What Will Keep Jews marrying Jews? At a recent holiday party, I had been speaking with a Pastor of  the Calvary Full Gospel Church.  He...

What clock do these teens use? I’ll paint the picture. Last night I chatted with a group of three 9th grade teenage boys, hanging out in...

Are we reaching high enough? I doubt that anyone would say that mentoring teens during the coming-of-age years is not a good thing. It’s...

OMG (Photo credit: mac.lachlan) In our terribly connected world, we’re never really far from seeing devastation up close.  Like unwilling...

Will Jewish Teens Find Answers Here? Hebrew School may answer questions like “what do I need to know for my Bar/Bat Mitvah” but there are...

Long-term or Short-term: Pick one Marketing and Selling. Terms that were not very much used in the Jewish community just a few short...

I just read a quick blog about how elementary school parents should prepare for Parent-Teacher conferences. For parents of teenagers:...

Make sure the activity gives back! Soccer teams. Dance classes. School activities. SAT prep classes. After-school jobs. Volunteer work....

Ronald A. Heifetz: “Leadership in times of crisis”   How can you make this connection for #Jteens? A blog I read in the Harvard Business...

Are we selling the right “product”? It used to be that you couldn’t use words like “sell”, “product” or “market” easily when talking...

It used to be Culture vs Content. Now is it Building vs Substance? I call this the IMBY* Phenomenon: In My Back Yard. It’s the reason...

From the 1950’s, but great teachers create impact no matter the year This summer I’m working with an intern through a program that...

let’s change some paradigms for the sake of JTeens What would it take for the Jewish community to join in efforts to motivate Jewish...

Are we just being stupid or stubborn? There are some obvious signs that parents might not be as smart as we’d like them to be. Do you...

Check out the really short list In what seems a long time ago, I wrote a post about the Jewish community’s ‘in-the-box-thinking.’  As a...

What are we selling? Why would Jewish teens buy? This morning I read a piece by Reform Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan titled “We...

The more things change, the more …..well, you can fill in the blank here. This is on my mind as we approach the summer and thousands of...

The title of this post offers you some tips, however first, I’d like to ask you for some advice…..to a student named Rachel. Here are...

northwestjewishartists.org I don’t remember experiencing the juxtaposition that occurred today: there were so many strong emotions...

Milkshakes taste good. Jewish education is good. But what job are we really doing for Jewish Teens? I read an article about marketing...