Three teens discuss the toxic hookup culture in Jewish youth groups and summer camps
Three of JTEC’s co-founders (clockwise from top left): Dahlia Soussan, Ellanora Lerner, and Madeline Canfield.
Published June 22, 2022
Jewish summer camps and youth movements are a time-honored tradition—tens of thousands of Jewish teens participate. But a group of young Jews is calling out what they say is a “toxic hookup culture” in many of these institutions. In this episode of Can We Talk?, Jen Richler talks with Dahlia Soussan, Ellanora Lerner and Madeline Canfield, three of the founders of Jewish Teens for Empowered Consent, about how they hope to change the culture.
Please note, that there are sexual references in this episode.
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