Of course there's meaning in the ceremony, but often the goal of sustained impact is not as easy as you might think. Teens are exposed...

Summer camp.  Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College Prep Programs. Travel programs. SAT summer prep classes....

How can your Jewish community maximize campers’ experiences when they arrive home? Summer camp is exhilarating for our Jewish teens. For...

What Should I Write About? Writing Your College Essay Is Never Easy! The time to begin your essay has never been more perfect.  Your...

Dorm stuff? Check. Water? Check. Values? For those teens who have hopefully garnered enough college acceptance letters to make some...

Summer: a time for choices Jewish summer camp.  Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College Prep Programs. Travel...

I promise, keep reading, and you’ll get to my five suggestions. But first, some advice…..for a student named Rachel. Here are some things...

Place your bets on teens! The Jewish community is the throes of change that at times seems to be at a dizzying pace, yet there are still...

Is this what it means to be Jewish? A portion of this post can be a lesson plan for Jewish teens, with the image above as the trigger. It...

Ethical clarity? Clueless The year is newly born, yet through the lens of ethics things feel quite stale. The clarity that should come...

Finding your Jewish path in college For my family, when selecting college options, it was never solely about the numbers of Jewish...

Thank you for visiting Jewish Teens this year and reading my blog! Below are interesting stats from the 2014 annual report prepared by...

Take five, relax, let yourself think about who you want to be….. Before you read further, you need to know this. I am not a college...

What happens after dessert? Synagogue newsletters: not everyone’s optimal reading material when finding a treasured bit of rare, spare...

A Pew research study says that families have much in common when it comes to values about parenting. According to the website the...

How Much Time Is There to Spend on Jewish Education? People are setting into new routines and school is still in its start-up phase....

We lost three teenagers today, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel…Baruch Dayan HaEmet…Blessed is the Righteous Judge… In the...

I recently had the privilege of meeting with parents who attended informal meetings designed especially for them in locations across...

How much time is too much? How many hours does it take to become knowledgeable about something? I know, it’s a very broad question….but...

Lesson Plan your Seder! The Passover Seder is considered by many to be the consummate family education event. This inter-generational...