
Why some teens ‘get it’ but their parents don’t
I just came back from visiting a synagogue with an enviable number of teens in their Confirmation Program. What number, you ask, counts as being worthy of envy? About FORTY. I was talking to them about continuing their Jewish education and framing it in the context of choices they make. For example, I asked and the majority answered, that they play sports or a musical instrument. I asked them if faced with a choice about whether to practice scales, do drills, or go to the mov