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Welcome to JUF Teen Connections

...your source for navigating the Chicago Jewish teen community.

JUF Teens homeWant to do something fun and Jewish? Need to find the right youth movement, Israel program, summer camp or volunteer opportunity? Look no further! Let us help you discover many choices to enhance your Jewish daily life. This is your one-stop shop for meeting new friends and connecting with old ones; challenging yourself spiritually and educationally; learning about scholarships for local and abroad programs; and exploring a community rich in culture, history and people.

Let us connect you with Jewish teen activities, resources and information for getting involved with the larger Chicago Jewish community.

What’s Happening @ JUF Teen Connections?

GMR BBYO's Stand Up! 10-10-10

Meet Jacob Grossman and Arielle Solomon, both seniors at Stevenson High School and co-presidents of the Greater Midwest Region of BBYO, www.gmrbbyo.org. They are both proud to be involved with such an innovative new project and hope that more people will share their excitement.

Solomon says “This year, everyone in BBYO across the International order is participating in something called the StandUP! Campaign. Each region chooses a topic, such as hunger, and for the entire programming year, dedicates time, money, and advocacy efforts to helping that specific cause and educating the community in which they live. GMR (Great Midwest Region) chose hunger, more specifically the ARK, as our issue and organization.”

Video Contest: Share Your Mitzvah Project!

This great organization called Areyvut (say: ar-ay-VOOT) is having a contest-- make a video about your bar- or bat-mitzvah tikkun olam project, send it in, and (maybe) win awesome high-tech prizes like an iPod! It needs to be 2-7 minutes long and explain your project and why you are doing it. Find out more about Aveyvut and the rules of the contest. Then grab a video camera-- or some gizmo that has a video camera built in-- and shoot for the (Jewish) stars!

TOV Teen Volunteers

Check out what our TOV Teen Volunteers are doing to make a difference in Chicago.

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