Stories - Young Judaea

Alumni

Alum Spotlight: Manny Synalovski

Manny’s YJ History: YJ Puerto Rico Club 1973-1976, Camp Judaea Staff 1974-1976, Tel Yehudah Camper 1973-1975, Regional Mazkir 1975-1976, Year Course 1976-1977, YJ Madrich 1977-1985, Young Judaea Global Board 2012-Present […]

Alumni

Global Jewish Camping

By Michelle Mohnblatt, Assistant Director of Staff Hiring and Programs of Camp Young Texas When I moved to Mexico at 19, I found a Jewish community that felt very different […]

YJ Teens

Words from our Outgoing National Mazkira

As Young Judaea prepares to begin a new year, I want to share a few words about my experience in YJ and as the National Mazkira. I have been part […]

Alumni

From Year Course to Published Author

At 17, I left home for Young Judaea Shalem with an extremely sophisticated plan for my future: go to Israel for a year, have an adventure, and figure out the […]

Camp

L’hitraot Amit!

Three years. Who would have believed it? I arrived in New York in September 2023, and from the very beginning, Young Judaea welcomed me with open arms. One month later, […]

Alumni

Reuniting 40 Years Later: A Young Judaea Shlichim Reunion

A Conversation with Amiram Mainz Forty years after arriving in the United States as Young Judaea’s Central Shaliach, Amiram Mainz brought together the group of Israeli shlichim who served alongside […]