teens – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

March 26, 20150

After completing a double chai, yeshiva rabbi will call it a career

By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent Nearly 30 years after he was appointed head of school at what was then the state’s only Jewish high s

March 26, 20150

The power of community service

By Emma Graham In BBYO, the unspoken rules of high school do not apply. All are welcome, and everyone is made to feel important and included. In th

January 28, 20150

Teens who hang with seniors: We are all better together

By Maya Pogrebinsky, Special to the Jewish Sound When was the last time you paid a visit to a resident of an assisted-living center? When was your

December 23, 20140

USY reverses interfaith dating ban

By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – United Synagogue Youth voted to relax its rules barring its teenage board members from da

October 9, 20140

Want to prevent suicide? Try some of that good, old-time religion

By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent As Jews worldwide welcome the New Year with prayers to be entered in the “eternal” Book of Life, Israel

September 16, 20140

Moms for Israel to send their teens on new leadership program in Jewish State

By Dan Aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent Every mother of a Jewish teenager will likely agree that leadership is a natural ability within most youn

August 20, 20140

Hamas official claims responsibility for murder of Israeli teens

(JNS.org) Israel's Channel 2 on Wednesday aired a recording of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who is based in Turkey, claiming responsibility for the k

August 6, 20140

Despite parents’ fears, local lone soldiers hear the call of duty

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Two weeks after Kayla Mogil arrived in Israel to volunteer with the Israel Defense Force,

August 5, 20140

Israel: We caught kidnapper behind murder of the 3 teens

JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — A West Bank man said to be the leader of the terrorist cell that kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenag

July 10, 20140

Inspired by art: Students use creativity to learn from the Holocaust

This year’s Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing, Art, and Digital Media Contest, sponsored by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, r

July 7, 20140

Netanyahu speaks with slain Palestinian teen’s father; three suspects confess

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the father of the Palestinian teen allegedly murdered by Jews in a revenge attack.

July 3, 20140

Israeli youth take to the streets

By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line It has been a difficult week for everyone in Israel and the Palestinian territories. First the discovery of the

July 3, 20140

In full recording of teen’s emergency call, kidnappers heard celebrating

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The full recording of the emergency call placed by one of three abducted teens, in which the kidnappers can be heard celebrating, w

July 3, 20140

A mix of cultures in children’s books

By Rita Berman Frischer, Special to The Jewish Sound As the grandmother of cross-cultural Jewish children, I’m especially interested in how this ph

May 6, 20140

How we learn how to give back

By Austin Matloff, Special to the Jewish Sound J-Team is an innovative, hands-on program that introduces Jewish teens in the Seattle area to the fi

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