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Five Lessons Learned: How the URJ’s Communities of Practice Strengthen...

by Amy Asin and Lisa Lieberman Barzilai Two years ago, the Union for Reform Judaism launched its Communities of Practice (CoP) initiative. We began with five separate cohorts, comprising lay and...

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Hanukkah’s Lessons Apply to our Work with Jewish Youth

As we approach the eighth night of Hanukkah, I know I’m not alone when I say I’ve almost reached my fill of latkes! Still, I can never get my fill of family and community gatherings that are bursting...

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Drinking From the Fountain of Youth at the URJ Youth Summit

Today’s studies and statistics provide proof that engaged youngsters become actively practicing Jewish adults. While practicing remains a matter of degree, anyone who has worked with young people...

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We’re Youth Educators, Not Youth Workers

by Rabbi Melissa Zalkin Stollman What went on at the Youth Summit? Yes, learning. Yes, networking. Yes, collaboration. But so much more. Experimentation. Visioning. Celebration. Inspiration. In...

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URJ Staffer Receives Prestigious Covenant Foundation Award for Excellence in...

We at the URJ are proud to announce that Michelle Shapiro Abraham, our director of program development for the Campaign for Youth Engagement, is the recipient of a 2015 Covenant Award for her work...

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The Ripple Effects of Meaningful Peer-to-Peer Mentorship

By Rabbi Laura Novak Winer When I recently asked a group of colleagues to help me think about examples from pop culture in which teens mentor other teens, we found it surprisingly difficult to come up...

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