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Shanee B. Michaelson

Jun 16, 2026, 5:17 AM

The summer after my first year of college, I arrived at sleepaway camp for the first time in my life—not as a camper, but as a counselor. At nineteen, I was older than the campers and on the precipice...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jun 8, 2026, 10:14 AM

Dave Matthews answered me from the stage. Now comes the hard part

Musician Dave Matthews reads a speech on stage at a concert in Raleigh, NC, on June 5, 2026. (Social media used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The rocker read a message about antisemitism to 20,000 people. It wasn’t perfect, but those calling it a fraud are missing the point of why any of us write anything at all.

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jun 1, 2026, 12:27 AM

Dave Matthews Was Our Soundtrack. Now His Crowd Chants Slurs.

Dave Matthews didn’t just lose me over Israel. He turned the one place that felt like home into a place where kids feel free to scream slurs. Here’s what we do about it — and why we don’t have...

May 29, 2026, 6:35 PM

Disability Inclusion in the Jewish Community Saves Lives

Rafi (center) celebrates with his Grandfather (left) and Uncle (right) at Ramah Nyack's Zimriyah Song Festival, July 2015.

Thank you to the Klein family for allowing me to share Danny’s story. May his memory be for a blessing. I often get asked by my speaking audiences: why do you speak? As a future Rabbi and busy college student,...

Shachar Ben-Ami

May 10, 2026, 11:45 PM

Dear Bnei Akiva Summer-Camp Tzevet:

Bnei Akiva is tucked into the very folds of my DNA. It is a mosaic of late-night conversations, lifelong friendships, and a value system that helped bridge the gap between who I was and the person I am proud...

May 10, 2026, 11:38 PM

Feeling like Freud at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Were the mental health crises I witnessed in American Jewish teenagers a symptom of a political destabilization already on its way?

May 7, 2026, 8:48 PM

Tahreer’s Story

Building Resilience: When Children Find Their Circle Tahreer Abed Sawaed, a science teacher and teacher trainer with Israel’s Ministry of Education, writes about the circles of impact created by Jeremy’s Circle after her young niece was diagnosed with cancer. What...

Mar 5, 2026, 11:54 PM

The Power of Care: The Counselors of Camp Yeka

On the first afternoon of camp, one boy sat quietly off to the side, watching the others. It was his first time there, and he didn’t know anyone yet. The braids in his hair had come undone sometime during...

Isaac Steven Herschkopf

Jan 29, 2026, 11:44 PM

The beginning of the beginners: Our storm shelter

Illustrative. Teens at summer camp. (iStock)

If only all communal prayer services were run the way I learned to pray with my 1970 summer campers: no hard and fast rules, delving into each word, singing together

Jan 10, 2026, 4:46 PM

When ‘Normal’ Returns: Why the Hard Things Still Need Our Attention

We're adjusting to a new normal now. The immediate crisis has eased. Life is returning to something that resembles routine. But "normal" doesn't mean the hard things have gone away. The children and teens we support at Jeremy's Circle are...

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