. Four leaders or former leaders […]

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
Screenshot of Facebook live video of a protest by the IfNotNow group at the San Francisco office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Posted inOpinion

Why didn’t they teach me about the Occupation? It’s time for NFTY to speak out.

Katie Simpson by Katie Simpson April 26, 2018April 27, 2018
Destroyed mosque in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, January 2009 (Photo/ISM Palestine CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why are Jewish leaders silent on treatment of Palestinians?

by David Granberg April 16, 2018
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
Daryl Messinger of Palo Alto, chair of the Union for Reform Judaism board of trustees, addressing the record crowd of 6,000 at URJ Biennial in Boston, Dec. 7, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy URJ)
Posted inNews

Israel, sexual assault and the future weigh on largest-ever Reform gathering

by Penny Schwartz December 12, 2017March 19, 2018
three girls with a man playing a guitar
Posted inOur Crowd, Community, Milestones, Jewish Life

Our Crowd: Spotlight on the community, Feb. 24, 2017

by Rob Gloster February 23, 2017February 23, 2017
High school student Jack Resnick on his semester in Israel (Photo/Courtesy of Jack Resnick)
Posted inUncategorized, Youth Voice

A wild Mizrahi service in Jerusalem opened my Jewish book

Jack Resnick by Jack Resnick January 11, 2017January 11, 2017

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