(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 [...]

By Lindsey Bissett Friday at 10:52 a.m. Originally posted at: http://triblocal.com/evanston/community/stories/2010/11/new-radio-show-caters-to-jewish-teens-listeners-can-call-in-co-host-program/ CHICAGO – Jewish teens pick the topics and the music at JTeen Radio, the new hour-long weekly show that began airing Oct. 18. “It’s about empowering the teens,” said show creator Rabbi Moshe Isenberg, associate regional director of Midwest NCSY, the Orthodox Union’s youth group. [...]

This article originally found on: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/rose-community-foundation-announces-new-grants/ During the third quarter of 2010, Rose Community Foundation awarded 110 grants totaling more than $2.3 million. Of this amount, $2,119,743 was awarded for 54 grants from Rose Community Foundation’s program areas to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and projects that support the health and well-being of the Greater Denver [...]

As found on: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/serve-them-pizza-and-they-will-come/ The Jack E. and Rachel Gindi Jewish Student Union (JSU) has received a grant of $1.476 million from the Jim Joseph Foundation to replicate a pilot project in Chicago public high schools with similar projects featuring expanded programming in suburban New York’s Westchester County, the adjoining territory of Southern Connecticut, as well [...]

By David A. Schwartz, Staff Writer 9:58 AM EDT, September 21, 2010 About 50 Jewish students were snacking on kosher cheese pizza inside a classroom at Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton on a recent Wednesday afternoon when Daniel Mesa introduced himself. “Our goal is to educate you guys, simply to make you [...]

By Stefanie Pervos Associate Editor This article originally appeared in JUF News, the publication of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (www.juf.org) JSU participants at Jones College Prep hold up their club t-shirts Jewish teens entering public schools around the Chicago area this month are likely to hear about the Jewish Student Union [...]

by Johanna Ginsberg NJJN Staff Writer March 12, 2009 More than 25 teens were hanging out in adviser Steve Safran’s Livingston High School classroom after school on a recent Wednesday. They came for the pizza, for the social scene, and for the Judaism. After rushing the pizza, they settled in to hear Rabbi Ethan Katz speak [...]