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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Negativity Vanishes in Letting Loose at LimmudLA

by Shanni Suissa

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

LimmudLA Experience Far Exceeds Expectations

by Yoni Arbel

Monday, January 5, 2009

Time to come down from ‘The Hills’

By Jeremy Lowe, Tribe Contributor

Hollywood is not heaven. People give up their lives to move to Hollywood and try to make it big, and 99 percent of them fail.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Necessary tactics in ‘War on Terror’

By Phil Cooper, Tribe Contributor

I feel it is of the utmost importance for teens to get involved in politics and be informed about important issues that deal with the war on terror. If we as teenagers stay informed, we will have the knowledge to make the correct choices in the future

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Thanks, Cal State —thanks a lot

By Laura Donney, Tribe Contributor

When we hear that the one option that has always been guaranteed to us is now an uncertain variable, we can do nothing but doubt. When competition rages from all angles, and the safety we counted on no longer exists, we can do nothing but give up, right?

Friday, November 7, 2008

Looking upon the flag

By Sammy Schatz, Tribe Contributor

The flag is like a tallit. The tallit envelops us in a physical connection to God and to the Jewish people.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Ashtrays and Diet Coke

By Anjoum Fried Agrama, Tribe Contributor

Your hearty laughs were rare, but you could always make me laugh.You gave me happiness even when you were deprived of it.

Friday, October 10, 2008

An unexpected family in Netanya

By Lauren Weintraub, Tribe Contributor

Watching the children cry, clinging to us and begging us not to leave, I realized the power of selfless giving, an experience I had not discovered before this volunteer opportunity.

Friday, October 10, 2008

A lesson in listening

By Ariel Cohen, Tribe Contributor

I was partnered with a woman who, before she even really met me, thanked me for just showing up as a volunteer. She was homeless in San Francisco and felt that she had nowhere to turn before she found Project Homeless Connect. As I walked her to the housing information stand, she displayed thorough delight that somebody was beside her to hear all that she had to say. It seemed as if very few people, or none, had bothered to listen to her full story.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Cambodia’s killing fields revisited

By Phillip Nazarian, Tribe Contributor

I can vividly remember the first time I visited the Museum of Tolerance, in seventh grade. Not personally knowing anyone who had survived the Holocaust, I had been shielded from the grisly details of World War II.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Staying empathetic is a challenge during the race for college

By Laura Donney, Tribe Contributor

There is a new tension between my inherent self, and my impacted self. I am referring to what is simply known as the college process.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

‘Dirty’ music needs regulation

By Nathaniel Barzideh, Tribe Contributor

It amazes me that regardless of one's age, gender or personality, music has the capacity to influence everyone. Songs have tremendous power over the human mind and carry potency to bring back memories, provide emotional comfort or change one's mood.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

‘Hakuna Matata’ meets tikkun olam

By Maya Wergeles, Tribe Contributer

I tried to visit the orphanage every day, and I formed incredible relationships with almost all of the kids living there. I loved the kids so much; they were always so happy and hopeful, even though they have close to nothing, not even running water or clothes and shoes that fit.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Keep religion out of presidential politics

By Adam Deutsch, Tribe Contributor

Since last summer, when I volunteered for a Barack Obama event, I have received many nonsensical e-mails and heard many nonsensical arguments -- from friends and family as well as on TV -- about Sen. Obama's alleged lack of allegiance to the United States of America.

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.