by Susan Holzman Wachsstock and Brad Sugar Originally found on eJewishPhilanthropy.com Over the past several months, articles and studies regarding Jewish teen engagement have hit the press and Internet, focusing on their needs as Jews, and as adolescents as a whole. Although there have been ample discussions regarding big ideas, innovation, and theories of engagement [...]
By Matthew Glazer and Rachel Mernoff Friday, 06 January 2012 03:13 PROVIDENCE – After nearly five years of nonexistence, the Classical High School Jewish Student Union (JSU) has been revived. The club, which was originally started by Rabbi Jonathan Beck and Abby Berin in 2006, has returned under our leadership; we are both sophomores at [...]
BY LORRAINE THOMAS SHERMAN Dedicated to connecting Jewish teens–especially those non-affiliated–to Jewish values, the national organization Jewish Student Unions initiated a Westchester program late last summer. Enabled through a generous grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation with matching funds from the Wolfson family, JSU hopes to achieve its goals. Already existing in New Rochelle, Chappaqua, [...]
March 1, 2011 Orange High School students had the opportunity to experience life half-way around the world, grab a tasty Israeli snack and be able to enjoy it right in the comfort of their own OHS commons. The Israel Culture Club created an Israeli “Shuk” or “market” to raise awareness about the State of Israel, [...]
Everyone in South Florida is talking about the important work of the Jewish teen organization called JSU – Jewish Student Union. This past summer two new dynamic individuals were hired to connect more Jewish teens with other local Jewish organizations and youth programs. The new JSU South Florida Director is Rabbi Josh Broide, a veteran [...]
SAN DIEGO JEWISH STUDENT UNION CONCERT TO FEATURE MOSHAV BAND AS COMMUNITY-WIDE FUNDRAISER, FEBRUARY 12 San Diego’s Jewish Student Union (JSU) will be holding a concert featuring the Israeli-born Moshav Band to help raise funds for San Diego’s teens to attend Israel summer programs and Jewish teen programming in San Diego County. The concert will [...]
Posted by JLedger on January 5, 2011 in Around Connecticut On Dec. 21, the Jewish Student Union ( JSU ) at Hall High School in West Hartford – now in its fifth year – held its final meeting of the decade. Twenty-five students attend the club’s weekly meetings that feature lots of great food and [...]
By Aidan Hayward Originally Found: http://www.chsglobe.com/community/2010/11/jewish-student-union-an-open-enriching-club/ Although the Jewish Student Union sounds like a club reserved only for Jewish people, it is much more than meets the eye. JSU is in fact open to anyone who wants to join, and is a different experience than one would think. “At JSU we look at different topics, [...]
(Article originally appeared in “Westchester Jewish Life” at http://www.westchesterjewishlife.com/wjlschool1.html) The Jack E. and Rachel Gindi Jewish Student Union (JSU) announced that it has received a grant of $1.476 million over the next three years from the Jim Joseph Foundation to replicate a pilot project in Chicago public high schools with similar projects featuring expanded programming [...]