What We're All About

  • The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is about Connecting Jewish Teens to:
  • The Jewish Community and local Jewish resources around them
  • Israel advocacy, travel and education
  • Each Other via clubs and volunteerism
  • Their Future, by linking them with college resources and beyond

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Our Supporters

  • JSU would like to thank the following individuals and foundations for believing in our work:
  • The Jim Joseph Foundation
  • The Wolfson Family
  • Jack E. and Rachel Gindi
  • (Anonymous Foundation - Chicago)
  • Jewish Federations across the United States and Canada
  • The OU
  • Rose Community Foundation
  • The Crown Family
  • The Jack and Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund
  • The Wagner Family Foundation
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What We Strive For

  • By reaching Jewish students in Public High Schools, JSU strives to:
  • Enhance each teen’s Jewish identity
  • Nurture a connection to the State of Israel
  • Inspire an enduring relationship with the Jewish people
  • Provide a portal for deeper involvement with the Jewish community

The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is a national

organization dedicated to establishing Jewish clubs in public high schools. Founded with 4 clubs in Los Angeles in 2002, JSU has enjoyed rapid growth and now serves almost 300 clubs across North America, reaching more than 12,000 teens annually. By fostering a social atmosphere, presenting engaging and entertaining educational programs, and lowering the barriers to participation, JSU reaches all types of teenagers from the under-engaged to the already involved.

Much like Hillel, the mission of JSU is to involve students in an active Jewish lifestyle. As a stand-alone informal Jewish education tool, the clubs are invaluable for creating a sense of Jewish community in a public school environment. We also provide Jewish teens in public school with an in-school educational experience focusing on issues of Jewish pride, identity, and connection to Israel. However, a larger goal of JSU is to act as a portal for connecting participants to the greater Jewish community.

By facilitating the formation of student run and school sanctioned clubs in Public High Schools, JSU seeks to provide teens with a deeper appreciation for their rich Jewish heritage and inspire them to live a fully committed Jewish life. JSU’s trained professionals present Judaism and Jewish life as appealing and accessible to a previously under-serviced population subset – Jewish teens attending public high school.

JSU helps Jewish teens establish official Jewish clubs in their public high schools which offer specially crafted programs designed to:

  • Enhance each teen’s Jewish identity
  • Nurture a connection to the State of Israel
  • Inspire an enduring relationship with the Jewish people
  • Provide a portal for deeper involvement with the Jewish community
 

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