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URJ and NFTY sued over sand fly bites on Israel youth trip

Parents of four Jewish high school students in Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit on May 4 alleging that the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and its youth movement, the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), did not adequately warn and protect their children from infected sand flies during a 2014 group trip to Israel.

Labor activists protest NFTY convention

Nine-hundred students at this weekend\’s North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) convention at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel got a first-hand look at social action when they found themselves in the middle of a real-time, all-Jewish labor dispute.

God Was With Us That Night in the Negev

This was by far the most spiritual moment in my life. I gazed up at the stars as I chanted the V\’Ahavta prayer with amazing new friends, standing around the same rocks that our people had wandered past thousands of years before. My eyes couldn\’t help but tear up as we moved on to the Mi Chamocha, the song of freedom. At that moment I felt as though God truly was with us.

Why I Became a NFTY Freak

Debbie Friedman, celebrated Jewish songwriter and singer, wrote the words, \”The youth shall see visions.\” For decades, this song has had a profound impact on Jewish youth of America, instilling value and hope among a generation in search of themselves.

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