A Witness Becomes A Witness
Dylan Pines, 18, is a recent graduate of Marquette High School in Chesterfield, MO. Dylan says he doesn’t have any relatives who perished in the Holocaust – but that’s...
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‘We Didn’t Just Give Up’
Sarah Pernik (center), 18, is a recent graduate of Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis, MO. For Sarah, seeing was believing. “I always heard statistics, but really...
Proud to Be a Jew
Ruby Livon, 17, is an incoming senior at St. Louis Park High School in Minneapolis, MN. Ruby says TJJ Ambassadors Poland – and the wide range of emotions she...
Life in a Cemetery
Shai Kazynski (left), 17, is an incoming senior at Deerfield High School in Deerfield, IL. Shai says what surprised him most on TJJ Ambassadors Poland was finding life in...
‘An Important Experience’
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...
Even In Death, There Is Life
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...
Highlights on Weeks 2 & 3 on TJJ!
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...
It’s Never Too Late for a Bar Mitzvah
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...
There’s No Place Like Home!
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...
In Their Own Words
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...