A teacher sporting a “Free Palestine” t-shirt. Muslim students calling for a walkout from class in support of Hamas. Classmates posting bomb threats on social media. These are just...

It’s been a jam-packed two weeks on Midwest TJJ, with 40 teens on the Harvey L. Miller Family Foundation Bus traveling across the country, experiencing the Jewish past and...

This summer three Midwest NCSY/JSU alumni celebrated their weddings. All three (l. to r.) – Vika (Bekker) Cantor, Aaron Burton, and Max Segal – are building strong Jewish homes,...

Thirteen years ago, two preteen boys joined Minneapolis Junior NCSY. They were the best of friends, and they did everything together, including participating in NCSY throughout their years at...

TJJ Midwest was off to a memorable start last week, with 40 Jewish public school teens from across the region beginning their month-long tour of Israel. The teens were...

Sam Badzin, President of the Jewish Student Union (JSU) club at Hopkins High School, was responsible for giving over 600 teens and staff members of all faiths the opportunity...

It was one of the busiest Sundays of the year, but nearly 120 volunteers, most of them NCSY teens, spent much of the day this past Sunday at the...

For Marisa Bernstein, (right), a 16-year-old junior at Deerfield High School, being on the “front lines” with those in need was a particularly memorable part of the mission. “The...

For Lindsey Svrusis, (left), a 16-year-old sophomore at Vernon Hills High School, there wasn’t one specific trip highlight. Rather there were moments of what she calls “just pure joy.”...

Talia Feinberg, 17, is a junior at New Trier High School. For Talia, the highlight of the trip was volunteering at the Houston Food Bank, where the teens helped...