Teens

To counter the trend of Jewish teens dropping out of organized Jewish life, The Jewish Education Project works with individuals, institutions, and communities to find innovative and meaningful ways to engage Jewish teens in today’s ever changing world.

Learn more about our work with teens:

• Project InCiTE
• Long Island Regional Directors Community of Practice
• The Westchester Teen Provider Roundtable and The Five Boroughs Teen Educators
• The Atideynu Conference
• Press

Project InCiTE

Project InCiTE’s 20 fellows are developing innovative new projects—focusing on teen engagement with Israel and Jewish peoplehood. Fellows received formal creativity training by SIT (Systematic Inventive Thinking) preceding and during the project design phase of the program. Project InCiTE is a partnership between The Jewish Education Project and the iCenter, and it is funded through generous support from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Jim Joseph Foundation—in collaboration with MAKOM, the educational branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel.

We are pleased to share what we have learned through our experiences during Project InCiTE, and  invite you to glean insights  from the perspectives of innovation and Israel education.

Project InCiTE Findings:
Ten Things We've Learned About Innovation
Contributions to the Field of Israel Education

Project Incite Website

Long Island Regional Directors Community of Practice

The regional directors of USY, NCSY, BBYO, NFTY, JSU (youth groups) and the teen directors of the Long Island Jewish community centers meet eight times a year to share best practices and for professional development. They also bring their teens together for cross-denominational, cross-movement teen programming.

The Westchester Teen Provider Roundtable and The Five Boroughs Teen Educators

The Jewish Education Project brings together educators who work primarily with teens to collaboratively deal with shared challenges and areas of concern. The networks empower educators and counter their common feeling of isolation within their own organizations. The meetings also validate the importance of the educators’ work and provide peer support.

The Atideynu Conference

The conference brings together educators, lay leaders, and teens to explore Jewish teen issues in a communal setting. This conference is held annually in Long Island and, for the first time in 2011, in Westchester.

Press:

• eJewish Philanthropy—Reflections on our Jewish Digital Future
• Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch—Race to Nowhere...Fast
• The Jewish Week—New Media And Jewish Life: Discuss
• The Jewish Week—The Revolution In Teen Outreach