NFTY

As Shabbat services ended at the URJ Board Meeting the URJ Board had a new nominee, a 19-year old determined, committed Jewish leader – Evan Traylor. At the public announcement of his nomination, the URJ Board burst into applause. In one day, the Reform Movement truly moved; in a dynamic way. No longer is the youth voice in Reform Judaism symbolic.

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On NFTY Mitzvah Day, NFTYites volunteered to pick up trash, donate useful items and walk for a cause that has effected themselves or a loved one. For one NFTY Southwest teen, NFTY Mitzvah Day volunteered with his very own literacy foundation.

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Jenn found that NFTY helped her realize that her voice and opinions were valued – things you don’t always find in high school. Jenn took that acceptance and became an outspoken advocate for equality and LGBT rights.

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Playing on NFTY-PAR’s event theme of “PAR’s Playground,” RSTY Advisor Ali Petok put some healthy twists on kid favorite recipes while teach a cooking club to participants.

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The first time I ever heard of Kibbutz Yahel, I was a high school student, temple youth grouper and newly elected regional officer of MAFTY, now NFTY-MAR (Mid-Atlantic Region of Temple Youth). Within a short period of time, it seemed the whole North American Reform Movement was infused with the excitement of building Reform Jewish roots in Israel

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Members of NFTY-Southern give their individual accounts of an incredible week spent at Camp Dream Street.

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