Eden Iseman (center), 16, is an incoming junior at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, KS. She says she didn’t expect the trip to Poland to be...

This summer 50 Jewish public school teens from across the U.S., including several from the Midwest,  came to face-to-face with the harsh realities of their not-too-distant Jewish past. They...

Mazal Sokol (r.) is an incoming senior at Parkway North High School in St. Louis. While she’s enjoyed the fun activities, like ziplining, she says she found the visit...

  Last Thursday was a very special day in Ari Panich’s life – and that of the 47 new friends he’s made on Midwest TJJ, NCSY’s summer trip to...

It was a memorable first week on TJJ Midwest, NCSY’s summer experience in Israel for Jewish public school teens across the region. The trip began in Israel’s north, where...

Teens Share Their ‘Most Meaningful’ Shabbaton Moments   For Charli Ernstein (left), a Kansas native and junior at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, the highlight of Shabbaton was the dancing...

After two long years, Midwest NCSY held its first, in-personal regional Shabbaton in mid-March. Nearly 200 teens and staff from Chicagoland, Kansas, Memphis, Minneapolis, and St. Louis joined together...

An Evening to Remember    

Antisemitism is a very real challenge on college campuses across the region, and Butler University in Indiana is no exception. JSU alum Madison Pines was recently named Hillel president,...