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Happy Mother’s Day to our Heroines…our MOMS!

The best gifts in the world are the people in our lives and the moments we share together, especially when those people are our mothers, the women who have made us strong, resilient and loving.

Allison K.

A letter to my daughter for her first NFTY year

Allison recently wrote this heartfelt letter to her daughter, Logan, after dropping her off at her first Spring Kallah. She speaks of the gratitude she feels and retells her own NFTY experience over 25 years ago in the same region.

Josh Nelson in Concert at NFTY Convention

Josh Nelson in Concert at NFTY Convention

Josh Nelson put on a great show for over 1,000 people at NFTY Convention 2013. Watch the whole thing here!

NFTY-PAR: Reflections from Recent Confirmands

NFTY-PAR: Reflections from Recent Confirmands

18 June 2012

Originally posted on the Reform Judaism Blog By Rosanne Selfon Erev Shabbat Memorial Day weekend found me seated in the 115-year-old sanctuary of my home synagogue Congregation Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster, PA, for our confirmation service. Unlike other Reform confirmations, ours marks a conclusion of our students’ religious education from pre-school through twelfth grade. Several years ago, our rabbi, Jack Paskoff, proposed changing Confirmation from tenth to twelfth grades. In all honesty, I was a ‘traditional’ hold-out. “Reform Jews are confirmed in tenth grade!” I whined. But, as often is the case, Jack was absolutely on target.  Today, tenth grade [...]

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Michael Sobin Songleading with Dan Nichols

NFTY-NO: Songleading is Life

12 June 2012

By Michael Sobin, former NFTY-NO RCVP and President One of the greatest lessons I learned as a member of NFTY came from the Aaron Burton Guide to Successful Regional Boards: Song sessions can tell you everything about a person.  Songleading has given me confidence, leadership, and a plethora of other skills I could not have gained elsewhere.  During a shira, I witnessed one of the purest moments of energy, when all of a person’s personality is released for friends and acquaintances to see.  And from absorbing these moments as a songleader, I have gotten some incredible memories, such as standing [...]

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Camp Jenny - Hakuna Matata

Experiencing Camp Jenny

11 June 2012

By Avra Bossov, NFTY Social Action Vice-President 2011-2012 “There’s more to see than can ever be seen; more to do than can ever be done.” – Circle of Life, Lion King Goodbyes are hard. Goodbyes mean something is ending and another thing will replace it; that it is time to move on whether or not you’re prepared for it; that you’re leaving one instance and going back or going to something new. And so I found myself outside the chadar ochel at URJ Camp Coleman, three coach buses lined up, full of Camp Jenny campers, ready to depart, despite the [...]

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NFTY-CWR & NCIP Speaker Maurice Caldwell

NFTY-CWR: Social Action at Spring Conclave

11 June 2012

By Talia Gilbert, NFTY-CWR Social Action Vice-President At NFTY-CWR’s final event of the year, Spring Conclave, the social action program was a Q&A with a representative from the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP), Maurice Caldwell. The NCIP works to free innocent people who are serving time in prison after being wrongly convicted. The organization receives thousands of letters a year from inmates claiming that they are innocent. NCIP goes through a very thorough and lengthy process to determine which cases they actually believe in and, furthermore, which cases are strong enough for them to represent. Maurice was wrongly convicted of [...]

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NFTY-NAR: “Am Yisrael Chai” The People of Israel Live

NFTY-NAR: “Am Yisrael Chai” The People of Israel Live

11 June 2012

"Am Yisrael Chai" - These words rang true down 5th Avenue in NYC last Sunday as thousands of Israel’s supporters marched together to celebrate. Among the thousands of people and more than 200 groups, NFTY-NAR stood in support.

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NFTY-GER Winter Kallah

NFTY-GER: Our Year Comes to a Close

07 June 2012

By Pamela Schuller, NFTY-GER Youth Programs Manager It’s hard to believe the NFTY year has come to an end. While we have lots of great plans in the works for the upcoming year, I’d like to take a moment to remember some of our great events over the past 10 months! We had an amazing group of participants this year in NFTY-GER. As a region, these teens are caring, funny, polite and dedicated to having an amazing Jewish experience together. I truly love having the opportunity to work with them. One of the best ways to see some of the [...]

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