In his terrific book Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, Eboo Patel talks about the major social justice movements of the recent past – the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Apartheid Movement, the Save Darfur Movement, and the anti-Vietnam War Movement. All of these, and many more, were identified in the public eye with the work of youth. The youth led the way. We are seeing a similar phenomena emerge today with our youth – the youth of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). A few months ago, NFTY voted to have their study theme for the upcoming programmatic year be V'ahavta L'rei-acha Kamocha – Love Thy Neighbor as Yourself: NFTY Works to Open Dialogue Between Jewish and Muslim Youth. NFTYites are starting this work early, by catapulting themselves into honest and open conversations with youth of other religions to talk about their faith and how their faith motivates them to act in the world. Articulating beliefs and concepts that are hard for most adults to do much later in life, these youth are taking the first step in crossing the dividing line of religiously based mistrust and coming to understand one another as equals. In a podcast recently posted on NFTY’s website, Jessica Goodman, the President-Elect of NFTY, moderates a conversation between 8 high school students of four different faiths – Jewish, Catholic, Episcopalian, and Unificationist. The podcast, which was recorded as part of NFTY NAR’s Spring Kallah, touches on many issues, including how faith affects their views on homosexuality, abortion, tzedakah, and conversation. To listen to these conversation on NFTYCast click here.