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How’s Your Purple?

How’s Your Purple?

on May 4, 2012

Before we had left, our colleagues tossed us bits and pieces of what to expect: “Just wait until you have to drag someone out of a ‘burning’ building!” and “Oooh, you’ll get to walk through fire!” As intriguing as those things sounded, no one really could have prepared me for what became an eye-opening, thought-provoking, and unforgettable journey.

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Top 10 Things to Know About the Campaign for Youth Engagement

Top 10 Things to Know About the Campaign for Youth Engagement

on May 3, 2012

We’ve been talking about the Campaign for Youth Engagement since the URJ’s 71st Biennial Convention last December. In the four and a half months since, we’re been working on hammering out the details of this exciting and important campaign, and we want to be sure we’re communicating those details effectively along the way.

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Rabbi Pesner: We’re Taking Youth Engagement Seriously

Rabbi Pesner: We’re Taking Youth Engagement Seriously

on April 27, 2012

In this week’s Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, the URJ’s Senior Vice President, lays out the ideas behind the Reform Movement’s new Campaign for Youth Engagement, a major effort to bring young Jews (back) into the fold.

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How I Brought My Staff Training to the Streets of New York

on April 25, 2012

Andrew Paull, Youth Programs Coordinator at Larchmont Temple in Larchmont, New York talks about a recent experience where the skills he acquired during his summers as a URJ Camp staff member came in handy.

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OSRUI Director Chosen for Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education Panel

OSRUI Director Chosen for Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education Panel

on April 20, 2012

Jerry Kaye, the Director of URJ Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, has been invited to be one of 18 noted professionals from around North America and Israel to sit on the CASJE Panel for Jewish Educational Leadership.

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