Our community should be aware that mental health services for adolescents are in short supply in the greater St. Louis area with good reason, given the recent dictates of health care delivery. With the onset of managed care during the 1990s, adolescents...
By Lily Siwak, Clayton High School
• Published March 19, 2012
This year, the St. Louis Jewish Light has many exciting things in store. Along with our usual interesting stories, we are lucky to welcome another new face to the Ohr Chadash teen page. Elizabeth Tucker, co-founder of Alive magazine, is eager to join...
B’nai Tzedek is enrolling new participants for the teen philanthropy program, which aims empowers teens to improve the world by launching them on a personal and engaged relationship to life-long Jewish giving. B’nai Tzedek will hold an introductory...
St. Louis area teens are encouraged to apply for the Hy C. Miller Israel Scholarship Fund, which offers a month-long Israel trip, including airfare from New York, for $1,999 (and in some cases less).The trip, called the Jerusalem Journey (TJJ), also includes...
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting organization of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has awarded $55,000 in grants to eight local Jewish organizations for teen and young adult initiatives in 2012. This is the fifth year the family has gifted...
Jewish Opportunities & Learning for Teens (JOLT) will begin its third trimester on Feb. 9, featuring eight Thursday evenings for students in grades 8-12 to socialize and learn with other teens. Trimester three includes a special Purim celebration...
This past summer, the Epworth Children & Family Services youth board was asked to create a community service project to benefit the homeless and runaway youth in the community. They called it Jeans for Teens. Youth board members spoke at various places...
By Caleb Ellis, Ohr Chadash Staff
• Published December 14, 2011
CAN WE TALK? - TEEN COMMENTARY Throughout the first 17 years of my growing up, there's no question that Judaism has played an integral role. Like many of my Jewish peers, I underwent the staples of elementary Jewish education. I reluctantly attended Hebrew...
BY JAKE WEISMAN & JULIANA WISHNE , SENIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS & SENIOR, PARKWAY WEST
• Published November 9, 2011
Vanessa Van Petten, author and youthologist, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Yom Limmud Day of Discovery for Teens on Sunday, Nov. 20, sponsored by the Central Agency for Jewish Education. The Jewish Light interviewed Van Petten recently about...
BY ANIEL SHAPIRO, Junior, Block Yeshiva
• Published November 9, 2011
Cell phones, laptops, and television have revolutionized society. As a result of these technological innovations, people spend more and more time plugged in, especially teenagers. According to Sciencedaily.com, most teenagers spend an average of 20 hours...
