18 May 2012
It was just a year ago when I had the opportunity to be part of the listening campaign of the Campaign for Youth Engagement with the WRJ District Presidents during their annual retreat to Kutz Camp. Last year these women shared their unique and powerful stories about a time when an interaction with a young person influenced their lives.
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11 May 2012
By Eli Cooper, NFTY-NO member and STIFTY PVP 5771-5772 NFTY-Northern is made up of 11 active, very distinct and different, TYGs. Each and every one has its own quirks and individualities. The TYGs all have their own triumphs and struggles. They all have different events that go on throughout the year, whether it be cooking [...]
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10 May 2012
On Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, the state of North Carolina enshrined bigotry, ignorance, and hatred into their constitution. Many adults who hold the power to vote abused this opportunity by deciding to hurt others to protect their own feelings of morality.
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09 May 2012
By Helaine Bach, NFTY-SW In case you didn’t know, May 4th was National Star Wars day. If you didn’t, chances are that by some means on that day, you found out. You may have been greeted with a “May the fourth be with you” or found out through posts on Facebook. The fourth of May [...]
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08 May 2012
By all accounts, Maurice Sendak was an unlikely hero. While his colleagues in the world of children’s literature were creating Disney princesses, romanticizing gender stereotypes that would perpetuate anti-feminism in mainstream culture for decades to come, Sendak was exploring the darker side of the imagination.
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08 May 2012
By Becca Anolick, NFTY-GER That was the theme of NFTY-GER’s Spring Kallah 2012, which took place this past weekend. It was a weekend filled with love, laughter, and of course tears. It started Friday afternoon. 4:10pm, I left my house to get to my temple on time. It was incredibly chilly out but we all [...]
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