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In Dallas, these Jewish teens understand the appeal of gun ownership

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024Jesse Orine

This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Jewish men often accessorize with yarmulkes; Texan men sometimes accessorize with guns. If a man is both Jewish and Texan, you might find him in synagogue with […]

These new klezmer musicians aren’t old enough to drive

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024Jesse Orine

At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots in Eastern Europe is old school, but the band is not: Its six members range in age from 10 to 16. The young musicians are […]

Too young to vote, these Jewish teens are getting others to the polls

November 4, 2024November 4, 2024Sara Wood

This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Even though they’re too young to vote, Shayne Cytrynbaum and Lucy Targum are running campaigns to get others to the polling booths. Targum, 16, a junior […]