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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Confessions of a Sunday school dropout

By Nadine Levyfield, Tribe Contributor

Thursday, June 5, 2008

When ‘pride’ doesn’t cut it

By Sarah Schefres

Growing up an observant Jew in the small city of Palm Springs with a Jewish minority was sometimes difficult, but I have always been proud of my Jewish heritage, of who I was and of what I believe.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Color puts Holocaust in new dimension

By Andrea Gero

The leader of our small group told us many history book-type facts that for me went in one ear and out the other. I was concentrating on the camp. However, one of the last things he said stopped me in my tracks. He said, "Remember guys, the Holocaust didn't happen in black and white, it happened in full Technicolor." Oh.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

‘Teenism’ gives young adults an undeserved rep

By Justin Morris

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 20.2 million people in America aged 15 to 19, and they are 7 percent of the population. So be careful what statements you make, or what biases you might allow yourself to believe.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

The seminar of a lifetime

By Chelsea and Hayley Golub

Who knew that 20 teenagers from Los Angeles could help make a difference in the world?

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Should laptops be allowed in class?

By Emma Lipner

Laptop use involves a lot of controversy, from students who believe they should be used to their maximum potential to those who don't want to see laptops at all.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Vets for Freedom shed light on war

By Phil Cooper

As Shabbat ended on March 15, 150 teenagers, parents and senior citizens came to hear members of Vets for Freedom speak at YULA High School. As a 15-year-old freshman in high school, I wanted to attend to hear these soldiers' stories because I care about our country. I also wanted to hear their side of the war, and after the soldiers spoke, I saw the war in a new light.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Tikkun Olam, Thailand and an elephant named Yom

By Phillip Nazarian

Who would have guessed that a 15-year-old boy born and raised in West Los Angeles would befriend a 49-year-old elephant named Yom who lives in a conservation reserve hidden deep in the jungles of Lampang in Northern Thailand?

Friday, March 7, 2008

Experience at international camp broadens perspective

By Sivan Ron

As a counselor at Camp Kimama in Michmoret, Israel, I learned that the only connection these children from all over the world need is their passion and love for Israel. Camp Kimama is Israel's first international camp, where Jewish children spend two weeks forming a multicultural group of friends and exploring the different worlds that these friends come from. I spent one month of my summer working at Kimama, every day discovering more about myself and my fellow Israelis, Jews and Zionists.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

I found unity, friendship and tzedakah in Anaheim

By Matt Sackman

Imagine walking into a room full of 1,000 Jewish teenagers from all over North America who are singing in unity and celebration of their Jewish heritage.

This was the sight at the 2007 United Synagogue Youth (USY) International Convention. From Dec. 23-27, the Marriott Hotel in Anaheim became the center for teens from all over North American attending an amazing weeklong convention packed with social action projects, Jewish studies and most importantly, a focus on tzedakah.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

ADL national youth conference inspires and empowers

By Dani Bahrynian

On an overcast afternoon in Washington, D.C., sitting with about 120 other high school students from around the country, I listened to the empowering words of Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum as he described his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Greenbaum was speaking during the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) 10th annual National Youth Leadership Mission, which took place over a four-day period in our nation's capital.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Year of Kivunim unites young travelers

By Noah Stern

We wound our way through the busy streets of Athens, dodging loud protesters commemorating the 1973 Greek student uprising, until we came upon an unassuming six-story apartment building and climbed the narrow stairwell to the top floor.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Trip highlights our duty to help worldwide

By Jacob Goldberg

Our Jewish communities now have the resources they never had before. We have a certain influence over everything in which we become involved. Let us now employ the hope that defines us as Jews and ameliorate the world's conditions for ourselves and for whomever else we can before our entrenchment in despair becomes possible again.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

A moral dilemma— ‘No Country for Old Men’

By Jason Berger

Movie review, "No Country for Old Men"

Thursday, December 6, 2007

A rational Jerusalem

By Adam Deutsch

Where do I, an Orthodox teen, fall in this heated debate? Simply, if we put Jerusalem on the negotiating table it will be clear that the Jewish people have a right to the land. Sometimes I ask myself if we actually occupy Jerusalem as it is -- when the entire world refuses to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital -- do we ideally occupy it? Are we actually secure in our possession of Jerusalem when our only diplomatic claim to it is our emotional connection? The time is now to start talking about a divided Jerusalem so that Israel can logically claim ownership. The time is now to establish Jerusalem on both ethically and rationally sound grounds, obliterating our long-standing emotional futility.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Visiting Israel brings feeling of really coming home

By Ariel Cohen

This past summer, I stepped off the plane and felt my feet touch the ground of our homeland for the first time. I was home. For 12 days in Israel, my family and I explored the land, went to museums and had a chance to connect with our spirituality and Judaism.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Club Kung Fu teaches special kids lots more than skill

By Nathan Sobol

Club Kung Fu is a martial arts program for Jewish special-needs children ages 9-15 that is designed to improve self-discipline, self-esteem and physical fitness. Right now, about eight boys meet weekly, but the program is expanding, thanks to a Cutting Edge grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Torah study builds unshakable conviction in faith

By Jina Davidovich

My advice to teens and adults alike is to take advantage of every moment you can learn, whether through speaking to someone knowledgeable, reading a book, or even taking a quick peek at the explanation of the week's Torah portion online. You will be surprised how quickly these fragments influence your daily life and improve the foundation of your faith and Jewish identity.