Reap the health benefits of Shabbat: Unplug for a set time every week and make it a discipline. Create a Friday night ritual.

The AKLA Chicago five-week fellowship comes at no cost to the teens participating. On March 1 from 1–4pm, there will be a ...

Jamie Diamond Schwartz and David Schwartz are stepping into their new roles as the 2026 JUF Annual Campaign Chairs, ...

These projects—and so many others—show how meaningful mitzvah work can be when students are supported in exploring what ...

Eat dinner with your family. Whenever you can. Especially on Shabbat. The life and schedule of a teenager are crazy, but share a (phone-free) meal at the end of the day, or at least the week, as much ...

וַיִּסֹּ֥ב שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לָלֶ֑כֶת וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק בִּכְנַף־מְעִיל֖וֹ וַיִּקָּרַֽע As Samuel turned to leave, Saul seized the corner ...

Go-To Slaw I love crunchy, tangy cabbage. Cabbage salads, or coleslaw, date back to ancient Rome, with flavorful acidic ...

Selma Blair is considered one of the most versatile actresses in Hollywood. The Detroit native began acting in the early 1990s in a school production of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. She ...

Elana Kamm is 13 years old and lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She had her bat mitzvah at Am Yisrael Conservative ...

“When you’re getting to these younger ages, you really want a book that will represent the experience of Purim, more than the ...

By November, JUF began partnering with Nir Oz, to help the community start to slowly rebuild itself on the literal ashes of ...

As my parents tried to explain early on, this journey was about more than just learning prayers or Torah. In many ways, it ...